by talkfromtherockroom | Dec 20, 2025 | Reviews, Take One
Certainly, one of the most divisive songs in the Byrds catalog, and perhaps one of the most misunderstood songs on a classic rock album. David Crosby’s “Mind Gardens” is an experimental sound collage tucked away on the flip side of the Byrds’ 1967 Younger Than...
by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 6, 2022 | Now Playing, Reviews
Gene Clark, a founding member of the Byrds and one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most intriguing troubadours, has often been suspended in the rock and roll gray area between obscurity and popularity. Throughout a long musical career that concluded with his untimely death...
by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 11, 2020 | Between the Lines, Reviews
For the most unassuming member of the band the ‘Byrds’, Chris Hillman has made a most indelible mark on rock and roll history. For a man once asked by John Lennon, ‘Does he talk?’, Hillman’s new memoir, Time Between: My life as a Byrd, Burrito and...
by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 26, 2018 | Reviews, Take One
Spinning on the turntable today in the ‘rock room’ is the flip side to the famed 1965 7’ Byrds’ single ‘Turn, Turn, Turn’. Composed by Gene Clark, the cut, ‘She Don’t Care About Time’ is not only one of Clark’s finest compositions and best renowned songs;...
by talkfromtherockroom | Dec 13, 2014 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
It was the sound of the Rickenbacker 360-12-guitar that encapsulated the sound of the 1960’s for many. The ringing bell and sustained tone of the Rickenbacker twelve strings (and six strings) are as notable for guitar aficionados as a rare bird call for...
