"Gypsy Rider" is a song written by

Gene Clark Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best ...

, and performed by Clark and

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on the album ''So Rebellious a Lover'', released 1987. The song was released as the A-side on a promo single the following year, given away for free with issue #24 of ''Bucketfull of Brains magazine''. The B-side was "Flyaway" performed by

The Seers The Seers were a British rock group active between 1984 and 1991. The group gained notoriety with their debut single, "Lightning Strikes", which was about the Hungerford massacre. In 1988 they became the first unsigned band to play the main ...

. ''

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'' ranked "Gypsy Rider" as one of his 21 best songs.

Midnight Choir's version

The Norwegian band

Midnight Choir Midnight Choir was a Norwegian alternative rock/alt-country band active from 1992 to 2004. Biography The members of Midnight Choir were Al DeLoner (Atle Bystrøm 'Olsen'), Paal Flaata, and Ron 'Bystrøm' Olsen. (Atle and Ron are brothers) The b ...

recorded a version of the song, which was released as a promotional single and on their debut album, both during 1994. The song was also included on their compilation album, ''All Tomorrows Tears: The Best of Midnight Choir'', released in 2005.

Personnel

Paal Flaata Pål Flåta (born 8 April 1968) is a Norwegian vocalist, known from the band Midnight Choir and as a solo artist. Career Flaata was born in Skien, Norway. He started his career in the Skien band Memphis News and has since then been involved i ...

Vocal The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production i ...

* Atle Byström - ?? * Ron Olsen -

Bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Mike Hardwick -

Acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

* Alison Young - Backing vocal * Tore Wildhauer -

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Andrew Hardin -

Electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...

(rhythm)

References

{{authority control 1987 songs 1994 singles Songs written by Gene Clark