29-35, D-33442 Herzebrock-Clarholz Publikat GmbH Bauhofstraße 30, D-63762 Großostheim. *Currently includes the following companies: internetstores GmbH, Friedrichstraße 6, D-70174 Stuttgart OUTFITTER Teamsport GmbH, Bauhofstraße 30, D-63762 Großostheim Tennis-Point GmbH, Hans-Böckler-Str. This means that you will no longer be contacted by Publikat GmbH by e-mail for advertising purposes. You can revoke your consent at any time without giving reasons to Publikat GmbH, Bauhofstraße 30, 63762 Großostheim or by e-mail at with effect for the future. Without a doubt, the jangling single Eight Miles High was as influential to the counterculture movement of the 60s as was White Rabbit by The Jefferson. special offers for outdoor, bicycle and sports clothing as well as outdoor, bicycle and sports equipment). e-mail) for the purpose of general advertising tailored to you for products of all current and future companies of the SIGNA Sports United Group* (e.g. Eight Miles High documents the evolution of the folk-rock movement from mid-1966 through the end of the decade. Shipping and handling is not included in prices.ġ By registering for the Stylefile newsletter, you consent to Publikat GmbH contacting you by electronic mail (e.g. The man having spoken, I say we give this one a rest.All pricemarks are including taxes. Provided to YouTube by Piano DreamlandEight Miles High Piano DreamlandRolling Stone Top 500 Greatest Hits 151-200 2022 Piano DreamlandReleased on: 2022-03. listen to the similarities in the intro guitar solo and the guitar simulating Coltranes rapid fire sax playing. The song is also heavily influence by jazz, especially John Coltranes song 'India'. It is too bad that it did not get more air play when it first came out. I have no idea how that rumor got started.” Eight Miles High was one of the most innovative rock songs. Glen Campbell was not on that session, or any other Byrds recording. “I played the lead guitar on Eight Miles High. When I dropped him a line, here was his reply: Little like it had been heard before, but by years end.
We can just ask Byrds guitar genius Roger McGuinn, a regular participant in the Usenet newsgroup . Released in March of 1966, Eight Miles High was on the outermost forefront of the psychedelic scene. So Campbell’s studio career was, presumably, finito by the time the Byrds released “Eight Miles High” on Fifth Dimension (1966).īut we don’t need to rely strictly on our powers of deduction. Campbell was soon replaced by Bruce Johnston–a lucky break for Glen but a serious blow to music lovers, since Campbell then signed with Capitol and began churning out the ersatz country hits that infected America’s airwaves for many years thereafter.
1 The single managed to reach the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 30 of the UK Singles Chart. Roger McGuinn), and David Crosby and first released as a single on Ma( see 1966 in music ). Eight Miles High represented a musical departure for The Byrds.
It was also around the time of The Beatles’ Eight Days A Week, so that was another hook. But Gene said eight miles sounds better than six, and it did sound more poetic. For a few months in 1965, Campbell was a genuine Beach Boy, filling in for Brian Wilson (who had suffered a nervous breakdown) when the group went on tour. ' Eight Miles High ' is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a. Forty-two thousand feet or about eight miles high is the altitude reserved for military aircraft. Eight miles high And when you touch down Youll find that its stranger than known Signs in the street That say where youre going Are somewhere, just being their own Nowhere is There warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground Rain-gray town Known for its sound In places small faces unbound. When Glen Campbell first arrived in Los Angeles, a fresh-faced country boy from (where else?) Delight, Arkansas, he worked as a studio musician for a number of high-powered acts, including Johnny Cash, Dean Martin, and the Mamas and the Papas. Going way out on a limb (Byrds can do that), there are strong arguments that they: Invented both folk rock and psychedelic rock. Dear Cecil: Did Glen Campbell really play lead guitar on “Eight Miles High” by the Byrds? Phil D., Los Angeles The Byrds ‘Eight Miles High’ (Official Columbia Version) You can’t overstate the importance or achievement of the early Byrds (not the Miami Beach diners, the LA band).
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