The Byrds - 1989-01-04 - San Juan Capistrano, CA (HQ Aud)

The Byrds
1989-01-04
The Coach House
San Juan Capistrano, CA
HQ Audience Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

Chris Hillman
01. I Am A Pilgrim
02. Desert Rose
03. Darkness In The Playground

Roger Mcguinn
01. Ballad Of Easy Rider Wasn't Born To Follow
02. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
03. Chestnut Mare

David Crosby
01. Tracks In The Dust
02. Compass
03. Guinnevere
04. Almost Cut My Hair

The Byrds
01. Chimes Of Freedom
02. It Won't Be Wrong
03. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
04. Everybody's Been Burned
05. My Back pages
06. Mr Spaceman
07. Bells Of Rhymney
08. You Ain't Going Nowhere
09. Mr Tambourine Man
10. Turn Turn Turn
11. Eight Miles High

The Byrds - 1989-01-04 -  San Juan Capistrano, CA (HQ Aud)

1980s - #1: In January 1989, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and Chris Hillman reunited to tour as The Byrds.  Their motivation, however, was not musical, but rather legal and financial.  Another former Byrd, Michael Clarke, has been touring the country using the Byrds name, and had even applied for a trademark.  To counter Clarke, the trio also applied to trademark the name The Byrds, filed a lawsuit gains Clarke citing deceptive business practices, and used the tour to demonstrate they had not surrendered the use of the name The Byrds to anyone else. While the trio's tour was a resounding musical success, it failed to convince the court to side in their favor, as Clarke gained complete ownership of the name The Byrds. This high quality audience captures McGuinn, Crosby and Hillman during that 1989 tour, on January 4, 1989, 33 year ago today.  By the way, all 5 original Byrds (Gene Clark being the 5th) put their differences aside in January 1991 to perform at the band's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. Sadly, it would be the last time the 5 original members performed together, as Michael Clarke and Gene Clarke passed away within the next 2 years. Of course, those induction ceremonies opened other wounds, as long time Byrds members such as Clarence White, Gene Parsons and Skip Battin, just to name 3, were completely ignored by the Rock Hall of Fame.