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TIME FLIES FOR A BYRD
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|December 2020
IN HIS NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CHRIS HILLMAN, BYRDS CO-FOUNDER AND ORIGINAL PILOT OF THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS, SHARES A TALE OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY.
Chris Hillman, a founding member of both The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, as well as his subsequent solo albums and subsequent involvement of such projects such as Stephen Stills’ Manassas, McGuinn, Clark and Hillman (later McGuinn-Hillman), the would-be, could-be supergroup The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band with John David Souther and Richie Furay, and ultimately the super-successful country crossover group The Desert Rose Band, can be credited, as much as anyone, with originating the genre now known as Americana, way before the term was even coined. His list of accomplishments — as a multifaceted musician, singer, songwriter and bandleader — are inestimable, and his contribution to the popular music canon over the course of the past 55 years are beyond reproach.
Now, nearing age 76, Hillman has added another credit to his remarkable resume: author. His new book,
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