The Byrds
Rock bandWikipedia
293
MENTIONS
132
EPISODES
118
PODCASTS
Search complete. 293 mentions across 132 episodes found for "The Byrds".
Oct 29, 2026
Bill PriceHOST
Eventually, in his early career, Leon worked as a session musician.
Bill PriceHOST
He would later play for a multitude of artists that included Jan and Dean, Ricky Nelson, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, The Beach Boys, The Ventures, The Band, Bob Dylan, The Birds, Joe Cocker, The Rolling Stones, Glenn Campbell, and on Phil Spector recordings.
Bill PriceHOST
In 1962, Leon performed on a Los Angeles television station with a group called the Leon Russell Trail on a show called Stepping Out.
Bill PriceHOST
Later in 1964, he appeared in the concert film Tammy's Show playing piano with the Wrecking Crew.
Bill PriceHOST
Everybody Loves a Clown became a top 40 hit in 1965 and stayed on the chart for eight weeks.
Bill PriceHOST
She's Just My Style reached the number three position on December 18th.
Bill PriceHOST
As a studio musician, Leon played on several popular songs of the 1960s, which included those by The Byrds, Bobby Pickett, and Herb Alpert.
Bill PriceHOST
Plus, he played piano on several Phil Spector recordings by the Ronettes, The Crystals, Darling Love, and on the 1963 album titled A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
The groups.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
The Birds, which featured Roger McQuinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
The Doors, which was basically Jim Morrison's band.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
Buffalo Springfield, and later Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
Okay, so...
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
there is kind of one of the things that he notes is that within a very short period.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
You have the Byrds album in 1965, Mamas and Papas and Love in 1966, Buffalo Springfield and Zappa at the exact same period.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
The Doors comes in the next year, 1967, and then the rest of them kind of fall in line right after that.
Angie MoonGUEST
That was...
Angie MoonGUEST
A lot of it was inspired by the Byrds.
Angie MoonGUEST
So...
Angie MoonGUEST
Groups like Liars, groups like The Smiths.
Sven ErlandsonHOST
But those fucking harmonies, who do you think was behind all the harmonies? Crosby.
Sven ErlandsonHOST
Was that Crosby? He told the Byrds when they fired him they were going to be in trouble, and they were.
Sven ErlandsonHOST
Wow.
Sven ErlandsonHOST
I remember seeing the documentary on him and his making his atonement and so forth and talking about it.
Christian LaneGUEST
through Dennis Wilson, you know, a member of the Golden Penetrators, Terry Melcher, who was Doris Day's son.
Christian LaneGUEST
He had produced some early hits by the Byrds.
Christian LaneGUEST
He had produced the hits for Paul Revere and the Raiders.
Christian LaneGUEST
When Manson met Terry Melcher, he realized this is the guy.
Jake BrennanGUEST
And these are kind of conversation starters as much as they are recommendations.
Jake BrennanGUEST
The first one is 1968's Sweetheart of the Rodeo by the Byrds, which isn't really a Byrds album.
Jake BrennanGUEST
I mean, it's got three Byrds on it, but it also has Graham Parsons.
Jake BrennanGUEST
And it's really a Graham Parsons album.
Jake BrennanGUEST
And it's when he joined the band.
Jake BrennanGUEST
And so I guess what I'm doing is I'm recommending this album because it's great.
Zeth LundyHOST
Yeah.
Jake BrennanGUEST
Because if you're Graham Parsons curious, and maybe you've heard some Graham Parsons before, but you haven't heard this Byrds album, you must hear this Byrds album.
Carman CarrionHOST
He believed his songs were good, and he believed he was one step from being a star.
Carman CarrionHOST
Wilson introduced him to Terry Melcher, a record producer who was the son of actress Doris Day, and who worked with the Byrds.
Carman CarrionHOST
Melcher listened and he was not impressed.
Carman CarrionHOST
He didn't offer Manson a deal.
Carman CarrionHOST
He believed his songs were good, and he believed he was one step from being a star.
Carman CarrionHOST
Wilson introduced him to Terry Melcher, a record producer who was the son of actress Doris Day, and who worked with the Byrds.
Carman CarrionHOST
Melcher listened and he was not impressed.
Carman CarrionHOST
He didn't offer Manson a deal.
Travis FordGUEST
Yeah.
Travis FordGUEST
We just had Roger McGuinn, the founder of the Byrds.
Travis FordGUEST
I heard that was a great show.
Travis FordGUEST
Yeah, sold out.
Jack RabidHOST
Maybe that's something a lot of us have thought.
Jack RabidHOST
A lot of us have envied the Byrds, not just in general, but because they have one of the few things that we can't do.
Jack RabidHOST
We think that we're superior to a lot of, Animals, because we can think and we can communicate quite directly.
Jack RabidHOST
But we can't fly.
122 more episodes mention The Byrds.
Create an account to see the whole feed, search across every transcript, and follow the entities you care about.