In addition to Crosby’s band, the album features guest players including Wynton Marsalis (“Holding On To Nothing”), Mark Knopfler (“What’s Broken”), Leland Sklar (“Find A Heart”) and Steve Tavaglione (“Morning Falling,” “Find A Heart”). Featuring 11 new original songs, Croz entered the Billboard Charts in five different categories: Top 200 Chart - #36, Top Independent Album Chart - #6, Top Folk Album Chart - #2, Top Internet Sales Chart - #7, and Top Digital Album Sales Chart - #72. 'Eight Miles High' is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a. Their early line up with Roger (Jim) McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Gene Clark produced a defining song of the era, Eight Miles High.The song featured McGuinn’s 12-string Rickenbacker guitar, combined elements influenced by John Coltrane and Ravi Shankar, and really opened up the ears. David Crosby also performs and records with CPR, the jazz-flavoured trio he formed in 1995 with his son James Raymond and Jeff Pevar.Ĭrosby's most recent release is 2014’s Croz, his first solo album of studio material in 20 years. One of the bands that really helped define the Psychedelic Sound of the Sixties was The Byrds. The trio's self-titled debut album introduced classics including the Crosby-penned tracks "Guinnevere" and "Wooden Ships"-today, it is included on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.Īs a solo artist, Crosby debuted with the 1971 masterpiece If Only I Could Remember My Name, recently reissued as a two-disc set featuring a 5.1 mix, video footage, and other bonuses. Renowned for vocal harmonies, stellar musicianship and timeless songs, Crosby, Stills, & Nash (CSN) have been called "the voice of a generation," and were GRAMMY-honoured in 1969 as Best New Artist. More than fifty years after the fact, Eight Miles High remains my favorite Byrds song followed by 5d (but not the throw-away 2-4-2 Fox Trot, which was the. Tambourine Man," The Byrds' signature electric folk-rock influenced countless musicians to come.Ĭrosby left The Byrds in 1967 to embark on a lifelong collaboration with Graham Nash and Stephen Stills. Crosby and McGuinn on lighting the fuse of the psychedelic explosion, 50 years ago. BILLBOARD May 21, 1966: 'Eight Miles High' by The Byrds is barred at 14. It was also released later that year on The Byrds’s album Fifth Dimension. It was released first as a single in 1966, backed with Why. Driven by hits including "Eight Miles High," "Turn! Turn! Turn!," and a cover of Dylan's "Mr. The song is credited to Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (aka Roger McGuinn), and David Crosby.
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in '63, Crosby formed The Byrds with Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark and Michael Clarke, winning widespread recognition for his songwriting and charismatic presence. Billboard 200 Billboard Global 200 Billboard Global Excl. Legendary singer-songwriter David Crosby is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, inducted as a member of both the iconic folk-rock band The Byrds - with whom he first rose to stardom - and the iconic Woodstock era-defining group Crosby, Stills & Nash.īack in L.A.
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