Roger McGuinn’s Thunderbyrd – Encinitas 1976
La Paloma Theater, Encinitas, California - July 31, 1976
Roger McGuinn – lead guitar, vocals
James Quill Smith - lead guitar,vocals
Bruce Barlow - bass,vocals
Lance Dickerson - drums
---This concert features the short lived first lineup of
Thunderbyrd (with ex-members of The Charlie Musselwhite Blues Band, Commander
Cody’s Lost Planet Airmen and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers).---
1. Wasn't Born To Follow (2:15)
2. Mr. Spaceman (2:37)
3. Mr. Tambourine Man (7:15)
4. Chestnut Mare (6:16)
5. Dreamland (5:13)
6. So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (2:48)
7. Eight Miles High (7:43)
8. My Back Pages (5:48)
Artwork Included (front, back, CD)
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Got to see them live, once. One of McGuinn's better back-up bands. Thanks RB for the show.
Although McGuinn was almost commercially extinct at this point, he produced some fine music after the Rolling Thunder Review, and it's a pity he wasn't recognized for his musical achievements at this point. Thunderbyrd was a bit uneven as an album, but it was still quite good. I'd heard the later version of Thunderbyrd, memorably from the Rockpalast concert, and I don't know why he didn't stick with this group and recover his audience. A great group, that, his best since dissolving the Byrds. Still, this version of Thunderbyrd is quite good as well. In fact, they sound more like the Byrds than the Clarence White lineup. While the vocals aren't quite as good as the originals (neither were the vocals from the latter Byrds) the instrumentation is up to par (except for Chestnut Mare, where the Untitled version emerges as the definitive version of the song. The only complaint I have is the setlist. By this time McGuinn had released four solo albums, yet only one song from them appeared here--Joni Mitchell's Dreamland, which they perform superbly. McGuinn even now seems to disparage his solo career and concentrate on Byrds classics. But he had quite a few fine songs from his solo albums which he could have exploited, if for no other reason than to sell a few more of his solo efforts. Thanks for a fine upload.
Thank You
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