
Composer Joseph Byrd (credited as Joe Byrd on his two Columbia releases with The United States of America and Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies) studied modern composition with John Cage among others. He was an early proponent of "minimalist" composition, and was involved in the academic avant-garde in the early 60s. After getting a teaching appointment at UCLA, he relocated to the West Coast and began to study Indian and other music, eventually forming the psychedelic rock group The United States of America.
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Cloud Song
The American Metaphysical Circus
The Garden Of Earthly Delights
Hard Coming Love
Coming Down
Love Song For The Dead Che
I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar
The American Way Of Love: Part I- Metaphor For An Olderman/Part II- California Good-Time Music/Part III- Love Is All
Osamu's Birthday - Alternate Version
You Can Never Come Down
Heresy (Coming Down)
Mouse (The Garden Of Earthly Delights)
The American Metaphysical Circus - Alternate Version
Animals
Loops and Sequences
Deck The Halls
Three Aphorisms: Movement 1
Four Sound*Poems
Three Aphorisms: Movement 2
Densities I
Three Aphorisms: Movement 3
Water Music
Jingle Bells
Carol Of The Bells
String Trio: Movement 1
E La Don Don Verges Maria
Christmas In The Morning
String Trio: Movement 2
Silent Night
Carillon
Prelude to “The Mystery Cheese-Ball”
The Holly And The Ivy
Taublein Weiss
Christmas
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
The First Nowell
In Dulci Jubilo
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
Hark The Hearald Angels Sing
The Star Spangled Banner
America The Beautiful
A Ballet for Woodwinds - Arr. for Guitar
You're a Grand Old Flag
The Yankee Doodle Boy
Conquest of the American Wilderness
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Mouth Music (arr. J. Byrd)
The Stars And Stripes Forever (March)
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The American Way Of Love: Part I- Metaphor For An Olderman/Part II- California Good-Time Music/Part
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