So Bob Dylan could write good songs, but they could also be executed beautifully. The Byrds sounded like a cross between Dylan and The Beatles, which it later turned out, was exactly what they intended to be. Three folkies, a bluegrass mandoline player and a "beach boy" playing "beat music" inspired by The Beatles, using a Rickenbacker 12-string their lead-singer Jim McGuinn had seen George Harrison use in the film "A hard day's night". Tambourine man Gene Clark seemed a bit out of place in this band, it wasn't until later I found out what he was up to.
Rating: *****
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