The first No. 1 song Bob Dylan ever had was not as a performer but as a writer. Jim Dickson, manager of The Byrds, was given a demo of “Mr. Tambourine Man” and played it for the band. They were not ...
The Byrds knew how to get out ahead of a trend. In the mid-60s, Roger McGuinn’s guitar drone helped set the tone for the psychedelic rock boom. Later, the arrival of Gram Parsons and the album ...