The randy cherub of The Byrds, creator of unique vocal harmonies. The most envelope-pushing Byrd, tinkering with the song form, and with content. The band's rejection of the menage à trois of "Triad" caused him to quit for Crosby, Stills, and Nash; the Byrds replaced him with a horse's ass on the Notorious Byrd Brothers LP cover. Co-wrote "Wooden Ships" with Jefferson Airplane. Later on, he was noted for his drug addictions and subsequent rehab stints and prison terms.

The unlikely father of Melissa Etheridge's two sons. To imagine this drug-addled lardass spanking his monkey into a test tube for two lesbians to have the children of their dreams is just the perfect modern American story, isn't it? God help us all.