Amoeba Music

By Eric Brightwell

            Both as a founding member of The Byrds, with other collaborators and as a solo artist, Gene Clark helped pioneer several forms of music, including folk-rock, psychedelia, baroque pop, and country-rock. In his short tenure with The Byrds, he proved the band’s best and most prolific songwriter but his contributions were often overshadowed by those of his higher profile bandmates. His work after leaving The Byrds is characterized by consistently high quality, critical praise and resounding commercial indifference exacerbated by his unwillingness to promote his releases. Since his premature death at 46, a growing number of music fans have begun to... Read More

City Of Origin:

Tipton, Missouri, United States

Genre:

Rock, Country Rock, Americana, Folk, Folk Rock, Country, Bluegrass

Birthdate:

11/17/1944

Death date:

05/24/1991