Gene Clark
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Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark (1977)
Interview by John Tobler, Rock's Backpages audio, 30 April 1977
The three former Byrds discuss the prospect of being onstage together after some years apart; the possibility of a new Byrds album, and their own new bands and albums: Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd, Chris Hillman's Slippin' Away, and Gene Clark's Two Sides to Every Story.
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Column by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 26 March 1966
SAD NEWS for Byrd lovers — Gene Clark is suffering from "nervous strain" and has been advised by doctors not to undertake any further personal ...
DISCussion: singles from Gene Clark, Buffalo Springfield and more
Review by Eden, KRLA Beat, 31 December 1966
ONE OF the prettiest records to date from Cher is her newest, 'Mama'. This one is another Sonny Bono composition, and it really is a ...
What's In Store For Drake Levin (Ex-Raider), Gene Clark (Ex-Byrd)
Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, March 1967
Will they start a store together? Maybe a diner or a hockey team, or mow lawns? Naw.... because the other day we were sitting on ...
Reunion Of Old Byrds: A Time For Peace
Report and Interview by Judith Sims, Rolling Stone, 4 January 1973
LOS ANGELES — The five original Byrds are together again and not for the last time. They've made their first album together since Turn! Turn! ...
The Soulful Return Of Gene Clark
Profile and Interview by Mick Brown, Sounds, 24 January 1976
WHILE ROGER McGuinn plays with his electronic toys in his Hollywood mansion and makes records that are mere shadows of his past work; while David ...
Essay by Steve Burgess, Dark Star, June 1976
IN THE END they traded their tired wingsFor the resignation that living bringsAnd exchanged love's bright and fragile glowFor the glitter and the rougeAnd in ...
Echoes: An Interview With Gene Clark
Interview by Steve Burgess, Dark Star, June 1977
WAY BACK THEN, in DARK STAR 3, I wheeled out something called "Gene Clark: Zenmaster", a highly personal crit of the myth-spinner himself, whose music ...
Gene Clark: Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles
Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 1977
A Forgotten Man in the Spotlight ...
Gene Clark and Carla Olson: At My Place, Santa Monica CA
Live Review by Gerrie Lim, L.A. Weekly, 2 April 1987
"IT'S JUST a little folk music," Gene Clark deadpans to the packed house in Santa Monica, and he couldn't have been more self-deprecating. This was ...
Memoir by Steve Roeser, Goldmine, 28 June 1991
GENE CLARK'S last performance took place about a mile or so from the spot where the Byrds took off from 27 years ago – Ciro's ...
In Memoriam: The Byrds' Gene Clark (1944-1991)
Memoir by Bill Wasserzieher, Full Circle, September 1991
THE LAST TIME I had a conversation with Gene Clark was on a sunny Sunday afternoon in April at Aron's Record Store in Hollywood, not ...
Gene Clark: Flying High (Polydor)
Review by Jon Savage, MOJO, 1998
UNTIL RECENTLY, Gene Clark has been one of rock's best kept secrets. Harassed by his Byrd colleagues, ignored as the real inventor of country rock ...
Overview by Sid Griffin, MOJO, August 1998
JUST ACROSS HOLLYWOOD Boulevard from Mann's Chinese Theatre, where the stars imprint their hands and feet in cement, stands the Roosevelt Hotel. A showplace hotel ...
Guide by Tom Cox, The Guardian, 29 January 1999
1 Nick Drake Bryter Layter (Island, 1970) ...
Retrospective by Adam Sweeting, Uncut, July 2001
GENE CLARK'S NO OTHER IS ONE OF THE GREAT LOST ALBUMS. ...
Review by Jon Savage, MOJO, August 2002
"THERE WAS so much I was told that was not real," Gene Clark croons on the haunting 'With Tomorrow', "so many things I could not ...
Book Review by 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 ...
The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Introduction
Book Excerpt by David Kamp, Broadway Books, February 2006
2021 AUTHOR'S NOTE: This was written in 2005 and does not entirely hold up today. (But most of it does.) ...
Gene Clark remembered: "Genius and insanity hand in hand…"
Retrospective by Luke Torn, Uncut, May 2008
IT'S ANOTHER DAY in the busy life of one of the biggest bands in America. The Byrds have just recorded 'Eight Miles High', and are ...
The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Gene Clark (Four Suns DVD)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Bill Wasserzieher, Ugly Things, Spring 2014
OF ALL THE hard-luck tales about musicians who died before their time – Brian Jones, Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, Parsons, Bloomfield, Cobain, Winehouse, et al. – ...
Guide by David Bennun, The Guardian, 28 September 2016
From hallucinatory stormers to Dylan-esque big-city tales, here are 10 tracks that define an artist forever ahead of a game he always ended up losing. ...
Review by Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk, 3 November 2019
Deep-digging revisitation of one of the pre-punk 70s' best albums ...
see also Byrds, The
see also McGuinn, Clark & Hillman
see also Textones, The
see also Carla Olson
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