Friday, April 23, 2021

The Dog Days of April

From 1971, and Farther Along -- the last studio album by the late version of The Byrds (before the reunion album by the original members two years later) -- please enjoy the astounding Clarence White and his heart-wrenchingly beautiful rendition of the country weeper "Bugler."

I gotta admit, I can't hear that without getting all verklempt, and not just because I've been a dog owner. Also, frankly, if you can listen to it without your tear ducts being exercized, I don't want to know from you.

And speaking of irony, I should add that White would be fatally run over by a drunk driver as he was loading his amp into the trunk of his car behind L.A's The Troubador club a mere two years later.

Presumably, the guy who did it is currently being sodomized amidst sulfurous fumes by Satan himself.

Have a great weekend, everybody!!!

6 comments:

Jai Guru Dave said...

Achingly beautiful! I’ve always loved this record.

pete said...

Didn't love the album but loved this track.

steve simels said...

It's a very meh album save for that song...

pete said...

I've seen more than one interview with Crosby where he smirks at their firing of him because they said, "We can do better without you." In fact, in terms of influence, you can still hear the Clarence White Byrds in most modern country right up to the present day. While the original Byrds may have been crucial to the jangle-punk scene of the '80s, you don't hear that sound much anymore in pop and, of course, the lodestar of that music was McGuinn anyway.

Anonymous said...

Tiffany Queen is the other winner from the album.

Captain Al

Alzo said...

You can file this one next to 'Shannon.'