Fortunately, he's got a spy in the audience. Whenever Tom Petty talked about who had the biggest impact on his music, the legendary rocker would say Roger McGuinn of the seminal Byrds. He brings onstage with him four instruments: a Rickenbacker electric 12-string, a Martin 12-string acoustic, a Martin seven-string acoustic that he designed and a five-string banjo.Īlthough the typical audience is comprised of Byrds fans and Baby Boomers, they will often bring their kids and even grandkids, he said.Īs he has had such an eclectic career, he isn't sure which genre's fans are going to be in attendance at any given show. BMG has announced The Byrds: 1964-1967, a new large-format 400-page collectible art book curated by the band’s three surviving founding members, and available in three versions, including a Super Deluxe Limited Edition signed by Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, and David Crosby. It's a two-hour show with a 15-minute intermission." I do a mix of Byrds classics, songs from my solo CDs and songs from the Folk Den. "I tell stories of how I got into music and all the people I've met along the way. McGuinn, a Chicago native, studied at the Old Town School of Folk Music and was active on Chicago's folk scene, where he was strongly influenced as a teenager by Bob Gibson. Marrying incisive lyrics, soaring harmonies and the trademark sound of leader Roger McGuinn’s 12-string Rickenbacker, the Byrds were one of the most innovative and influential rock and roll groups of the 1960s. McGuinn sped up the timing, made some other changes, and added what would become his trademark sound - his 12 string electric Rickenbacker guitar. Tambourine Man' from Dylan, but David Crosby hated it. Roger is an amazing player, just astonishingly good, David Crosby told Guitarist back in 2014, of his. According to McGuinn, the Byrds first record contract was only for a single, so they had to make it work. His life these days is wonderful, he said, and his show reflects that. Roger McGuinn, prior to forming the Byrds, toured and performed folk musicwith the Limeliters, Chad Mitchell Trio and Bobby Darin as a guitarist and banjo player. With a clutch of songs from the formidable Bob Dylan songbook and the vocal blend of McGuinn, Crosby and Gene Clarke perfectly complementing McGuinn’s strident Rickenbacker picking, The Byrds were America’s answer to the Fab Four. We get so busy, we forget what we did," he said. "The blog is basically so we can remember our adventures. Rock and roll Hall of Famer Roger McGuinn and his wife, Camilla, recently stopped by the Growing Bolder Radio Show for the entire hour, and our cameras were.
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