{"name":"The Byrds","title":"The Byrds","id":1196,"slug":"the-byrds","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1196/?format=json","bio_short":"The Byrds were a popular American <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">rock</a> band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964.  They are considered one of the most important and influential bands of the 19<a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/60s\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">60s</a>. Their music bridged the gap between the socially and spiritually conscious <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/folk\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">folk</a> music of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Dylan\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Bob Dylan</a> and the complex <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/pop\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">pop</a> of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Beatles\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Beatles</a>. Throughout their career they helped forge such subgenres as <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/folk%20rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">folk rock</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/raga%20rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">raga rock</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/psychedelic%20rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">psychedelic rock</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/jangle%20pop\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">jangle pop</a>, and – on their 1968 classic <a title=\"The Byrds &ndash; sweetheart of the rodeo\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Byrds/_/sweetheart+of+the+rodeo\" class=\"bbcode_track\">sweetheart of the rodeo</a> – <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/country%20rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">country rock</a> inviting <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Gram+Parsons\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Gram Parsons</a> on rhythm guitar.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/TheByrdsByrds004.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":22964,"title":"Change Is Now","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/change-is-now/"},{"id":1064,"title":"Feel a whole lot better","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/feel-a-whole-lot-better/"},{"id":23035,"title":"It’s No Use","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/its-no-use/"},{"id":761,"title":"Mr. Tambourine Man","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/mr-tambourine-man/"},{"id":23092,"title":"(See The Sky) About To Rain","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/see-the-sky-about-to-rain/"},{"id":23121,"title":"She Don’t Care About Time","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/she-dont-care-about-time/"},{"id":22899,"title":"The Ballad Of Easy Rider","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/the-ballad-of-easy-rider/"},{"id":22901,"title":"The World Turns All Around Her","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/the-world-turns-all-around-her/"},{"id":22838,"title":"You Won’t Have To Cry","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/you-wont-have-to-cry/"}]}