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  The Guardian

  ‘In all manner of things, we were creative’: the Byrds reflect on music and fashion

  As a new book explores the band’s influence on 60s fashion and beyond, its surviving members look back on the trends they pioneered

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  Consequence of Sound

  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ New Live Album Captures Fabled 1997 Residency at San Francisco’s Fillmore

  The 54-song set marks the band's first live album in 13 years. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ New Live Album Captures Fabled 1997 Residency at San Francisco’s Fillmore Alex Young

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  Variety

  The Byrds Look Through Their Back Pages in Stunning New Photo Book (EXCLUSIVE)

  Anyone who clicked on this article knows that the Byrds are one of the greatest and most influential rock groups of all time: They weren’t only influenced by the Beatles, they influenced them; they showed the world that Bob Dylan songs could rock; and via their own songs like “Eight Miles High,” “So You Wanna […]

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  Rolling Stone

  ‘It Would Have Been Great If We’d Stayed Together’: Inside the Upcoming Photo Book on the Byrds

  Roger McGuinn looks back on his time with the country-rock pioneers, reveals details of his unpublished memoir and discusses his upcoming album

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  U.S.

  The Monroe News

  Michigan’s ballot proposal funders are for the birds

  This year, a dozen or more proposals may appear on the ballot — all with one thing in common. They’re bankrolled by deep-pocketed contributors.

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  Democrat and Chronicle

  Mersey, McGuinn and momentum: A big year at Canandaigua's Fort Hill Performing Arts Center

  With big-name artists like Roger McGuinn, Fort Hill Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua continues to make a mark on the Finger Lakes-area arts map.

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  Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.

  Mary Lucia calls out MPR management in emotional farewell to Current listeners

  During her last words on her final day at 89.3 The Current, longtime Twin Cities DJ Mary Lucia choked back tears as she said she never looked for outside affirmation about her work, but after hearing from listeners, she knew she made a difference and “it doesn’t matter if the company or management doesn’t feel the same way. Thank you for everything, I love you.” She then played the Rolling ...

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  Variety

  How Nashville Legend Ralph Emery Dissed Country-Rock Pioneers the Byrds — and the Night They Buried the Hatchet

  Left out of most obituaries about renowned country music talk-show host Ralph Emery, who died Saturday, was his infamy among many rock fans for having gotten into a tiff in the late 1960s with the Byrds. Their beef even resulted in Emery being dismissed, by name, in a Byrds track — “Drug Store Truck Drivin’ […]

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  The Day, New London, Conn.

  Roger McGuinn plays The Kate Saturday

  Sep. 23—Although Roger McGuinn released a Christmas album last year, there hasn't been a lot of bustling professional activity for the ex-Byrds legend. And that's fine: We're in a plague and he's 79 years old. McGuinn IS embarking on a tour, though, and the first date will be Saturday in Old Saybrook at The Kate. Not sure how many holiday tunes you'll hear — I assume stores are already putting ...

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  Associated Press

  Chris Hillman's musical life from Byrds to Burritos and more

  Tom Petty once described him as one of rock music's most well-kept secrets, and Chris Hillman is fine with that. Sixty-one years after he picked up his first guitar, Hillman says music was never about becoming rich and famous, something he mocked in the whimsical 1967 hit “So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star” that he co-wrote with fellow bandmate Roger McGuinn for the Byrds. It was never about getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, either, although Hillman, McGuinn and their fellow By

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