Gene Clark

[Teasing the Korean]

Gene came up in my recent Mike Nesmith thread, and Gene most certainly deserves his own thread.

Here is one of my favorite early Gene Clark tunes:

[GA Russell]

I saw Gene Clark in Atlanta, not too long before he died, I guess in the late '80s. He was touring with a group called The Byrds, but it was just him and four other guys. He sang lead. It was all Byrds songs.

I'm glad to have been able to see him, but I can't say that I was all that impressed. There wasn't anything bad about the show; it just wasn't that big a deal.

[MomsMobley]

now you want to talk white boys with soul

(+ Jesse Ed Davis, guitar & the Indian of the group.)

i once, for a few weeks anyway, paid lip service to the idea "No Other" was overrproduced but that's ridiculous; it's PERFECTLY, brilliantly produced... that some younger musicians have recognized it's towerring acheievment is one of the happier pop/rock resucitations of recent years (decades). Moment to moment, only peak Lowell George matches it & Lowell's peak-- ends with a couple songs on "Dixie Chicken" & never returns-- was a whole lot shorter.

to be continued

[Joe]

Yeah, you can't judge Clark as a songwriter by his years with The Byrds. Not that he did not write some fine, fine songs for them ("I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better"). But the real deal is to be found on the Dillard & Clark LPs, the 70s solo albums, and even on occasion in the 80s, when he went full-on Nashville and experienced a sort of mini-Renaissance.

Here's a pretty good anthology that pulls work fro all these disparate sources and provides a fuller picture of what the man's music was all about.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/flying-high-mw0000453561

[paul secor]

Another white boy with soul:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCzi8-H08Jw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNyl3Tq7NKc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibZ8U-b24Ko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibZ8U-b24Ko

With Sauce Gonzales playing some fine organ.

Edited January 26, 2015 by paul secor

[.:.impossible]

I discovered my love for Clark and Sahm through ma clem's passionate professions here over the years. Thanks to everyone else who has been so very confirming. To contradict, I have also found enjoyment in the music of Gram.

[Teasing the Korean]

Clip one:  Live vocals to the backing track.

Clip two:  A rare live performance.

 

Edited December 1, 2018 by Teasing the Korean

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Clip one:  Live vocals to the backing track.

Clip two:  A rare live performance.

 

👍!

[felser]

I have been a huge fan since the first Byrds album, thanks for posting.  Even the "acoustic demos" type releases by him are compelling, as are some of the sloppier live releases of various legal authenticity.

[Teasing the Korean]

In the second clip above, I love how the band is rushing the tempo, and Gene is subtly trying to bring them back (without success). 

[ghost of miles]

Checking in as yet another Organissimo poster who's a passionate Gene Clark fan.  Have you picked up the recently-released album of "lost" songs from the 1960s?

[felser]

1 hour ago, ghost of miles said:

Checking in as yet another Organissimo poster who's a passionate Gene Clark fan.  Have you picked up the recently-released album of "lost" songs from the 1960s?

I have, it's good.

[Teasing the Korean]

4 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

Checking in as yet another Organissimo poster who's a passionate Gene Clark fan.  Have you picked up the recently-released album of "lost" songs from the 1960s?

Not yet, but it's on my list!

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

I wake up every day ticked i never got to see him.

[JSngry]

and that's gonna be for the rest of your life.

live long and prosper.