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[Robin Landseadel]

On Oct 9, 2009, at 7:11 AM, Michael Bailey wrote:

>>> (there's even a Buffalo Springfield song "Nowadays Clancy
>>> can't even sing" so if the Byrds had been an East Coast group
>>> 2 of them could've got Clancy singing...)
>>
>> About drug abuse of some sort, as I recall.
>
> maybe,

Not maybe, trust me on this one.

> but not all their stuff was.

But some [actually a lot] of their other stuff was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtO3vowEfXU

> They had great love songs like Bluebird (which
> the James Gang also covered) and Sit Down I Think I Love You
> and epics like Broken Arrow

And one of my personal favorites: "Out of My Mind." Track 11:

http://www.rhapsody.com/buffalo-springfield/buffalo-springfield

I'm a huge Buffalo Springfield fan—have original issue LPs of their  
three titles AND the CD box.

"For What It's Worth" is about as 'Paranoid' as it gets.

>>> but I ended up going to iTunes and getting "White Light" and
>>> listening to it all the way through, really some pretty nice stuff!
>>> According to the Wikipedia article, it was voted Album of the Year
>>> in the Netherlands in 1971.
>>
>> Don't know what you're referring to—perhaps you can send us a link?

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Light_(Gene_Clark_album)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WziyrtpTq7k

Gene Clark was the heart and soul of the Byrds when they first  
appeared. One of the less obvious musical tragedies of the '60's.

> --- "Can't say it often enough -
> change your hair, change your life."
> - Sortilege

	Almost cut my hair
	It happened just the other day
	It's gettin' kind of long
	I could've said it was in my way

	But I didn't and I wonder why
	I feel like letting my freak flag fly
	And I feel like I owe it, to someone
	-David Crosby