John Einarson: Mr. Tambourine Man – The Life and Legacy of the Byrds' Gene Clark by John Einarson (Backbeat)
Bill Wasserzieher, Ugly Things, Summer 2005
GENE CLARK of the Byrds was many things - a charismatic stage presence in a '60s band that became an American icon; a gifted and perhaps poetic songwriter; an artist whose solo recordings never received the attention they deserved; and a drug-troubled, unreliable alcoholic who became his own worst enemy.
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