Chris Hillman has been writing songs most of his life. He is a founding member of the 60s rock band The Byrds, and played with The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Desert Rose Band. Hillman grew up in ...
Chris Hillman bought his first smartphone just a few months ago. "I didn't want one," he admits. "I had a flip-top phone and that was fine. But there's a new baby in the house. My daughter had a girl, ...
Eighty-one years ago today, one of the most influential pioneering figures in country rock and Americana was born in ...
Chris Hillman-- formerly of the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, the Desert Rose Band ... the list goes on -- thought he was done making albums. Then, Tom Petty called. It wasn't as out ...
The Byrds’ founding members Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman have expanded their tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sweetheart of the Rodeo, which now includes a NYC show at Town Hall on ...
At 72 years old and with a resume that includes that includes stints with The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and others, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Chris Hillman has nothing left to prove. He ...
It was 1968 a radical time in America. Chris Hillman, who was the bassist for the Byrds in the year of the Robert Kennedy assassination and riots from Newark to Watts, recalls 1968 as the most ...
In Chris Hillman’s high-flying career, he's had a mid-’60s flight with the Byrds, and a brief but brilliant pairing with Gram Parsons in the Flying Burrito Brothers. Add to that his memberships in ...
Chris Hillman, a founding member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, is releasing a new album, “Bidin’ My Time.” Here, recounts the story of how Stephen Stills gave him a 1924 Gibson Lloyd ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. There is an old music joke I point out to the Byrds’ Chris Hillman. It’s about how ...
It was supposed to be an album release bash for a key member of several influential bands, not a posthumous salute to one of his most admired disciples. But circumstances were such that Chris ...