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Their early line up with Roger (Jim) McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Gene Clark produced a defining song of the era, *Eight Miles High.*The song featured McGuinn\u2019s 12-string Rickenbacker guitar, combined elements influenced by John Coltrane and Ravi Shankar, and really opened up the ears of the musical community. This lesson goes over the chord progression and a foray into improvising in the Dorian mode\u2026 definitely a mind-expanding lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the bands that really helped define the Psychedelic Sound of the Sixties was The Byrds. 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