Paperback Riders: How many Gene Parsons bios do we need? The book bots are taking over Amazon For anyone interested in americana, The Byrds matter. We’ve covered biographies of Gram Parsons and Gene Clark in our Paperback Riders strand, and (spoiler alert) we’ll be looking at Johnny Rogan’s band bio ‘Timeless Flight’ soon. So, when a biography of Gene Parsons, the longest serving drummer with The Byrds, and inventor, with Clarence White, of the B-Bender, popped up on Amazon, it seemed like a natural for us to cover, especially as Parsons’ solo work is about to get the big box set treatment from Cherry Red Records.

Paperback Riders: How many #GeneParsons bios do we need? The book bots are taking over Amazon

Gene Parsons, musician who worked with the Byrds from 1968 to 1972, was born on Sept. 4, 1944. #GeneParsons

From the Documentary,The Byrds Under Review:

The Byrds: Gene Parson's String Bender (posted Jun 27, 2013)
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Gene Parsons, American drummer, banjo player, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and engineer, who worked with the Byrds from 1968 to 1972, was born on Sept. 4, 1944. #GeneParsons

The Byrds - "I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician" (R. McGuinn, Jacques Levy) (1971)
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Gene Parsons, American drummer, banjo player, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and engineer, who worked with the Byrds from 1968 to 1972, was born on Sept. 4, 1944. #GeneParsons

The Byrds - "Ballad of Easy Rider" (Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan) (1969)
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Album cover: The Byrds – (Untitled)

Big Beautiful Byrds

The Byrds – (Untitled)
Columbia – CG 30127 - Repress, Carrollton Pressing, Gatefold

#TheByrds #ClarenceWhite #GeneParsons #RogerMcGuinn #SkipBattin #vinyl #vinylcollection #recordcollection #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #nowspinning #recordoftheday #recordcommunity #musicsky

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – Guitar innovation at its finest. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #ClarenceWhite #TheByrds #BobDylan #GeneParsons #RogerMcGuinn #MartyStuart #JoanBaez #AlbertLee #JohnBeland #Ber... This is going to be a little different. I will aim to let the music do the talking and when in doubt I will let others tell the story, mostly because it is not my story to tell, and my words fail t…

Ted Tocks Covers

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

Remembering #ClarenceWhite & his role in creating the B-Bender guitar.

Originally posted July 14/21

“Clouds so swift
Rain won’t lift
Gate won’t close
Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain’t goin’ nowhere"

#thebyrds #bobdylan #geneparsons

ca. 1970 Randy Newman "12 Songs"
#RandyNewman – vocals, piano
#ClarenceWhite – lead guitar, B-Bender electric guitar
#RonElliott – rhythm guitar
#RyCooder – slide guitar
Lyle Ritz – bass guitar,
#JimGordon, #GeneParsons – drums
Roy Harte, #MiltHolland – percussion
Al McKibbon – double bass
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#NowPlaying: Kindling by Gene Parsons (1973)

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