Electrifying Folk

The hippy movement pulled from a lot of sources, from beat, blues, rock, jazz. The Byrds were successful in taking songs from folk, especially Dylan's songs and putting them on the rock stage. And they had the hair and the outfits and they came just as things were exploding with innovation and grassroots activity. The Byrds helped keep the folk and protest tradition alive and in the minds of our generation, which was being lead in other directions by the likes of The Doors, Hendrix and even Dylan himself. Two of their members Roger McGuinn and David Crosby have continued to perform and participate in the pop scene, growing old like the rest.

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