The album was released on March 5, 1969 to generally positive reviews, but in America became the lowest-charting album of the Byrds' career, peaking at number 153 on the Billboard album charts. The album fared much better in the UK, where it attracted glowing reviews and reached number 15. A number of tracks on Dr Byrds & Mr. Hyde, including the instrumental "Nashville West" and the traditional song "Old Blue", featured the sound of the Parsons and White designed StringBender (also known as the B-Bender), an invention that allowed White to duplicate the sound of a pedal steel guitar on his Fender Telecaster. The distinctive sound of the StringBender became characteristic of the Byrds' music during White's tenure.
the album was released on march 5 1969 to generally positive reviews but in america became the lowest-charting album of the byrds' career peaking at number 153 on the billboard album charts the album fared much better in the uk where it attracted glowing reviews and reached number 15 a number of tracks on dr byrds & mr hyde including the instrumental "nashville west" and the traditional song "old blue" featured the sound of the parsons and white designed stringbender (also known as the b-bender) an invention that allowed white to duplicate the sound of a pedal steel guitar on his fender telecaster the distinctive sound of the stringbender became characteristic of the byrds' music during white's tenure