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| − | '''The Byrds''' were a Los Angeles band including Roger McGuinn and [[David Crosby]].<ref>[http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19792/m1/ Show 33 - Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders. (Part 1)]</ref> [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] described them as "the be-all and end-all of Los Angeles rock | + | '''The Byrds''' were a [[Los Angeles]] band including Roger McGuinn and [[David Crosby]].<ref>[http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19792/m1/ Show 33 - Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders. (Part 1)]</ref> [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] described them as ''"the be-all and end-all of Los Angeles rock in the mid-1960s."''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FB0O_HCpBy0C&pg=PA69&dq=real+frank+zappa+book+%22byrds%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2zZXZrO_OAhWJVyYKHSvVBbQQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=real%20frank%20zappa%20book%20%22byrds%22&f=false Zappa, Frank. "Are We Having Fun Yet?". ''The Real Frank Zappa Book'', pg. 69]</ref> |
| − | In 1966 The Byrds performed at ''[[The Big T.N.T. Show]]'', where Frank Zappa was filmed inside the audience. | + | In 1966 The Byrds performed at ''[[The Big T.N.T. Show]]'', where Frank Zappa was filmed inside the audience. |
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| + | They are subject of a song on the album, ''[[Groupie Bang Bang]]'': ''"[[The Byrds|Byrds]] and [[The Rolling Stones|Stones]] dig the way she dance / And ev'ry damn one gets in her pants / [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Ringo Starr|Ringo]] too /Say she balls better than [[Brian Epstein|Epstein]] do"'' | ||
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Revision as of 14:01, 23 August 2026
The Byrds were a Los Angeles band including Roger McGuinn and David Crosby.[1] The Real Frank Zappa Book described them as "the be-all and end-all of Los Angeles rock in the mid-1960s."[2]
In 1966 The Byrds performed at The Big T.N.T. Show, where Frank Zappa was filmed inside the audience.
They are subject of a song on the album, Groupie Bang Bang: "Byrds and Stones dig the way she dance / And ev'ry damn one gets in her pants / Paul McCartney and Ringo too /Say she balls better than Epstein do"
