The Byrds Celebration – Live In Amsterdam 1994
The Marconti Plaza, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Scott Nienhaus (lead guitar, piano, vocals)
Gene Parsons (drums, vocals)
Terry Jones Rogers (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Skip Battin (bass, vocals)
Gene Parsons (drums, vocals)
Terry Jones Rogers (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Skip Battin (bass, vocals)
1. Intro by
Terry Jones Rogers + I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (4:04)
2. Mr.
Tambourine Man (3:49)
3. All I
Really Want To Do (2:45)
4. My Back
Pages - Baby What You Want Me To Do (5:56)
5. Tricou
House (6:01)
6. Turn! Turn!
Turn! (To Everything There Is
A Season) (3:48)
7. So You
Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (3:12)
8. Eight
Miles High (8:58)
9. Jamaica
Say You Will (4:33)
10.
Amsterdam (6:45)
Artwork
Included (front, back)
4 comments:
Thanks ,I wanted to hear what The Byrds Celebration sounded like
One of several incarnations of the Byrds Celebration, originally founded by Michael Clarke in an attempt to make some money. This group is unusual in that it includes two ex-members of the latter Byrds (Battin and Parsons) who provide a good rhythm section, as they did when they were part of the Byrds. The concert is all right, not as bad as I'd been led to believe but certainly not the Byrds. Parsons is less intrusive as a drummer than he was at times with the Byrds, and Battin provides a good rolling bass for the songs. As for the other would-be Byrds, well, it's hard to say since it was hard to hear the lead guitar on this recording. But what I did hear was nowhere near like McGuinn and I suspect the guitarist didn't even try to imitate him. The vocals are good for the most part, even Skip is controlled here and sounds good enough to get the lead on Mr. Tambourine Man and others. The selection of songs is what you'd expect--mostly hits, plus two originals which aren't bad at all. Crosby hated this group, perhaps because they often knocked the 'Celebration' part of the name off. he weakest part of this group was the guitar section, but as I said, it may have been the recording itself--or maybe the lead guitar was toned down so as not to draw attention to it. I wonder what this group would have been like if it had dropped the Byrds numbers and tried for its own sound. In any case, Parsons soon dropped out, and later Battin, and the group changed its name to Younger Than Yesterday, if I remember right, and hasn't been heard from since. Just as well. An interesting recording nonetheless, and thanks again for these unusual concerts.
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