Unpublished picture of The Byrds from their last tour (January 1973)

Byrds January 1973 (Clarence White in the back, Skip Battin (head hidden by McGuinn's guitar) and Roger McGuinn

Toulouse Engelhardt opening for The Byrds at the same concert

These pictures were sent to us by Toulouse Engelhardt, guitar player extraordinaire, who was the opening act at several dates of that tour.

Many thanks to him.

Newly discoverd Byrds concert dates for 1973

We just received an e-mail from Toulouse Engelhardt:

Hello!

This is Toulouse Engelhardt, finger style acoustic guitarist who recorded for John Fahey's Takoma Records back in the 1970's. I wanted to let you know that I was the support act for The Byrds on many of their final American tour dates in 1973. 

Please add these additional performance dates to your list:

Jan. 27th, 1973   Fine Arts Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah ( Two sold out shows in one evening)

Jan. 28th, 1973   College Gymnasium, Boise State College, Boise, Idaho

These dates are not mentioned in Christopher Hjort's book from 2008, so these additions are welcome. Thanks, Toulouse. 

Toulouse's CD from 2004 titled "A Child's Guide To The Universe" features John York.

The Complete Gram Parsons Recordings List

Thomas Aubrunner, the webmaster of the fantastic website

www.burritobrother.com

has added a new page:

The Complete Gram Parsons Recordings List

http://www.burritobrother.com/GramParsons.htm

A must for Byrds/Gram Parsons/Flying Burrito Brothers fans.

Congratulations, Thomas!

New STARBYRD album out on December 1st

HPS has done it again!

Horst-Peter Schmidt (nicknamed The Crown Prince Of The Rickenbacker 12-String) has announced the release of his band Starbyrd’s new CD titled “Forward To The Past”.

As usual, Byrds fans who long to hear the jingle-jangle sound of Roger Mcguinn and The Byrds’ harmony vocals will be more than delighted with this release, as Roger McGuinn seems to have abandoned the idea of bringing back that sound on his recordings, and Horst-Peter more than adequately plays a mean Rickenbacker 12-string, adding his nice vocals and lyrics.

Sit down, put your headphones on and there you are, back to 1965-1967, listening to that fantastic sound.

The new CD will be available for download from CDBaby as from December 1^st:

https://store.cdbaby.com/

Physical copies are available by sending an email to Horst-Peter at:

starbyrd@t-online.de

We had the privilege to listen to the album already and our comment is:

Highly recommended by Byrds Flyght!

Kevin Kelly - nice find!

We just found out that a 22 track album called "On The Great Highway" by a band called "Gas Food & Lodging" has been available for download from CD Baby since 2017.

https://cdbaby.name/g/a/gasfoodlodging.jpg

Drummer for that band was Kevin Kelley (spelled Kelly). He's center on the image above.

I had never heard of that band and Kelley's participation before, so this is a nice find for all Byrds completists.

We don't know if these tracks were ever released on vinyl or CD before, so if you have more news, please let us know.

More info on the band here:

http://www.billplummerbass.com/gas-food-lodging-band/

GREAT NEWS FOR GENE CLARK FANS - Multi-release of "No Other" planned

From Four Suns Productions:

We've been keeping a lid on this for the past two years, but now the word is out. If you haven't already heard, Gene Clark's classic "No Other" album is being re-issued by 4AD, one of the UK's longest established and best respected indie labels.

The release comes in a variety of formats, from the original album, remastered at Abbey Road, to a fantastic collector's box set. Most excitingly, it includes 20 previously unheard outtakes from the No Other sessions, which show Gene working on different interpretations of the songs with a stellar band of LA's finest musicians.

You can get full details, hear some of the new music and pre-order the limited edition elements here:

http://geneclark.4ad.com/ 

And for more on the story behind this extensive and lovingly curated project, take a look at this special edition of Echoes, the Gene Clark newsletter:

https://www.gene-clark.com/so/44Mpp2Ob3?fbclid=IwAR2wI5q0mjzJqYOzXvSkyzNSLPU02C7HQk1WmRoPOR--WrNaEXXy-SDFiAY#/main

Cheers

Four Suns

KENTUCKY COLONELS inducted into the IBMA Bluegrass Hall of Fame for 2019

From Sierra Records' John Delgatto:

It has just been announced that THE KENTUCKY COLONELS are the latest inductees into the IBMA Bluegrass Hall of Fame for 2019!

Clarence's daughter, Michelle, will be at the ceremony on behalf of her father, Clarence White at the IBMA Awards on September 26 in Raleigh NC.

What a great honor at long last!


Best regards,


John