The Byrds anyone???

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE BYRDS  "ballad of Easy Rider"  cd,  1969.

from the box-set...
their eighth studio album...
no, its not the soundtrack to the movie of the same name...
the album's title track was the theme song for that movie but thats about it, the band thought that if they called the album title after the movie then it would drum up interest and sales with the connection, which it didnt, like the vast majority of their output it tanked on every level.
Bob Dylan co-wrote the title track with Roger McGuinn but was not credited.
as per usual, the majority of the songs were covers or traditional tunes reworked...
album has a distinct folk flavor for the most part with a couple of country/folk/rock crossover tunes in the mix to break things up...
i love their slowed down take on Dylan's "its all over now, baby blue"...
album closer is a real clunker, obviously a tribute to the moon landing and totally irrelevant to the rest of the album other than being a, now historical timestamp for 1969.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

1:   ballad of easy rider   ***
2:   fido   ***
3:   oil in my lamp (trad.)   **
4:   tulsa county blue (aka 'tulsa county')  **
5:   jack tarr the sailor   ***
6:   jesus is just alright   ***
7:   its all over now, baby blue   ***
8:   there must be someone ***
9:   gunga din   ***
10: deportee   ***
11:  armstrong, aldrin & collins   *

3s -  8
2s -  2
1s -  1

rating:  2.6

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