R.E.M. and The Byrds do Dylan (And More!)

Well as the title implies this is a meeting of two massively influential forces in American music that occurred on 5/11/88. On that day, ex-Byrd Roger McGuinn joined 3/4 of R.E.M. (more HERE) and the band ran through a set of Byrds classics including, not surprisingly, three Bob Dylan covers ("You Ain't Goin' Nowhere", "Mr. Tambourine Man and "Knocking on Heaven's Door"). Of course other Byrds' classics like "Turn, Turn, Turn", "Eight Miles High" and my personal favourite, "Feel a Whole Lot Better" as well as then-new McGuinn songs like "The Tears" are well-represented ".

Michael Stipe, as he did when the band backed up The Troggs, Warren Zevon et al,  absented himself leaving just the Southern Gentlemen (Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Peter Buck) to give McGuinn wings on this fine-sounding bootleg.



Over El Vagon Alternativo McGuinn himslef dropped by to speak tersely of this release, "This is a bootleg. They did not release this recording under any name. The guys showed up at a Roger McGuinn show and sat in for a few songs."

    Track Listing:

        1. 
            Sunshine Love    2:27
        2. 
            The Tears    3:30
        3. 
            Chestnut Mare    5:33
        4. 
            Tiffany Queen 2    3:11
        5. 
            You Ain't Going Nowhere    3:37
        6. 
            I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better    2:46
        7. 
            Mr. Spaceman    2:43
        8. 
            The Bells Of Rhymney    3:38
        9. 
            Mr. Tambourine Man    2:40
        10. 
            Turn, Turn, Turn    3:57
        11. 
            Eight Miles High    5:00
        12. 
            Knockin' On Heaven's Door    5:16

What do you make of this meting of the generations?  Let us know in the COMMENTS section (which is where you'll find the 'REMember the Byrds' link).

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