Editing The Byrds (section)

====Breakup====
[[File:The Byrds Clarence White and Rober McGuinn 1972.jpg|220px|thumb|Clarence White and Roger McGuinn on stage during the Byrds' September 9, 1972, appearance at [[Washington University in St. Louis]].]]
Following the release of ''Farther Along'', the Byrds continued to tour throughout 1972, but no new album or single release was forthcoming.<ref name="fricke8"/><ref name="hjort25">{{cite book|author=Hjort, Christopher.|page=293|year=2008|title=So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day (1965-1973)|publisher=Jawbone Press|isbn=978-1-906002-15-2}}</ref> Gene Parsons was fired from the group in July 1972 for a number of reasons, including McGuinn's growing dissatisfaction with his drumming, disagreements that he and McGuinn were having over band members' pay, and his own discontent over the band's lack of morale during this period.<ref>{{cite book|author=Rogan, Johnny.|pages=336–337|year=1998|title=The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited|edition=2nd|publisher=Rogan House|isbn=0-9529540-1-X}}</ref>

Parsons was quickly replaced with L.A. session drummer [[John Guerin]], who remained with the Byrds until January 1973, when he decided to return to studio work.<ref name="hjort26">{{cite book|author=Hjort, Christopher.|pages=312–313|year=2008|title=So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day (1965-1973)|publisher=Jawbone Press|isbn=978-1-906002-15-2}}</ref><ref name="timeless30">{{cite book|author=Rogan, Johnny.|pages=341–342|year=1998|title=The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited|edition=2nd|publisher=Rogan House|isbn=0-9529540-1-X}}</ref>  Although Guerin participated in recording sessions with the band<ref name="timeless33">{{cite book|author=Rogan, Johnny.|pages=630–632|year=1998|title=The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited|edition=2nd|publisher=Rogan House|isbn=0-9529540-1-X}}</ref> and appeared on stage with them from September 1972,<ref name="hjort25"/> he was never an official member of the Byrds and instead received a standard session musician's wage, while continuing to undertake work for other artists as an in-demand studio player.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hjort, Christopher.|page=304|year=2008|title=So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day (1965-1973)|publisher=Jawbone Press|isbn=978-1-906002-15-2}}</ref>  Three officially released Byrds recordings exist of the McGuinn-White-Battin-Guerin lineup: live versions of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "[[Roll Over Beethoven]]" that were recorded for the soundtrack of the [[Earl Scruggs]]' film ''Banjoman'', and a studio recording of "Bag Full of Money" that was included as a [[Bonus tracks|bonus track]] on the [[Audio mastering|remastered]] [[reissue]] of ''Farther Along'' in 2000.<ref name="rogan2"/><ref name="hjort26"/>

Following Guerin's departure, he was temporarily replaced for live performances by session drummers Dennis Dragon and Jim Moon.<ref name="hjort26"/> The band underwent a further personnel change following a show on February 10, 1973, in Ithaca, New York, when Skip Battin was dismissed by McGuinn, who had capriciously decided that the bassist's playing abilities were no longer of a sufficient standard.<ref name="hjort26"/><ref name="timeless30"/> McGuinn turned to ex-Byrd Chris Hillman – who at that time was a member of the band [[Manassas (band)|Manassas]] – and asked him to step in as Battin's replacement for two upcoming shows on February 23 and 24.<ref name="hjort26"/> Hillman agreed to play both concerts for the sum of $2,000 and also brought in Manassas percussionist [[Joe Lala]] to fill the vacant spot behind the drum kit.<ref name="hjort26"/> Following a shambolic, underrehearsed performance at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey, on February 24, 1973, McGuinn cancelled the band's remaining concert commitments and disbanded the touring version of the Byrds, in order to make way for a reunion of the original five-piece line-up of the band.<ref name="fricke8"/><ref name="hjort27">{{cite book|author=Hjort, Christopher.|pages=316–318|year=2008|title=So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day (1965-1973)|publisher=Jawbone Press|isbn=978-1-906002-15-2}}</ref>

Five months later, guitarist Clarence White was killed by a drunk driver in the early hours of July 15, 1973,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hjort|first=Christopher|author-link=Christopher Hjort|page=321|year=2008|title=So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-by-Day (1965–1973)|publisher=Jawbone Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-906002-15-2}}</ref> while he loaded guitar equipment into the back of a van after a concert appearance in Palmdale, California.<ref>{{cite book|author=Schinder, Scott.|author2=Schwartz, Andy. |page=280|year=2007|title=Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-33845-8}}</ref>