Formed in Los Angeles in 1964, The Byrds pioneered folk rock with their signature jangly 12-string Rickenbacker guitars and angelic harmonies, catapulting Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" to the top of the charts and blending it into rock's core vocabulary.
Roger McGuinn's steady presence anchored…
43 roots·57 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped The Byrds; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn, Lee Hazlewood, Lloyd Green + 39 more
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6 releases·1971-2011
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