McGuinn, Clark & Hillman at the Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, NY September 8th, 1978, an American rock group consisting of Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, and Chris Hillman, who were all former members of the band the Byrds. The group formed in 1977 and was partly modelled after Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and, to a lesser extent, the Eagles. They were reasonably successful commercially in the United States, with their debut album and the single “Don’t You Write Her Off” reaching the the Billboard Hot 100.
Clark left the band in late 1979, due to his increasing drug abuse and deteriorating mental state, and therefore only participated in the recording of two albums with the group. A third album was released in late 1980 and credited to just McGuinn & Hillman alone, after which the duo split up in early 1981.
Roger McGuinn (guitar, vocals) Gene Clark (guitar, vocals) Chris Hillman (bass, mandolin, vocals) George Grantham (drums, vocals)
Between 1973 and 1977, McGuinn established his own solo career, releasing a number of solo albums and participating in Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue. Chris Hillman had been a member of the Flying Burrito Brothers and Stephen Stills Manassas after leaving the Byrds the first time; following the 1973 reunion, he became a member of the Souther–Hillman–Furay Band and released the solo albums “Slippin’ Away” (1976) and “Clear Sailin’ (1977). Clark had embarked on a critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful solo career after leaving the Byrds in 1966, and after the 1973 reunion he released the now regarded classic album “No Other” (1974) and “Two Sides to Every Story” (1977), which again met with enthusiastic reviews, but low sales.
Setlist: 1 – It Doesn’t Matter (cuts in) 0:00 2 – Release Me Girl 2:50 3 – Chimes Of Freedom 6:46 Broken guitar string 11:08 4 – Here She Comes Again12:05 5 – Feel A Whole Lot Better 14:56 6 – Mister Spaceman 17:53 7 – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere 20:42 8 – Feelin’ Higher 26:17 9 – Backstage Pass 30:14 10 – He Was A Friend Of Mine 34:42 11 – Chestnut Mare 37:26 12 – Turn, Turn, Turn 43:11 13 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Star 46:17 14 – Eight Miles High 49:32 Encore: 15 – Season’s Song (Bye, Bye Baby) 55:38
The Fat Angel Sings 