Music for Roctober - #13 - The Byrds
"Mr. Tambourine Man" was written by Bob Dylan in the first half of 1964 after visiting Marti Gras with some buddies. Dylan premiered the song about a man who could cast a dancing spell at a May 17 concert in London but wouldn't release the song on an album until the following year when it was recorded in a single take January 15, 1965 and included on Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home album later that year.
Enter The Byrds - Jim (later Roger) McGuinn, Gene Clark and David Crosby - formed in 1964. Members of the band heard a version of "Mr Tambourine Man" late in the summer of '64. Wanting it to sound more like a Beatles song, the band rockified the folk song a bit and recorded it on January 20, 1965, just five days after Dylan recorded the song for his upcoming album.
Dylan's album was released on March 22, 1965 and The Byrd's debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man, was released June 21 of 1965. Mr. Tambourine Man, the album, would become one of the greatest debut albums in rock and roll history, influencing the folk rock scene and setting McGuinn on a course to become one of the coolest guitarists in rock and roll history.
Cool. . .very cool:
Update: I forgot to mention The Byrds took "Mr Tambourine Man" to # 1 on both the U.S. and U.K. Charts.
Enter The Byrds - Jim (later Roger) McGuinn, Gene Clark and David Crosby - formed in 1964. Members of the band heard a version of "Mr Tambourine Man" late in the summer of '64. Wanting it to sound more like a Beatles song, the band rockified the folk song a bit and recorded it on January 20, 1965, just five days after Dylan recorded the song for his upcoming album.
Dylan's album was released on March 22, 1965 and The Byrd's debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man, was released June 21 of 1965. Mr. Tambourine Man, the album, would become one of the greatest debut albums in rock and roll history, influencing the folk rock scene and setting McGuinn on a course to become one of the coolest guitarists in rock and roll history.
Cool. . .very cool:
Update: I forgot to mention The Byrds took "Mr Tambourine Man" to # 1 on both the U.S. and U.K. Charts.
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