The Byrds “Eight Miles High” was actually a protest song about an ill-fated tour of England. Written by Gene Clark, Jim (Roger) McGuinn and David Crosby, It peaked at number-14 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became one of The Byrds’ signature songs. Frontman Roger McGuinn explains what inspired it.
“’Eight Miles High’ was a song we wrote after coming back from an ill-fated tour to England. It was out first trip to England and we were real excited about going over there and we met The Beatles and everything, but I got the flu and we weren’t performing very well and the press was
