It's cool to hear the Fillmore crowd show their appreciation after the solo at 1:43, while McGuinn is already singing the song's next verse. "It’s spatial. Below, we revisit 10 of the band's greatest guitar moments, taking their entire official output—including recently released archival live albums—into consideration. Glen Campbell was not on that session, or any other Byrds recording. Subscribe to Acoustic Guitar on . While Seeger also played the song on a 12-string, and even embellished the solo portion with a brilliant, out-of-nowhere chord or two, McGuinn and the Byrds simply took it to new heights—something they did often, especially when it came to Bob Dylan songs. The first song was gonna be ‘You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere,’ the Bob Dylan song. Thank you for signing up to Guitar World. Did Glen Campbell really play lead guitar on "Eight Miles High" by the Byrds? It was first released as a single on March 14, 1966. But we don’t need to rely strictly on our powers of deduction. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Turn! "Buckaroo"Live at the Fillmore—February 1969 | 2000 | Main Guitarist: Clarence WhiteFeel free to argue, but if you had to choose one Byrds album that best demonstrates White's electric-guitar prowess, it'd be Live at the Fillmore—February 1969. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Eight Miles High Tabs - Byrds, Version (1). Bath Roger McGuinn), and David Crosby. Eight Miles High " is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a. Turn! 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 1. I have no idea how that rumor got started.”. Les paroles vagues de la chanson sont principalement inspirées du voyage en avion qui a conduit les Byrds à Londres, en août 1965, pour une tournée en Angleterre. Thanks for the transcription Paul. We can just ask Byrds guitar genius Roger McGuinn, a regular participant in the Usenet newsgroup alt.music.byrds. Random side note: Be sure to check out Green's pedal steel playing on Paul McCartney and Wings' 1974 tune, "Sally G.", "Black Mountain Rag"/"Soldier's Joy"Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 | 2008 | Main Guitarist: Clarence White. Re: Eight Miles High beginning guitar solo... by ( idealassets ) » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:05 pm I have seen a few versions of this song that are nowhere near as technically profiient as Roger Mcguinn's, yet they still manage to sound nice. McGuinn recently told Uncut. Editor's Note: Even though Roger McGuinn went by his birth name, Jim McGuinn, prior to 1967, we will refer to him as Roger for the remainder of this story. "Released in 1966, "Eight Miles High" has been called the first psychedelic rock song. I was trying to emulate Coltrane’s saxophone with my Rickenbacker. Les vols commerciaux volent généralement à une altitude comprise entre six et sept milles, mais « eight miles high » sonne plu… He's playing almost all of it in the 4th position. Turn!," "Eight Miles High," "My Back Pages" and "Chestnut Mare" among them—the band's original lineup—Jim McGuinn,David Crosby,Gene Clark,Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke—went their separate ways, leaving McGuinn to carry on the Byrds experience with a host of new musicians.Luckily, a guitar legend was waiting in the wings: Clarence White. So Campbell’s studio career was, presumably, finito by the time the Byrds released “Eight Miles High” on Fifth Dimension (1966). "Eight Miles High"Fifth Dimension | 1966 | Main Guitarist: Roger McGuinn"Eight Miles High" starts off like a train—a massive, chugging steam locomotive that stops for absolutely no one. This, I assure you, is uncommon. Released in March of 1966, “Eight Miles High” was one of the Byrds’ biggest hit after they abandoned their signature folk rock for riskier sounds. "—but among the band's self-penned tunes, none are more enduring, or as misunderstood, as "Eight Miles High. Add to playlist. To catch up with McGuinn, Crosby and Hillman, visit mcguinn.com,davidcrosby.com and chrishillman.com. How did “nuts” and “bananas” come to mean “crazy”? Follow him on Facebook,Twitter and/or Instagram. For more about the Byrds, visit their official website. Case in point: George Harrison’s 12-string riff on “If I Needed Someone.” Played in a second-position D-chord shape with a capo on the seventh fret, the line was based on McGuinn’s shimmering guitar work in the mesmerizing 1965 track “The Bells of Rhymney,” which you can hear below. Only you said it better. newsletter. Continue. Fanelli, a former member of Brooklyn jump-blues/swing/rockabilly band the Gas House Gorillas and New York City instrumental surf-rock band Mister Neutron, also composes and records film soundtracks. Turn! Le premier couplet en est une illustration : « Eight miles high and when you touch down, you'll find that it's stranger than known » (« Huit milles d'altitude, et quand tu atterris, tu découvres que c'est plus étrange que connu »)6. How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? Blair Jackson March 28, 2019. (To Everything There Is a Season)." Download Pdf [Chords] Em F#m11/G G/E D Dsus2 C C9 Csus2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 1 0 2 4 … After the Colonels, White became a session player in Los Angeles (even playing on several Byrds albums before officially joining the band). Please refresh the page and try again. Check out Roger's DVD "The 12-String Guitar of Roger McGuinn." But we don’t need to rely strictly on our powers of deduction. Listen to Green's note choices; it's a lesson on guitar solo composition, regardless of what instrument he's playing. McGuinn's playing on the track is—for lack of a better word—sublime. One accurate version. "It wasn’t meant to be, but it was branded that way. What is the origin of the song “There’s a place in France/Where the naked ladies dance?” Are bay leaves poisonous. The Byrds had bigger hit songs—their recording of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" reached number one, as did their cover of Pete Seeger's "Turn! As always, his 12-string Rickenbacker is front and center. A master of chops-busting bluegrass guitar, White, who initially recorded with the band as a session guitarist but became a full band member in mid-1968, intertwined his formidable fingerpicking, flatpicking and hybrid-picking technique on his Tele with the use of a device he helped invent (with Gene Parsons), the Parsons-White StringBender (also known as a B-bender), which allowed him to recreate certain aspects of pedal steel guitar licks with stunning accuracy. Author Unregistered. As the years went by and the hits piled up—"Turn! It's another B-bender masterpiece that shows off White's bouncy, psychedelic-cowboy style, complete with a brilliant turnaround at 1:24. Although the Beatles were rock’s foremost trendsetters, they still were influenced by other artists. Absolutely! Well said, Paul. Or not; either way is fine. It's amazing how eclectic Roger's interests still are, even these days when he's returning to his folk music roots. Solo Guitar M S. Drums M S. View all instruments. Yes, we're bending (that's a play on words, folks) the rules and including a pedal steel guitar performance on this list. Ode to the Original B-Bender, Clarence White of The Byrds and Kentucky Colonels. The most impressive guitar track on the album is the band's cover of Buck Owens' killer-catchy instrumental, "Buckaroo," which finally exists on YouTube. Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. (To Everything There Is a Season)"Turn! Luckily, a guitar legend was waiting in the wings: Clarence White. The DVD includes an instruction book with the solo notated in tablature. | 1965 | Main Guitarist: Roger McGuinnNo other song—including "Mr. Tambourine Man" (which did not make this list)—sums up the Byrds' early, "America's Answer to the Beatles" period quite like "Turn! The sheet music will certainly help nail down this great solo. The best of The Straight Dope, delivered to your inbox. Turn! The musicians on the album are McGuinn on his 12-string Rickenbacker 360, Gene Parsons on drums, John York on bass and White on his B-Bender Tele. He was trying to incorporate Indian music into jazz, and we were trying to incorporate his attempts to do that into a rock’n’roll song. The guitars, which—let's face it—are everywhere on this track, are the canvas on which the song's story is so vibrantly painted; perhaps the guitar high point is the fine interplay between McGuinn's Rickenbacker and White's Martin during the song's emotional breakdown section. BA1 1UA. The man having spoken, I say we give this one a rest. Send questions to Cecil via cecil@straightdope.com. OK, last Throwback Thursday we got into some 12-string coolness with Supertramp founder Roger Hodgson. So Campbell’s studio career was, presumably, finito by the time the Byrds released “Eight Miles High” on Fifth Dimension (1966). If you'd like to find out more about White, who was killed by a drunk driver in 1973, be sure to check out Ode to the Original B-Bender, Clarence White of The Byrds and Kentucky Colonels. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Through his time with the Byrds, this high-octane bluegrass medley stood out as a high point of the band's live shows. So there’s a lot of things going on. Several masters of the genre, including Tony Rice and Norman Blake, even site him as a key influence. Notice how McGuinn cleverly inserts a heaping helping of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" into his 12-string Rickenbacker guitar solo. The studio version of "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," a cover of a Basement Tapes-era Dylan tune, features a stunning performance by Nashville pedal steel legend Lloyd Green. Eight Miles High tab by The Byrds. McGuinn has been very open about the influence of John Coltrane's "sheets of sound" on the EMH solo. Use a mixing console in Pro version. Before he plays the introduction on acoustic at his shows, he always mentions Andres Segovia as well as Coltrane. How did some crime fiction come to be described as “hard-boiled”? Since you've probably heard the original Byrds version of this song 43,747 times, we've decided to include a more recent video that shows McGuinn playing the song alone, complete with close-up shots of his fingering, finger picks and all. “I was young and open to any new music if the steel fit, and [the Byrds] were gonna let me be a part of it," Green told Vintage Guitar in 2008. But after the opening India riff I just go off on my own. Turn! White rips open his bag of B-bender licks—and never closes it.