CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: One Track Mind: The Byrds, "MR. Tambourine Man" (1965)

By Nick Deriso A Bob Dylan song reimagined into something like the Beach Boys, and also something like the Beatles—and nothing like folk music—propelled the Byrds to their first No. 1. Oh, and started the folk-rock movement. Among other things. It begins with Roger McGuinn's guitar, sustained and bright, which was then paired alongside a complex harmony where McGuinn and Gene Clark sang in unison. David Crosby, meanwhile, rides just above in a thrilling higher register. With that, "Mr...

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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: One Track Mind: The Byrds, "MR. Tambourine Man" (1965)

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