"Eight Miles High": Saturday Music Club on Monday

The Byrds: "Eight Miles High" (perhaps their single best recording, a wonderful fusion of their folk, jazz, Indian raga, and other influences) 

The Byrds in 1966:
Gene Clark, primary songwriter, vocals, misc. instruments
Roger "Jim" McGuinn, lead guitar, vocals
David Crosby, rhythm guitar,  vocals
Chris Hillman, bass guitar, vocals
Michael Clarke, drums

On-tour film on the way to the UK tour.

Gene Clark:


Acoustic Desert Rose Band:


Hüsker Dü:


Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3: (incomplete)


Maura and Pete Kennedy:


The Ventures:


Rufus Harley Band:


The Soulful Strings:


The Bob Thiele New Happy Times Orchestra with Gabor Szabo:


Index:
 

Roger McGuinn and Crowded House:


The Byrds at the Fillmore East closure concert, 1971: "Jesus is Just Alright" and "8MH":

(music begins at 2:55)

Saturday Music Club: some more folk rock, with some jazz flavors

Pentangle: "Light Flight"


Judy Henske: "High-Flying Bird" (from Hootenanny) (in the studio)


Fairport Convention: "Chelsea Morning; Sun Shade"


The Byrds: "You Ain't Going Nowhere; This Wheel's on Fire" (from Playboy After Dark)

(blurrier video, but fewer disruptions and perhaps slightly better sound)

Love: "You Set the Scene"


Joni Mitchell and The Band: "Coyote" (from The Last Waltz)


The Roches: "Second Family"


Pentangle: "Hunting Song"


The Byrds: "I See You"



Tune detective:
The Big 3: "The Banjo Song" (which puts new music to Stephen Foster lyrics)

Shocking Blue: "Venus"


Longform:
Joni Mitchell and jazz-musician friends: Shadows and Light

Joni Mitchell - electric guitar, vocals
Pat Metheny - lead guitar
Jaco Pastorius - bass
Don Alias - drums
Lyle Mays - keyboards
Michael Brecker - saxophone
The Persuasions - backing vocals on "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" & "Shadows and Light"