Sunday, August 31, 2025

David Chirko's "Songs By Byrds Covered By Other Artists" updated - August 2025

Our regular correspondant David Chriko has copiously augmented his Byrds Covers Page.

SONGS BY BYRDS COVERED BY OTHER ARTISTS

All written / recorded (1964-1973) by Byrds, incl. some songs members wrote / performed before joining Byrds; excl.  bootlegs, MP3's, DVD's, promos (unless sold in retail outlets) & unreleased recordings. 

MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER.

Download it here:

https://workupload.com/file/qV5qQ48uBMJ.html

Compiled by David Chirko, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

chirkoart.ca

A Gram Parsons article by David Chirko


Our regular visitor and correspondent David Chriko has written an article about the Gram Parsons part in Johnny Rogan's book “Byrds Requiem For The Timeless Volume 2”.

You can download it here:

https://workupload.com/file/5TYCus5MYQ4

Thanks to David.


Monday, August 11, 2025

New double vinyl LP by The Desert Rose Band to be released on September 5, 2025


New double vinyl LP by The Desert Rose Band to be released on September 5, 2025: 

Live At The Country Music Hall Of Fame 10-2-22 (Ruby Red Vinyl / Limited Edition)

Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, John Jorgenson, Steve Duncan, JayDee Maness, Mark Fain

https://fridaymusic.com/collections/pre-order-1/products/desert-rose-band-live-at-the-country-music-hall-of-fame-10-2-22-ruby-red-vinyl-limited-edition-pre-order-9-5-25?srsltid=AfmBOoqtgy-f1D9Fj20Tsx5LISZnVfcxwY2rP1bxab_fDC4h9_eT1neH

LP 1

SIDE 1

1. Ashes Of Love

2. Love Reunited

3. One Step Forward

4. He's Back And I'm Blue

5. Time Between

6. Start All Over Again

SIDE 2

1. Summer Wind

2. I Still Believe In You

3. Missing You

4. Once More

5. Our Baby's Gone

LP 2

SIDE 3

1. She Don't Love Noboby

2. In Another Lifetime

3. Story Of Love

4. Hello Trouble

5. It Takes A Believer

6. No One Else

SIDE 4

1. Desert Rose

2. Together Again

3. Under Your Spell

4. Above And Beyond

5. Hard Times

6. Runnin’

7. The Price I Pay

 

Thanks to DE and JPM for the info

 

Friday, August 8, 2025

Chris Hillman on Paul Weller's new CD - UPDATE / CORRECTION - NOT THE SAME CHRIS HILLMAN


Chris Hillman is guesting on Paul Weller's new CD titled FIND EL DORADO, an album of acoustic covers, released on July 25, 2025.

Ordered but not received yet, but I guess Chris is at least on "White Line Fever".

Update / Correction

Having now received the CD, I noticed that it's not The Byrds' Chris Hillman but a namesake, a U.K. pedal steel guitar player who is featured on "White Line Fever".

  • 01 Handouts In Tthe Rain
  • 02 Small Town Talk
  • 03 El Dorado
  • 04 White Line Fever
  • 05 One Last Cold Kiss
  • 06 When You Are A King
  • 07 Pinball
  • 08 Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
  • 09 I Started A Joke
  • 10 Never The Same
  • 11 Lawdy Rolla
  • 12 Nobody’s Fool
  • 13 Journey
  • 14 Daltry Street
  • 15 Clive’s Song
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Thursday, July 31, 2025

The Burrito Brothers have a new CD out (July 25, 2025)


The Burrito Brothers have a new CD out (July 25, 2025)

“The Magic Time Machine Of Love”

Chris P James (vocals/keys), Bob Hatter (guitars), Tony Paoletta (pedal steel), Peter Young (drums)

From Amazon:

--- 'The Magic Time Machine Of Love' finds Nashville's Burrito Brothers pushing Cosmic American Music into tomorrow with eleven tracks that mingle fresh songwriting with daring reinventions. Gram Parsons' voice, isolated via the same AI technology used on the Beatles' "Now and Then", soars alongside the band on "Pride Of Man" and "More And More", while Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" appears in a lush country-soul arrangement restoring Keith Reid's unused verses. Original Flying Burrito alumni Jon Corneal and Ian Dunlop swagger through "Used To Do", steel guitar legend Al Perkins adds shimmer to "More And More" and the James Brothers lend harmonies to a twang-kissed cover of the Beatles' "What Goes On".

From the progressive-country sweep of "Tales Of Desire" to the vintage Bakersfield snap of "Love Blast", this limited-edition CD bridges past and present, expanding the Burrito legacy while honoring the genre's richest traditions. ---

·  1 Intro - Gram Parsons 0:30

·  2 A Whiter Shade Of Pale 6:06

·  3 Captain Bobby Stout 5:49

·  4 Pride Of Man 3:41

·  5 Peace Song 3:09

·  6 Used To Do 2:44

·  7 Gram Praises 0:37

·  8 More And More 2:46

·  9 What Goes On 3:09

·  10 Time Machine 5:32

·  11 Whiskey Woman 4:08

·  12 Tales Of Desire 5:46

·  13 Number 19 2:31

·  14 Right Where We Belong 5:36

 

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Missing / Wanted: Chris Hillman Track

I’m missing one track by Chris Hillman

If any good soul could post a link to get it, I would be eternally grateful.

The source and the link won’t be published.

Thanks in advance.

“Old Rockin’ Chair” (download only bonus track from Chris Hillman’s “The Other Side” CD - 2005)

 

Family Tree (John York and Skip Battin) live in Bolzano, Italy (1988) – watch the complete concert in video


Family Tree (John York and Skip Battin) live in Bolzano, Italy (1988) – watch the complete concert in video

Both Byrds ex-bass players' performance in Bolzano, Italy, in 1988, which was officially released in 2017 as part of the “Skip Battin’s Italian Dream“ CD, can be watched in video here:

Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtO0pB7pnJ0

Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSWHeoIght8

Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjvGK9HreJ8&t=1629s