Gene Clark S/D, C/D

was "why not your baby" a single? if it was left in the can that was a big mistake. probably wouldn't have hit the charts--too countrified for 1969. but it's fantastic. the symphonic route is one that the band should have taken, i think, rather than the more trad 2nd album we ended up with.

Yes, "Why Not Your Baby" was a single b/w "Lyin' Down The Middle" in I think early '69.

amateurist--the Maxfield Parrish LP "It's A Cinch To Give Legs To Old Hard-Boiled Eggs"
Also feat. Chris Darrow, another of my heroes.

I saw that Clark/Olson record a couple weeks ago, the adult contemporary vibe of it put me off. I shoulda bought it. Probably still there.

OT but this video is lol - also kinda sad: /

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I6Q92TU5Nw

hillman seems oddly aggro there. be nice to the dutch host, chris!

Don't hold the cover against the Clark/Olson disc, it was 1987 after all.

Maybe this will reassure

http://youtu.be/j5ruo6h6AGk

embed fail but the link works.

kinda wish he did more with emmylou

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZYWjTBpHvY

His album with Carla Olson is so great. They were planning on doing more together, but then he had to die on us. "The Drifter" and "Gypsy Rider" are such a great start to the album. I could listen to those two on repeat forever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y1uU5XEzY0

one thing about g.c. -- i think he got better and better as a singer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Unw_SKH6VU

did this guy make a bad album? i don't think so.

firebyrd is pretty dire

so is the 1973 Byrds reunion album, although Clark's songs are the highlight.

what ever became of Carla Olson, and was she planning to record with GC again? Can't find much about her online.

I believe she produced a xmas album on the Evidence label back in the early 2000s.

the byrds reunion is crap, yes. firebyrd is dated and kind of thin but no way is it dire.

Two Sides To Every Story is rough going. And Carla Olson's vocals on So Rebellious A Lover are an um, acquired taste.

i think clark's songwriting genius kinda runs dry after two sides, the cheesy low-budget production of firebyrd isn't the biggest problem. i rate so rebellious a lover higher because his interpretive skills were still quite good, saves that record (and yes, carla not really a good match for him, that was his manager's wife - shades of the donna washburn/doug dillard debacle)

looks gooooood

GENE CLARK’S HERE TONIGHT: THE WHITE LIGHT DEMOS COMING FROM OMNIVORE RECORDINGS ON MARCH 26
http://omnivorerecordings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Gene-Clark-Here-Tonight-Jewel-Box-with-disc.png
By 1970, weary and wary of the fame game in Los Angeles with the trappings of “the star-maker machinery” surrounding him at every turn, ex-Byrds songwriter and singer Gene Clark was looking for a refuge. On March 26, 2013, Omnivore Recordings will release Clark’s Here Tonight: The White Light Demos, a glimpse into the songwriting craft of Clark at the inception of the compositions that would become his first ’70s solo album, White Light, for A&M Records, released in August of 1971.

Of the tracks on this 12-song album, six (“White Light,” “For a Spanish Guitar,” “Where My Love Lies Asleep,” “The Virgin” “Because of You” and “With Tomorrow”) appeared in final form onWhite Light. Two (“Opening Day” and “Winter”) appeared in final form as bonus tracks on the 2002 A&M/Universal reissue of the album. One track (”Here Tonight”) is an alternate version of a song that appeared on the Flying Burrito Brothers compilation Honky Tonk Heroes. And three songs (“For No One,” “Please Mr. Freud” and “Jimmy Christ”) have never been issued previously in any form. Liner notes are by John Einarson, author of Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of Gene Clark (Backbeat Books, 2005). The collection is being reissued with the full cooperation of the estate of Gene Clark.

Greta Garbo owned No Other!

http://gretasrecords.tumblr.com/

ha! that is a fun blog...

never noticed Gene in drag on the back cover

That same pic of Gene is on the bonus poster too.

That Anders article is awesome.

was a big hit on my facebook wall.

Good idea!

I ran into Sid Griffin (of the Long Ryders, a huge GC fan) a few years ago and asked him if there was much left in the Gene Clark vaults. He said there were "maybe a couple of worthwhile songs" or some words to that effect, and that the barrel was essentially scraped clean. Since then there's been about four albums worth of pretty great stuff has either been released or announced as forthcoming. Which just goes to show, even the experts don't know a lot of the time.

No Other is the one album which can truly be described as Cosmic American Music.

Gene Clark was the unsung genius of American music and this masterpiece proves it.

No Other is one of my Desert Island albums, alongside
A Storm in Heaven (The Verve)
Spirit of Eden (Talk Talk)
Lazer Guided Melodies (Spiritualized)

Clearly you feel strongly about this as you've posted it on two threads.

Scratch that, three threads.

I'm a better musician. Serious musicians and composers are not commercial I trained at the top music school in the US.. I'm a CREATIVE person. I am a vocalist, composer, multi-instrumentalist. I taught myself how to write music but I had extensive training. I sing advanced music and write advanced music. I can write simple music too. I need donations since the commercial world does not fund serious composers or serious musicians. I need assistance. All serious musicians do.

The Rolling Stones. To me they are no more than just overrated jerks who write melodically dead emotionally dry music. The most overrated band I know of, actually. The Rolling Stones receive way too much praise and credit for everything from influence to the quality of their hooks. I'd give them a one at best. That said, there are a bunch of Stones songs that I do like (even a couple that I love) and I can easily say Beggar's Banquet is a really good album, but for the most part they really leave me cold. Sorry, this is just how I feel.

You know what Rolling Stones song I love? Feel a Whole Lot Better. Oh wait. That was by the Byrds.

Nobody did rock and roll better than the Stones. Name them... you can't do it guys because they are rock and roll. Yeah yeah, they're for shit now but back in the day, they wrote the fucking rules. More classic tracks than I could list here but if you don't believe me, dig out Beggars Banquet and put Streetfighting Man on repeat and don't turn it off until you think to yourself "Hello."

never even knew this group existed:
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1531
This is an amazing one-off performance of Flyte - a short-lived group featuring Chris Hillman and Gene Clark of the Byrds. These guys opened for Emmylou Harris in December 1982 and performed two sets of acoustic music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_w8ybyr0Xs

Where did I dig up that Stones quote from? Oh yeah, here: Rolling Stones: Classic or Dud

That Allison Anders Greta Garbo records blog refers to "The Keith Richards of Sweden."

I just got the second Dillard and Clark album and jesus fucking christ who is this singing on Corner Street Bar, that vocal is unbearable

seems pretty obvious it's gene.

trying to think of another song where he does something silly sounding like this...

Isn't it Dillard's girlfriend? Or is she only on "Rocky Top"?

corner street bar is gene doing a faux-british accent.

regrettable

all the byrds need to have at least one song where they sing terribly -- "mind gardens" anyone?

there is nothing good about Mind Gardens. I hate that song.

"Mind Gardens" is notoriously bad. But surely some contrarian ilxors must love it for that very reason.

omg that song

once, theyrerere was a garrr-den.

i love that on the "younger than yesterday" cd there's an additional version of everyone's favorite crosby song.