The byrds original band members
Members of the byrds 1970
Who was the lead singer of the byrds.
Formed in and originally called The Thunderbirds, West Drayton&#;s The Birds had shortened their name to avoid confusion with Chris Farlowe&#;s backing band.
Talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire .
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When The Byrds arrived in Britain in July &#; following the success of Mr Tambourine Man &#; the LA quintet were served with a summons by their rather less-successful UK equivalents just as they stepped off the plane.
Although the case was never seriously pursued, the legal notice complaining of loss of earnings got the group front page headlines in Melody Maker &#; for the first and only occasion.
The Byrds were so aggravated that the following year&#;s Eight Miles High &#; the lysergic travelogue of their London trip &#; alluded to the incident in the lines &#;Nowhere is there warmth to be found/among those afraid of losing their ground&#;.
Thankfully, the succeeding lines &#; &#;Rain grey town, known for its sound/in places small faces abound&#; &#; cont