music · 04 September 1944 · 80 years ago
birth Gene Parsons, drummer, The Byrds, (1965 UK & US No.1 single 'Mr Tambourine Man'). Also a member of The Flying Burrito Brothers and Parsons Green. Parsons is credited with inventing the B-Bender (also known as the StringBender) along with Clarence White.
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