Eight Miles High

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Eight Miles High

song by the Byrds

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the Byrds
From formation to breakup
…psychedelia, including the hit “Eight Miles High” (1966). Hillman, a teenage mandolin prodigy, was a prime, underacknowledged force in the Byrds’ fusion of rock and country. In his songs “Mr. Spaceman” and “5D (Fifth Dimension),” McGuinn, an aviation and technology enthusiast, charged the Byrds’ music and image with space-age…
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…psychedelia, including the hit “Eight Miles High” (1966). Hillman, a teenage mandolin prodigy, was a prime, underacknowledged force in the Byrds’ fusion of rock and country. In his songs “Mr. Spaceman” and “5D (Fifth Dimension),” McGuinn, an aviation and technology enthusiast, charged the Byrds’ music and image with space-age…
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