John Einarson: Mr. Tambourine Man – The Life and Legacy of the Byrds' Gene Clark by John Einarson (Backbeat)

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.