 The reunion concerts were a resounding success but with Michael Clarke continuing to tour with his Byrds tribute , McGuinn , Crosby and Hillman filed a lawsuit against the drummer in the spring of 1989 , suing him for allegedly false advertising , unfair competition and deceptive trade practices , as well as seeking a preliminary injunction against Clarke 's use of the name . At the court hearing in May 1989 , the judge denied the injunction , ruling that McGuinn , Crosby and Hillman had failed to show that they would be irreparably damaged by Clarke 's actions . As a result , Clarke gained full legal ownership of the name the Byrds . In the wake of this ruling , McGuinn , Crosby and Hillman dropped their lawsuit , but to demonstrate that they had not wholly surrendered the Byrds name to Clarke , the three musicians appeared under the banner of " The Original Byrds " at a Roy Orbison tribute concert on February 24 , 1990 , where they were joined on @-@ stage by Bob Dylan for a rendition of " Mr. Tambourine Man " . Later that year , McGuinn , Crosby and Hillman entered Treasure Isle Recorders in Nashville to record four new Byrds tracks for inclusion on the forthcoming The Byrds box set . 
