The Byrds - Lover Of The Bayou (Audio/Live 1970)
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Music video by The Byrds performing Lover Of The Bayou (Audio/Live 1970). Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Roger McGuinn:
“After Clarence White joined The Byrds, Hendrix came backstage at the Whiskey A Go Go, walked over to Clarence and told him how brilliant he was. He was a big admirer of Clarence’s guitar work, as we all were.”
Clarence White's guitar line is THE masterpiece of this song.
Clarence had that grungy howl nailed down by the late 60s. Nobody else could make a guitar sound like this.
From what I understand, the Japanese really dig Clarence
Where would we be if all this great music was still around? An Era that we may never see again - Damn - I hope I am wrong !!!! The world would be a better place .
Clarence White. Just. Damn. A Tele w/B-Bender, a fuzz pedal, and two Dual Showmans. LEGEND.
I first heard this song in 1970. Loved it from Day one and still do.
The late Clarence White's guitar work and Roger McGuinn's singing and 12 string were epic and vastly underrated.
I don't really care for covers but Tom Petty/Mudcrutch does a fantastic version.
McGuinn's and Levy's lyrics are amazing.
god bless the ghost of Clarence White. he owns this..
Love that B-Bender, Clarence - one of the true legends...
"You can't do that on a guitar!"
Thanks to the ingenuity of the drummer and its originator, Gene Parsons!
This is one of the greatest live performances of all time. The whole band was fantastic, and Clarence White just burned on this. Take it from someone who was there: This is how great rock is played, children!
I saw them three times, twice with this lineup and they just killed it. The third time was the last time Clarence played with the Byrds. Battin and Parsons had left the band and they did the last concert with With White, Hillman, McGuinn and Clarke. I think they just filled in to fulfill contract agreements the Byrds had and it showed. That concert was not very good.
@@j.dragon651 But this song in specific is really good
@@joaquinlezcano2372 I have played this song on stage almost my whole musical career
The only problem ...is it could have been 3 mins linger!
Not really a Byrds fan, except for this gris-gris bag of an album. It's got everything from country-rock with White's Tele in overdrive on LOTB to Chestnut Mare, my favorite ballad from Roger McGuinn and the guys. The picture of McGuinn sitting in front of an old-style Moog (including patch cords) inside the vinyl version is kinda cool, too.
First heard this song in 1981. Never gets old. What a band and song!
Loved the Byrds, saw them in 70, played Untitled, Clarence White was magic.
The great Clarence White on lead guitar -- Taken from us age 29 in 1973
One of the best songs i've ever heard...
In my top ten all time favorite list, outstanding album!
ron sutton American Beatles!
Raw and gritty. Love it.
For me the greatest Byrds invocation ever, mind blowing and increasing energy is just everywhere! (🎵 YEAAH. ✌️ 💥
Early Dylan and Byrd's,! Very proud to be of this generation :)
This is not a Dylan composition.
Co written with Jacques Levy and roger
I saw this done live a few times. Clarence and Roger swapping energy... incredible!
Me also.
Byrds be cookin. Rog sings the doodles out this one. Who thought he could project menace? I'm a lover of the bayou...yeahhh!!
Thank you for sharing this great cut from the Fantastic Byrds God bless everyone
the man that introduced me to the Byrd's has passed away... fly Dan Fly!!
Perhaps the most unheralded live album ever pressed that sounds like where you were sitting somewhere in the middle of the crowd just being mellow and groovin to the music. Blessed to have seen them in 1969 (my father took me!!!) and then McGuinn solo acoustic 2x in the 90s. Gifted, gifted performer.
saw a few times myself.
One of the best versions of any song I have ever heard, my English buddies introduced me to the this years ago and it is truly amazing!
One of my all time favourite songs.
Great album
Rest in Peace Clarence White
I saw this band in Richmond (1971 ?) at The Arena.
Best concert I ever saw ( and I saw Hendrix in Richmond, 1968 ) and I haven't yet counted how many concerts I've seen !
I saw them a few times. They just killed it. Clarence was the best guitarist I ever saw and I saw a lot of them. I have played almost sixty years myself with hundreds of guitar players over the years. I missed the opportunities to see Hendrix, we never thought he would be gone so soon.
The rhythm section of Parsons and Batten are just killer on this track. Batten and Barry Oakley shared the same style...
BRILLIANT !!!
AMAZING!! TOO
Recorded live March 1 1970 at Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum.
great ! fantastic musicians, I wish I was there
god bless the ghost of Clarence White . he owns this. thanx
weird
Cover so cool White up front, McGuinn background.
Three chord song. One of my favorite songs of all time. I think I have played this song on guitar and in bands more than any other tune.
Catfish pie in a gris gris bag
I'm the lover of the bayou
Mark your doorstep with a half wet rag
I'm the lover of the bayou
Raised and swam with the crocodile
Snake eye taught me the mojo style
Sucked and weaned on chicken bile
I'm the lover of the bayou
I learned the key to the master lock
I learned to float in the water clock
Learned to capture the lightening shock
I'm the lover of the bayou
And I got cats and teeth and hair for sale
I'm the lover of the bayou
There are zombies are on your tail
I'm the lover of the bayou
I cooked the bat in the gumbo pan
Drank blood from a rusty can
Turned me into the Honga man
I'm the lover of the bayou
No1. Für immer !
Clarence White was a monster!
smash!! hit. ROCKING
I agree with @markhoffman2237 - this was a GREAT concert !! I saw them at the Eastman Theater ... truly incredible !!!
Larence white an amazing musician aman ahead of his time. A tremendous loss
From the never issued Gene Tryp a Opera cowritten by Roger with Jacques Levy along with Chestnut Mare.
Photo @ Griffith observatory California
Another tune scheduled for McGuinn and Levy's musical, "Gene Trypp".
Why, oh why, didn't Columbia Records service this to FM radio?
GRUNGY
Wish it was about 20 minutes long.
The Allman Brothers or Hank Williams,Jr would have done good version of this song, too. The Byrds in this instance, sound better live.
Maureen Devries - saw McGuinn, Clark, & Hillman in ‘78. Most excellent! Then saw McGuinn solo in ‘86. Met him backstage and gushed about he’d been my idol since ‘65 and how I’d just bought (for $600) a ‘67 Rickenbacker 360-12 like his first one! His cheerless reply? “Do you have something for me to sign?”
Mudcrutch
There are no crocodiles in the bayou especially in Louisiana! There are alligators.
picky, picky- artistic/poetic license- aren't you a lover of the bayou as well, or, just caimanes?! smile, enjoy the music , give peace a chance [or is it Chance a...] ?
Good point
Don't sweat the small stuff....just enjoy the song please.
My water skiing buddies in Dickinson Bayou....
Fogerty or Benoit wouldn't have made that boo-boo !
What is that high pitched noise I hear in the background. Oh wait, it's McGuinn.
Who. Ever. Wrote. This. Song. Was. Probably. Crocked. When. They. Wrote. And. Performed The. Words. And. Music.
guy named Robert Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan
a_missippian McGuinn wrote this.
you are correct sir - hat tip - just sounds like a Dylan tune
David Crosby & Gene Clark.........
The song is attributed to Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy. It was from a musical called Gene Tryp (anagram of Ibsen's Peer Gynt) which never got off the ground. Some of the later Byrds best songs came from this musical.
Sucked and weaned on chicken bile.
Check out Roger McGuinn playing this song along with Tom Petty’s MudCRUTCH project…