EARL PALMER R.I.P

Earl Palmer passed away on Friday, September 19, 2008 at the age of 84.

One of the world's best known session drummer, he played on thousands of records, by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Little Richard, The Righteous Brothers, Ike And Tina Turner, Neil Young, The Monkees and Fats Domino among many others.

It was Earl Palmer who played drums in the studio with the early incarnation of the 3-piece Byrds (Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark and David Crosby) as The Beefeaters. He also plays on Gene Clark's "With The Gosdin Brothers" album.

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Byrds, Roger McGuinn new Sundazed vinyl

Sundazed Records have just released The Byrds' DR. BYRDS & MR HYDE (1 LP) and Roger McGuinn's LIVE FROM SPAIN (2 LPs) albums on high quality vinyl.

Byrds (and related) Items For Sale

We always have many Byrds and Byrds-related items for sale, mainly CDs and LPs.

See details here:

Byrds For Sale

Roger McGuinn saves the planet...

...watch him here:

Roger McGuinn Saves The Planet


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Roger McGuinn on new Barry McGuire release

Released on July 22th, 2008 (download only) :

Barry McGuire's new version of EVE OF DESTRUCTION, recorded with Roger McGuinn, Mick Fleetwood and Todd Smallwood.



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Roger McGuinn on Bruce Springsteen Audio and Video release

Planned for release on July 15th, 2008 :

4 songs by Bruce Springsteen from his 2008 tour, including a duet with Roger McGuinn



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BYRDS COVERS - A New Page

Byrds fan David Chirko from Canada kindly provided us with a copy of his BYRDS COVERS list to be published on BYRDS FLYGHT.

Many thanks to him for this invaluable piece of work.

It's at http://users.skynet.be/fb524135/covers.htm

Additions, Corrections and Comments welcome at chirko@eastlink.ca



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