The Byrds were one of the defining bands of the 1960s. Their legacy may not have translated the same way the the legacies of the Beatles, Stones, and Beach Boys have, but they were the band that ...

In 1967, the Byrds recorded one of the finest records of that landmark year: The Notorious Byrd Brothers, a shimmering, flowing, eclectic collection of songs, all bound into a magnificent cohesive ...

Nobody really talks about it much, but the Byrds were one of the '60s' most restless bands. Other groups jumped genres and evolved as the decade wore on, but a lot of these twists and turns were means ...

When The Byrds released "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" in 1968, it was a commercial failure. A half century after its debut, the album has become a classic. THE BYRDS: (Singing) Nothing was delivered. And ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Morgan Elliott The Byrds were a massively influential group whose legacy has faded ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images The Byrds were famously one of the first rock ’n’ roll band to ...

Over the years, one by one, the founding members – David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Michael Clarke – departed. So did their replacements – including Gram Parsons, the country-rock pioneer who made one ...

Byrds co-founder and ace musician Chris Hillman is on the verge of releasing “Bidin’ My Time,” a new album he’s recorded with Tom Petty co-producing, but at his home office and study in Ventura this ...

At the end of 1971, only one member remained of the quintet of Byrds who had initiated the folk-rock boom six years earlier when they scored #1 hits by grafting their lush harmonies and jangly guitar ...

How could a self-respecting rock musician truly rebel in 1968? This, after all, was after the Summer of Love, a time when musical and cultural conventions were regularly being upended. For two ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. There is an old music joke I point out to the Byrds’ Chris Hillman. It’s about how ...

In February 1990, a little over a year after Roy Orbison died from a sudden heart attack, an all-star tribute concert was held in his honor at the Universal Ampitheater in Los Angeles. Everyone from ...