Live at the Fillmore – February 1969 explained

Live at the Fillmore - February 1969
Type:live
Artist:the Byrds
Cover:LiveFillmore1969Cover.jpg
Released:February 22, 2000
Recorded:February 7–8, 1969
Genre:Rock
Length:51:35
Label:Columbia/Legacy
Producer:Bob Irwin and Roger McGuinn
Prev Title:Byrd Parts
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Sanctuary
Next Year:2000

Live at the Fillmore - February 1969 is a live album released by the American rock band the Byrds in 2000 on Columbia/Legacy. Compiled from two performances at the Fillmore West on February 7 and 8, 1969, the album includes several songs that are not found on any of the group's studio albums.

Recorded less than a week after the release of the Byrds' album, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde, the band line-up on these recordings includes lead singer and guitarist Roger McGuinn, lead guitarist Clarence White, bassist John York, and drummer Gene Parsons. The album features White using the Stringbender device on his guitar, which he co-invented with drummer (and banjo player) Gene Parsons. The Stringbender allowed White to emulate the sound of a pedal steel guitar on his Fender Telecaster guitar.

Live At The Fillmore — February 1969 did not chart in either the U.S. or the UK.

Track listing

  1. "Nashville West" (Gene Parsons, Clarence White) – 1:57
  2. "You're Still on My Mind" (Luke McDaniel) – 1:57
  3. "Pretty Boy Floyd" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:13
  4. "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons) – 2:28
  5. "Medley: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)/Mr. Tambourine Man/Eight Miles High" (Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby) – 9:47
  6. "Close up The Honky Tonks" (Red Simpson) – 2:59
  7. "Buckaroo" (Bob Morris) – 2:02
  8. "The Christian Life" (Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin) – 2:10
  9. "Time Between" (Chris Hillman) – 2:09
  10. "King Apathy III" (Roger McGuinn) – 3:14
  11. "Bad Night at the Whiskey" (Roger McGuinn, Joseph Richards) – 3:50
  12. "This Wheel's on Fire" (Bob Dylan, Rick Danko) – 4:17
  13. "Sing Me Back Home" (Merle Haggard) – 3:08
  14. "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman) – 2:36
  15. "He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional, new words and arrangement Roger McGuinn) – 2:32
  16. "Chimes of Freedom" (Bob Dylan) – 3:23