Bob Dylan Reacts To The Byrds’ Version of “Mr. Tambourine Man” Like so many other folk songs leading up to and during the 1960s, Bob Dylan wasn’t the only one to record a version of his ...

A month after the Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man" album came out, on July 25, 1965, Dylan famously "plugged in" at the Newport Folk Festival — leading to apoplexy on the part of Pete Seeger, and one ...

The first No. 1 song Bob Dylan ever had was not as a performer but as a writer. Jim Dickson, manager of The Byrds, was given a demo of “Mr. Tambourine Man” and played it for the band.

The Byrds needed a hit or they’d be dropped. Releasing a cover of Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man as their first single was a gamble that paid off ...

One Track Mind: The Byrds, "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965) Source: Something Else! October 25, 2010. By Nick Deriso A Bob Dylan song reimagined into something like the Beach Boys, and also something like ...

A: Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark and David Crosby began playing together in the 1964 under various names before signing a recording contract with Columbia Records and changing their name to the Byrds ...

Long before guitarist-singer-composer Roger McGuinn became frontman for the hit-making band the Byrds (“Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Turn! Turn! Turn!” and “Eight Miles High” all spent time ...