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3 unusual facts about The Bells of Rhymney


Idris Davies

He is now best known for the verses Bells of Rhymney from his 1938 Gwalia Deserta (meaning literally "Wasteland of Wales"), which were later adapted into a popular folk song.

Judy Collins 3

He would later bring with him the acoustic arrangements of the Pete Seeger songs "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season" and "The Bells of Rhymney" (as well as the notion of covering Dylan-material in an unusual fashion) when he went on to co-found the folk rock group The Byrds, where they would get a full electrified rock'n'roll-band treatment.

She Don't Care About Time

McGuinn's guitar work on the track would later be championed by The Beatles' George Harrison, who latter took influence from the main riff of "The Bells of Rhymney" with the drumming from "She Don't Care About Time" on Harrison's own composition, "If I Needed Someone".



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