
СКІП БАТТІН - THE BYRDS🤘
📅18 ЛЮТОГО 1934 — 🕯6 ЛИПНЯ 2003
Клайд "Скіп" Баттін (англ: Clyde "Skip" Battin) — американський співак, автор пісень, басист, виконавець і музикант. Він був учасником The Byrds, The New Riders of the Purple Sage та The Flying Burrito Brothers.
Після смерті Кларка гурт продовжував працювати як The Byrds Celebration, а Баттін був єдиним колишнім учасником The Byrds. Він припинив гастролі та записи після того, як його хвороба Альцґеймера досягла прогресуючого стану.
Баттін помер 6 липня 2003 року від ускладнень, викликаних хворобою Альцґеймера в лікувальному закладі в Салемі, штат Ореґон.
Clyde "Skip" Battin (February 18, 1934 – July 6, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, bassist, performer, and recording artist. He was a member of the Byrds, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Flying Burrito Brothers.
Battin is probably best known as bass guitarist and songwriter with the Byrds from 1970 to 1973. He was—by eight years—the oldest member of the Byrds. He recorded three albums with them and toured extensively. Many of his songwriting contributions were co-written with Kim Fowley. After the breakup of the Columbia Byrds, Battin recorded a solo album, Skip.
Battin married and had a son, Brent. In the 1980s he remarried, had a son, John-Clyde and daughter, Susanna, while pursuing his dream of farming with his wife Patricia in the agricultural Willamette Valley of Oregon. Battin died on July 6, 2003, of complications from Alzheimer's disease.