Which Byrds album/s feature Gram Parsons?

[The Decemberists 0]

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Just Sweetheart of the Rodeo, which is a good album and one which you should check out.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Its great but his (Parsons) solo and Flying Burrito Bros. stuff is slightly superior.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

By the way, use http://www.allmusic.com for future reference. An invaluable resource.

[Henry Spencer 0]

I love Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, but I haven't heard any solo Gram Parsons yet.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

I love Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, but I haven't heard any solo Gram Parsons yet.

You can pick up both albums on one disk for like 6 bucks at any record store.

[The Decemberists 0]

Thanks.

 

I've got a lot of his solo stuff, it's just that everything seems to say "after his time with the Byrds" but never mention which album it is!

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Incidently, outside of his stuff with the International Submarine Band, the Sweetheart of the Rodeo stuff is his least exciting. Its neck and neck between his two solo albums and work with the Flying Burrito Bros.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

If you want the full Gram Parsons experience, you're not gonna get it on Sweetheart of the Rodeo, anyway. Legal reasons prevented his voice from appearing on the record, though he still played on it. The Columbia reissue of the album includes some bonus tracks with Parsons singing, though.

 

By the by, I had The (Parsonless) Byrds' "Eight Miles High" song stuck in my head throughout the day. Great, great song.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

If you want the full Gram Parsons experience, you're not gonna get it on Sweetheart of the Rodeo, anyway. Legal reasons prevented his voice from appearing on the record, though he still played on it. The Columbia reissue of the album includes some bonus tracks with Parsons singing, though.

 

By the by, I had The (Parsonless) Byrds' "Eight Miles High" song stuck in my head throughout the day. Great, great song.

Legal reasons or Roger McQuinn being angered by Parsons's rising popularity, tardiness, and substance abuse?

 

I always thought it was the latter.

 

And what Schwimmer said was true. BUT if you pick up Sacred hearts and Fallen Angels one can hear several of Parsons Byrd-era songs.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Both, really.

 

I don't feel like pulling out my copy of Sweetheart, but it gets into it in the liner notes. I'm sure there's some websites out there with the relevant info, too.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

On a somewhat related note:

 

Inc, I remeber you refuting a large chunk of Dando's work because of brash egotism and so forth. Have you ever given it a try? I find Dando's work and lifestyle (intentionally) parallel's Parsons in many ways. Given a try since then?

[Murmuring Beast 0]

The Byrds are great. Eight Miles High is an absolute classic.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Inc, I remeber you refuting a large chunk of Dando's work because of brash egotism and so forth. Have you ever given it a try? I find Dando's work and lifestyle (intentionally) parallel's Parsons in many ways. Given a try since then?

I heard that solo album around the time it came out; it was fairly decent. My dislike of Dando came from his time in the Lemonheads, which is a band I might like more now than I did when I was in high school. I haven't gotten around to re-evaluating them, though.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

I grew up on Its a Shame About Ray and Come on Feel the Lemonheads but I think his best stuff are the odds and ends he released during the late 90's for different tribute albums and soundtracks. For anyone looking to get into him, I'll suggest several of his/Lemonheads better tracks:

 

Outdoor Type (Lemonheads)

Confetti (Lemonheads)

Rest Assured (Lemonheads)

If I Could Talk I'd Tell You (Lemonheads)

1000 Dollar Wedding (solo from Parsons Tribute)

Frying Pan (solo)

Ballad of El Goodo (solo)

How Much I Lied (solo)

 

Go from there

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Since we're talking about Byrds-related people, I want Arkham Globe to talk about Gene Clark.

 

I shall direct his attention towards this thread.

[Murmuring Beast 0]

Roger McGuinn was playing in Glasgow. Didn't hear how it went.

[ArkhamGlobe 0]

I don't quite know why you want me specifically to talk about Gene Clark, but yeah, he wrote some really great stuff for the Byrds obviously (like the previously mentioned Eight Miles High, which he co-wrote) but his solo work is certainly not to be neglected, as from what I've heard there's some really great stuff out there. Unfortunately I don't own any of his albums myself, though I've had some played to me by friends and I've been very impressed by most of it (I remember being particularly blown away by White Light and No Other). He's been almost criminally overlooked as a performer, more people should check out his stuff.

[Anorak 0]

I plan on getting more but at the moment I just own Roadmaster, which is very good. 'One in a Hundred' is a track that sounds like classic Byrds with its harmonies and apart from the title track there's nothing there I don't really like.