My favorite is Turn, Turn, Turn but this is a close second. They did have their own distinctive sound. And all good protest songs. Ecclesiastices in the Bible is the only part of that book I actually believe has merit. And that's where they got the words for T urn, Turn, Turn

There was the ysrdbirds and cream but point taken.

... (actually Page, Jones and Bonham were all in Yardsbirds), and a host of other.

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. All three jack Bruce went on to Manfred man one of my favs any way , ginger backer went on to blind faith also good and of course Clapton do I even have to make a list for him? All three influencers. You already named all the greats in the ysrdbigrds. You call those bands training bands for their future. I think those early bands sounded better with them all together than their future bands with them apart. But the Byrds are still my very favorite. The are the only band whose work has been played at all the ceremonial times of my life. I need to add Clapton never was any better than he was in cream. Dereck and the dominoes and all the rest of his work afterward was good and were very commercial but the work he did in cream was artful. In the Byrds, Crosby went on with CSNY and remained very artful and thoughtful as did McGuinn but the rest of the guys after Parsons od'd did nothing except the Flying Burrito Brothers.

All of the original Byrds went on to write and perform in other bands including CSNY, Flying Burrito Brothers, Solo albums, playing on other bands' recordings, Manassas, Souther-Hillman-Furay Band; and McGuinn, Clark & Hillman, Fever Tree, and a whole bunch others, including solo and guest appearances on others' albums.

Seriously, I believe Gram Parsons was only one who died young, and of an overdose. And even he was on around 20 albums and played in two bands and was featured in a bunch of others, he was brilliant and died at the age you'd expect.

Roger McGuin, Graham Parsons, Steven Stills, David Cassidy, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, Chris Hillman, Kevin Kelly, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin, John York. This band was a monster of talent.

Don't get me wrong: I love loud screaming guitars the best.

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They were a mountain of talent. And I don't feel I'm underestimating them . I loved them and still do. I appreciate the softer side of rock and real poetry. Those are often the songs I want to hear more than the hard stuff.im just saying there were other bands of that Era that produced history making music too.