Joseph Byrd (almost no one except Columbia Records ever called him "Joe") (born December 19, 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky, raised Tucson, Arizona) was the leader of The United States of America, a notable rock band from the 1960's, as well as the psychedelic group Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies, of cult fame through their release The American Metaphysical Circus. His lengthy career in a wide variety of experimental and other music genres is matched by few, if any, American composer-arrangers and music educators.

Joe Byrd on Last.fm.