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Joseph Byrd

American musician

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born: 1937
died: 2025
age at death: 87
known for: composer, songwriter, musician

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Joseph Hunter Byrd Jr. was an American composer, musician and academic. After first becoming known as an experimental composer in New York City and Los Angeles, he became the leader of the psychedelic rock band The United States of America, an innovative but short-lived band which integrated psychedelic rock, electronic sound, and radical political ideas into rock music. In 1968 he recorded the album The American Metaphysical Circus, credited to Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies.

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