Keep an Eye on the Sky (2009)Īlbum artwork is also included. Although creative tensions, haphazard distribution, and marketplace indifference conspired to ensure Big Star's brief existence and commercial failure, the group's three studio albums nevertheless remain unqualified classics, and their impact on subsequent generations of indie bands on both sides of the Atlantic is surpassed only by that of the Velvet Underground.ģ. Originally led by the singing and songwriting duo of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, the Memphis-based group fused the strongest elements of the British Invasion era - the melodic invention of the Beatles, the whiplash guitars of the Who, and the radiant harmonies of the Byrds - into a ramshackle but poignantly beautiful sound which recaptured the spirit of pop's past even as it pointed the way toward the music's future. The Byrds - Boston Tea Party Yellow Dog 1CD live Feb 22 1969.
The quintessential American power pop band, Big Star remains one of the most mythic and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll. Byrds include Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Kevin Kelley, Doug Dillard and Gram Parsons.
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