In their first five years together, The Byrds had popularised folk-rock (Turn! Turn! Turn!, Mr Tambourine Man), rode the dizzying updrafts of 60s psychedelia (Eight Miles High, So You Want To Be A Rock'n'roll Star) and ushered in the country-rock era (You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, You Don't Miss Your Water), all on the way to establishing themselves as a walking encyclopaedia of Americana history
