![]() Very quickly followed by the young Dylan in the early 60's who emphasized writing and a refreshing aesthetic of folk songs, to the point of influencing the Beatles. If we talk about "modern" folk in the sense that they started to abandon (or even temporarily abandon) their traditional standards and covers to write their songs, I think it is necessary to first talk about the impact of Pete Seeger or a more popular duo like The Everly Brothers who opened the door to Folk Pop in the 50s. Historically, I think it's more understandable to take a quick look at how The Byrds embodied one of the figures of Folk Rock, and how they established themselves as one of the pioneers of the musical style. To put it in context, the Byrds came at a time when the Beatles had all but wreaked havoc on their path and had already begun to produce a Folk Pop formula, while Bob Dylan was at the premise of his new direction: electrification. It is impossible to ignore this album, which is one of the essentials of a Rock/Pop/Folk discography. So today we are going to study the beginnings of the Byrds on the occasion of a classic album, a marvel so important, which is called Mr. And yet very quickly this group became one of the most important legacies of the history, with its multiple regional characteristics, with a very Americanized sound imbued with folk and country, which often strays to more oriental territory, thus imposing itself in the hearts of popular listeners. Influenced mainly by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, great figures of overtone singing such as The Beach Boys, The Everly Brothers or the legendary saxophonist and composer John Coltrane, The Byrds was at the base concretely an American response to the British Invasion. This legendary group did not only create its legend through its popularity, its influence and its unique sound, The Byrds is also a line-up that contains only fantastic artists, which played a leading role in their historical impact, especially when we see that each member of the group later had an immense solo career. No need to be original to describe in a few words The Byrds, one of the most influential Californian rock bands in the history of music, characterized by a crystalline sound and by dreadful harmonies on a well licked Folk Rock aesthetic (although the band will evolve its formula and its sounds later on).
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