The Byrds, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere ~ This Wheel's On Fire, Los Angeles 9-28-68

First show w/ Clarence White after Gram Parsons left the Byrds, intro by Hugh Hefner
...a couple of classic '67 Dylan tunes ("wheel" co-written by RIck Danko)

[@tahoedharmabum]

Clarence White is a true shaman of the six-string....WOW.....

[@sj8string]

Marty Stuart makes that old guitar sound great

[@tahoedharmabum]

@@sj8string ...i agree wholeheartedly...that guitar has been passed along to the perfect lineage of good ol' Marty...

[@DodgeDartSongs]

McGuinn has always maintained great poise on stage.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Yes he has. Never flashy and almost stoic. Heck of a career arc too … a Greenwich Village and LA folkie, a Byrd, songwriter, lead singer, put the Ricky 12 string on the map, and back to Americana in his later years.

[@michaelcollums4197]

The birth of Country Rock

[@brianforgie7724]

As a Canadian this is the greatest American band ever. So many people are associated with this band or were some how influenced with them its nuts.

[@ronsimpson7596]

Byrd’s were the coolest band ever, Clarence and the b bender, Roger! Nobody does Dylan like the Byrds!

[@nowiknowuryder]

ron simpson not even Dylan

[@tefenstrat]

Marty Stewart has Clarence's b bender guitar now.....

[@Tonetwisters]

Wow. Very first time I ever saw Clarence White actually playing his own Telecaster.

[@fossilmatic]

A pop band and a “hip” adult audience travelling in different directions. What a moment.

[@ivanwesley8182]

They sounded great. The dancing cracks me up

[@moryan6447]

Check out a Sir Douglas Quintet doing Mendocino on Playboy AfterDark😊

[@steveperry1344]

i've watched a few other of the shows and they all dance like that even barbi benton.

[@BryanClark-gk6ie]

The dancing looks like drugged up zoo animals that escaped their cages.

[@braderrick]

If you are to ever see Marty Stuart playing his favorite sunburst bender telecaster it is quite amazing to know it was twanging away here back in 1968 for Clarence! Same guitar!

[@nowiknowuryder]

braderrick first time I saw it was this night - now b-benders aren’t as thick & heavy - thank you Clarence !🙏

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Clarence’s B-bender Tele is in great hands

[@michaelw366]

Legally, Marty is the current owner, because he bought it, but he talks about it still being Clarence’s guitar and he is only the custodian. I saw him play it a few weeks ago live at the Ryman, and after 40 years with it, he’s about got it figured out.

[@ElegantSpud]

McGuinn's version of This Wheel's on Fire is defo my favorite. It has a sense of dread and foreboding that none of the other versions do, not even Zimmerman's. This is a really nice performance of both songs.

[@drewby613]

Rockin’ the B-bender big time. RIP Clarence.

[@nowiknowuryder]

drewby613 first ever

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

I think he invented it. Genius guy.

[@btipton6899]

@@bonkeydollocks1879 he and Gene Parsons.

[@jeffclement2468]

"PICK up your money, PACK up your tent McGuinn" 😎

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Ha ha… That’s how I sing it whenever I play this song!

[@unacat09]

I saw the Byrds with the great Clarence White (R.I.P.) at the Fillmore East 9/70. I was 15.

[@bernardcimetiere6451]

lucky man! now we have the coronavirus!

[@bobfriedman409]

I saw The Byrds with Gene Clark 1966 with Buffalo Springfield at Valley Music Theater Los Angeles !

[@daf827]

That must have been fab. I would have loved to have seen Clarence.

[@ernestoclaudodip9671]

@@bobfriedman409 Wow , tell more please!!!!!!

[@bobfriedman409]

@@ernestoclaudodip9671 Stage rotated ! other band was The Dillards . Byrds had fun switching outfits. McGuinn wore the cape, and Crosby wore the rectangle granny -glasses ! thanks for asking !

[@dtchinacat3973]

My FAVORITE Dylan / Byrd's song!

[@ericnewman3352]

The Byrds on " Playboy After Dark" is a complete culture clash. You just have to grit your teeth and enjoy the music !

[@chriscoughlin9289]

Yeah, I'd imagine that a complicated, young British working class blues master like Peter Green had a conflicted take on all the 'beautiful people' in attendance at Fleetwood Mac's appearance on the show, too. Exactly the sort of thing that drove him out of the business (and, for a while, his mind) a few short years later. RIP Greeny.

[@moryan6447]

Same when watching Sir Douglas doing Mendocino on Playboy show!

[@ianmcdougall1654]

Very very rare appearance with John york- a great artist and very fine man!👍😀

[@pipeandslippersman]

two of the greatest men to pick up a guitar doing one of dylan's happiest tunes. old hef really knows about the finer things in life, eh?

[@robsummers8344]

Great incarnation of The Byrds - Clarence White = guitar genius :)

[@aarfeld]

One of the finest line ups of The Byrds, sespecially with Clarence on the B-Bender. It's a shame that McGuinn chose to disband this group in '73 to launch a reunion of some of the originals. it never actually panned out well.

[@davedaller7508]

@@aarfeld The disband happened when Clarence was killed by a drunk driver.

[@mikebloomfield2147]

Dave Daller. McGuinn ended The Byrds in early ‘73. White was killed a few months later in July ‘73.

[@paulgibby6932]

@@aarfeld I lived to be 64 before I realized there was a such a thing as a B-bender. Now when I hear a "slide" sound and watch the strap get stretched -- doh! -- know what it is. Cool stuff. Crazy stuff. White was great on it!

[@aarfeld]

@@mikebloomfield2147 Yes, in fact Clarence was loading his equipment into a trunk after a reunion gig of his old band, The Kentucky Colonels, when he was struck by a drunk driver.

[@loosieclocker]

Clarence bends that string with such flair

[@debardcavalier8199]

Great live performance by the first Byrds incarnation after the other 4 originals left. Clarence White's fills here and there - outside of his awesome solos - are just a thing of beauty. Saw this band twice back in the day - with Skip on bass instead of John York here - and they were awesome.

[@chetpogostin34]

That's John York on bass. Skip didn't join until 1969.

[@debardcavalier8199]

@@chetpogostin34 I didn't make myself clear - I said "this" band but I meant the band with Skip on bass - which now that I think about it, I saw 3 times! I did not see the band with York on bass.

[@littlecrow6484]

I saw this group in Richmond at The Arena. Possibly the best concert I ever attended. Skip was on bass btw. Loved them and loved the original Byrds too.

[@mrlsms]

Who’s on drums here? Ain’t MC, and ain’t Parsons

[@clarenzlarka]

Awesome. Really love this. Excellent playing, though a little subdued. I liked this version of the Byrds quite well as long as McGuinn was singing.

[@rogerbyroncollins7204]

The absolute best ever¬ As a teen through the 60s I enjoyed the London club scene but all of us thought The Byrds outstripped the likes of The Beatles and The Stones by miles! Hanging on my wall since the 60s is a signed LP cover of Mr Tambourine Man by the entire group.I obtained this on a visit to Virginia USA back in the day and when l met up with Mick Jagger in Mustique in 1989 he wanted to buy it from me - no way as it is priceless¬ I still listen to them 2 or 3 times a week! As good today as they were over 50 plus years ago

[@rp7356]

they bombed in their 1st tours of england

[@whiskeyriver4322]

Why is it that the first thing I noticed, was Barbie Benton? Damn you Hugh Hefner! Oh yeah, the Byrds...........nothing I can say that already hasn't been said; sadly missed days for sure.......just glad I'm still around to remember them. Peace

[@MackeyWilliams]

Holy groovy overload!

[@DanFrechette]

That Grand Ole Opry haircut was still growing out. :)

[@joshuafuller9898]

This one's for you, Ralph.

[@SuperOlds88]

Can't believe Clarence was very comfortable in that environment.

[@bendummitt888]

Seems weird to me as well.

[@stevejackson2986]

The "kids". Groovy man.

[@fairweatherbird]

Byrds version 3 was a very underrated band. 2 great albums: Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde (1968) and Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969).

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Awesome performance of two Bob Dylan songs from the basement tapes…

[@sammyscotch9945]

a few people got some wild dance moves

[@sacluvsBM]

What a gem.

[@nowiknowuryder]

Robert 😜😜😜

[@lastnamefirst4035]

A great Rick Danko song

[@michelgervais1874]

WHAT A PLEASURE ....

[@pmishke]

One of my favorite Byrds tunes of all time’s !!!!!

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Two of mine…

[@davidmurray2539]

They're both Dylan tunes, given B team Byrds' treatment.

[@carloc6098]

Groovy man!!

[@ladyleesutter]

I think in Robbie Robertson's memoir he said that Dylan was VERY impressed with the Byrds; seems they were his favorite band.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

I thought robertson said in his book everyone agreed that he, robbie was the best all time musician

[@mikequinlivan8842]

@@lastnamefirst4035 haha! Fucking awesome! Winner of the whole comment section. I am calling it. 😆

[@DanStar707]

And a very young Gene Parsons (sans moustache) on drums. The dancing gives me whiplash!

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

Also the debut of John York (as opposed to Chris Hillman) on bass.

[@broncobrian2620]

ComeOnIsSuchAJoy Love Chris Hillman and later Skip Battin but York sang the best high harmonies of any Byrd bass player. Just one man's opinion

[@jimhill3139]

Camille Parsons - are you related to Gene Parsons?!

[@zenlikestate]

He’s great.

[@robertolsen6720]

Gene Clark

[@williamwestern6177]

"Hey Clarence, here's an electric guitar. See what you can do with it."

[@marioescobedo1137]

I remember watching that on WGN.Whoa !

[@SkrvnHiptR77]

Clarence is wicked with the bender.

[@mcmike100]

The dancing seems perfectly appropriate for the songs.

[@jono1457-qd9ft]

They danced the same way for every song from every group. Very groovy, but the camera work is lousy.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Us Kids really like the Byrds. Hefs got a studio in his family room? Why don't I get excited about today's music, poor me. Thanks very much.

[@jono1457-qd9ft]

I guess you're not as young as you were 😕

[@Jm01394]

Thanks I enjoyed the flashback!

[@justbeamensch]

Go ahead on, tele meister!!!

[@andysocial61]

Thanx much appreciated!!

[@roalziroalzi]

WORDS AND MUSIC FOR GOD DYLAN, 1967.....

[@steveburchfield5576]

blasphemers JACK OFF FOR SATAN BIG TIME!!

[@barrye5376]

Gotta Love those MOD Dance Moves on these Playboy shows!!!

[@nutritionistliz6057]

Do you know how much I love these songs????? This video popped up and I was going to share it with you until I saw HA! It’s so groovalicious!

[@gat569]

amazing!

[@fenjazz4]

doin the funky chicken to folk country rock wow

[@bradm2888]

It's the same guy from 'Laugh-In!'

[@tomlayman3141]

Looked kinda like the boogaloo.

[@condor1087]

Great performance. They are totally on fire

[@4theSuperE]

Okay, a bit of Hefner history in this clip! There is 18 year old Barbie Benton sitting on the stage!! She ended up doing 4 covers of Playboy and had a long time relationship with Hugh! Supposedly he ask her to marry him 4 times! LOL

[@condor1087]

Another great performance from Playboy After Dark that I've always enjoyed is GD doing Mountains of the Moon.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

That was funny. Owsley put lsd in the drink. Even hef got dosed

[@daf827]

The Dead played Playboy? Who knew!

[@stevelacombe5291]

Groovy, man!

[@MrMelodynelson]

many talent kids back then!

[@nowiknowuryder]

Anthony R. 😜😜😜

[@miriammuniz3073]

These are Bob Dylan's creations.

[@josephmitchell740]

WOW

[@LetArtsLive]

this is great

[@jighead81]

Was that fuckin HEFF?!?! The best music, good grief

[@mdc53]

That's Barbi Benton sitting right in front of Roger.

[@Kreln1221]

Clarence's playing is as stellar as always..., but he looks like a severely depressed Moe Howard...

[@rp7356]

lol what's that make gene p... and skip battin about to join... serious ugly

[@mrtriffid]

Boy, that last one even got Barbi Benton dancing!!!!!

[@cathycastleton]

And the saddest thing is that gram died all alone, no one to protect his airway in that lonely motel room And yet he not only touched but directed and created so much

[@nowiknowuryder]

cathy castleton 😢😢😢

[@cathycastleton]

gram made the stones change directions completely, he was a very influential musician, RIP Gram

[@lastnamefirst4035]

He wasnt alone. Couple of women friends with him

[@davidmurray2539]

Parsons' death has very little emotional connection to being in or out of this poor man's version of The Byrds I'm sure. As always, it was McGuinn's show so no room for a more formidable presence. The Burrito Bros dwarfed these guys in this genre in every way save guitar pickin', as did Gene Clark re: the legit version of The Byrds. Result? Sent packing for contributing more talent than some others felt was "necessary ".

[@1888gp]

@@davidmurray2539 thats horse shit

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Great performance, shame about those annoying dancers blocking the view and hogging the limelight.

[@SuperAmin1950]

Whoa', man; how out of place does this version of the Byrds and these tunes seem with this audience¿☆? 🤔

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

Is that Clarence and had they already come up with the B-bender by September 1968? Just checked and saw they came up with it in 1968 so this must be one of it's earliest live performances. What a neat tool to have, if you have the songs for it, and know how to use it.

[@roundbaby4749]

I think he and the drummer Gene Parsons actually made that b-bender as Parsons was a machinist and they took parts from a steel guitar and a 57 strat and out that tele together. Marty Stewart actually now owns that guitar. So, I suppose it’s the first B/bender out there. 😊

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

@@roundbaby4749 Yes, I just didn't want to write a wiki page on it, as that already exists. 😊

[@roundbaby4749]

@@sgt.thundercok4704 10-4 good buddy. I thought you were asking a question and I was just telling you what little I’d heard about this contraption. I’m a tele lover but I’ve never had a bender, but I’d kinda like one. I have a Music Man Albert Lee, and I’d love one in it, but I hate to cut on it, as those guitars are really great and I’d be afraid It wouldn’t turn out right. However, I want to think Albert Lee has one or 2 with a B-bender, but I’m not totally sure. I know Albert has some nice licks from his Tele.

[@myunknownvirus]

My favorite is Linda Ronstadt singing "Walkin' Down the Line."

[@79tazman]

If it was not for Gram parsons turning the band on to Country this song would of never been made

[@CadillacL]

Clarence is the man! Sometimes., I wonder, if Gram hadn't left...what it would've sound like w/Clarence.

[@KCBarr1]

+Lane Crooks Understand that I am a Gram Parsons addict, but Clarence White? Shit, he is arguably the best guitarist at this time. Unfortunately they both went far too soon. I am so glad that so much of them was kept for us to enjoy, so much later. But like yourself I wonder, what if?

[@dannydine5263]

Well that would have had to sound pretty damn good.That is if Gram could keep his shit together.

[@mikebloomfield2147]

It might have sounded like it did on Sweetheart of the Rodeo - White played on several of the tracks. Besides, if Gram hadn’t left then Clarence probably wouldn’t have been invited to join the band.

[@jeffclement2468]

A 3-way clash of egos...

[@CadillacL]

@@jeffclement2468 🤔

[@tosinkingfishercheeseburge8901]

Chris Hillman he is a really good bass player

[@rp7356]

yup. shame he was long gone by this vid

[@schmozzer]

@@rp7356 That's right. All of thirteen days.

[@MichaelHattem]

I love the lineup with Skip but there was so much potential in the lineup with John York, especially vocally. It's too bad he couldn't get out of his own head at the time and just enjoy making great music with that lineup.

[@briggsyahn1422]

Yeah Clarence

[@lilajagears8317]

RIP CLARECE (KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER IN 1973 )

[@richardking2762]

If Barbie was sitting at my feet I'd be so distracted I wouldn't be able to play.

[@ronsimpson7596]

Pretty wild for playboy!

[@robertolsen6720]

Roger, did you throw a lit cigarette on the floor? At Hugh Hefner's feet? On TV? Come on man!

[@nofrackingzone7479]

Dude I thought the same 😂

[@Sixalienasa]

He did.....his way of stickin it to the Man. These Guys were on the edge regards the controllers. 🎉

[@rBrad4D]

King

[@sbearly]

Now I understand why my parents called it "gyrating".

[@vladimirstefanovic8342]

Outstanding performance, but some dancers in the audience probably escaped from some mental hospital.

[@chrisbasile]

Great clip, thanks! But who dosed the drummer? ;)

[@ianmcdougall1654]

They just look so cool- even then - it’s confusing! - fire in the home? - first rescue is “Sweetheart” 63435 uk catalogue number! - greatest album ever - no dispute though - “ Fantastic Expedition of..... “ comes a very close 2nd or should that be “ Gilded Palace.....” - Aaaahhhh - shut up and just enjoy again and again!

[@berndtherrenvolk1951]

I presume those people thought they were dancing. But perhaps they were just identifying as epileptic.

[@hughtierneytierney3585]

The dancers seem to be listening to some other music altogether!

[@petersrightbut8297]

Didn't know richard Pryor could move like that!

[@roblabelle7874]

What a time piece. So cool on so many levels. McGuinn doesn't get his proper due in my opinion.

[@andrewsmith3737]

Neither did Gram Parsons.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Nah roger got enough. He needs no more. Too often now days he is the only byrd people are familiar w

[@rp7356]

McGuinn brought it on himself, like a passive/aggressive Crosby

[@SuperOlds88]

Clarence and Barbi Benton in the same frame.

[@joeybenoit6269]

A blink-of-an-eye your life is gone by! It's 2023! And we haven't blown the planet apart yet? Don't break your toys children!

[@haroldprice1030]

Gives me goosies watching this....

[@knowmusicman157]

Clarence White.

[@shannonlucas2980]

Excellent camera work. I thoroughly enjoyed not seeing Clarence play that solo.🙄

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

…and work that B-bender Tele

[@macadoo2530]

I know lol..these playboy music clips have the worst camerawork

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Not the Byrds! FBB had more Byrds in the Band

[@susie4381]

John York on the left...

[@swaneman]

OK, I have to ask this. Whats with the suits and clean cut look?

[@nowiknowuryder]

two words: 19 68

[@swaneman]

But in 1967 they had long hair and facial hair.

[@walterrizotto8668]

1968 = back to basics (ie Music From Big Pink)

[@ronsimpson7596]

Neil Young and Crazy Horse imitates this sound from 68

[@nowiknowuryder]

ron simpson bwahahahahaha

[@hlaskin7001]

those playboy dancers make me nauseous

[@diskochimp]

McGuinn wielding a cheeky spliff?

[@diskochimp]

@saxon priestSix years and that's the best you can come up with? Fuck off.

[@diskochimp]

@saxon priest Big kiss mwah.

[@diskochimp]

Tits first, big boy.

[@glenntozser817]

What song is the drummer playing?

[@nowiknowuryder]

Glenn bwahahahahaha

[@rp7356]

worst drummer ever

[@donh3590]

goto love the clueless hughtards disco dancing to country

[@buckhorncortez]

The nice thing, is that back then we didn't feel the need to classify things according to their intersectionality to appreciate them - it was just music. You might try letting go of your preconceived ideas sometime, and just enjoy the music for what it is and not what you think it should be.

[@GoatDust]

Buckhorn Cortez you’re probably right

[@michaels.chupka9411]

b-bender pre stickers?

[@dropdtune9199]

who is on bass?

[@Nerdnando1]

Quem é o vocalista?