Laurel Canyon Country
Season 1
The Byrds Take Flyt
The Golden State Boys and Rocket McGuinn
Gene Clark and The New Christy Minstrels
The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers
by Allan Kaufman
In this episode we cover the Byrds formation, and the recording of their first two records for Columbia.
We pick up where we left off with Chris Hillman's adventures in bluegrass, and meet his future bandmate Jim McGuinn
The story of how Gene Clark went from singing in a pirate bar, to being in the biggest folk group of the early 1960's, and why he quit.
We start with a bluegrass. band that featured an original member of the Byrds, and later, and Eagle
The first episode of Laurel Canyon Country. A monthly podcast about the history of the late 60's California country rock sound. We'll talk about the people, the places and the records that made this sound, and how it all connects.