Joseph Byrd, the co-founder, composer, and bandleader of the psych-rock outfit United States of America, has died, reports The New York Times. His family confirmed the news in a notice to The Los ...
Joseph Byrd, leader of the pioneering psychedelic rock band the United States of America, died in November at the age of 87. Born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Byrd studied ...
As the old adage goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, which might have been how The Byrds felt after two successful singles, both of which Bob Dylan penned. In the summer of 1965, the American rock ...
The films ‘Seeds’ and ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’ also won major prizes at the association’s annual ceremony on Saturday. By Katie Kilkenny Labor & Media Reporter The Tale of Silyan clinched the top ...
Byrd's Famous Cookies, a Savannah company, was recently honored with a Georgia Historical Society marker. The company has been a family-run business for over 100 years, now led by the fourth and fifth ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Metro Nashville Police Department is mourning the death of Commander Scott Byrd, who suffered a heart attack Monday before leaving for work. Officials said Byrd, 50, was ...
Reel off any number of watersheds in rock history and it’s odds-on you’ll find Roger McGuinn was involved. He was singer and guitarist with The Byrds, whose 1965 chart-topping take on Bob Dylan’s Mr ...
GILMER, Texas (KLTV) - Upshur County District Attorney Billy Byrd has announced his intention to retire. In a press statement, Byrd said his retirement is required before he can publicly announce ...
Virginia raised filmmaker James Mottern, is set to screen his new documentary at Richmond's Byrd Theatre this coming Monday.
It all began one morning as Mark Birnbaum sipped coffee with a friend who’d read about Byrd Williams IV, whose lineage includes a long line of photographers. The friend asked, “Isn’t this the kind of ...
The Beatles’ 1966 album, Revolver, changed the lives of countless listeners, and that included members of The Byrds. At this point, the latter band was already famous in its own right, thanks to their ...