Roger McGuinn is best known as the singer and lead guitarist of the Byrds, a California-based band considered among the most influential acts of the 1960s. The Byrds’ debut album, “Mr. Tambourine Man” ...
Sep. 23—Although Roger McGuinn released a Christmas album last year, there hasn't been a lot of bustling professional activity for the ex-Byrds legend. And that's fine: We're in a plague and he's 79 ...
The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn had refused offers to reunite that band for nearly two decades until an irresistible anniversary, the 50th for the landmark country-rock album “Sweetheart of the Rodeo,” ...
As the leader (and wearer of the Ben Franklin rectangular glasses) of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Byrds, Roger McGuinn combined the rock beat of the British Invasion bands with the American folk ...
The Byrds are on the shortlist of great American bands. Between 1965 and 1973, the L.A.-based group released 12 albums — including classics like Mr. Tambourine Man, The Notorious Byrd Brothers, and ...
How could a self-respecting rock musician truly rebel in 1968? This, after all, was after the Summer of Love, a time when musical and cultural conventions were regularly being upended. For two ...
After the practical disintegration of The Byrds after 1968’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Roger McGuinn carried the band’s name on for five years of variable musical consequence. When he emerged as a full ...
Byrds co-founder Chris Hillman taps David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty for new solo album Chris Hillman, a founding member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, is releasing a new album, ...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chris Hillman did not single-handedly invent country-rock in between co-founding the acclaimed San Diego bluegrass band the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers in 1961 and ...
“I guess the first album that I bought was Elvis Presley’s record that contained the song ‘Heartbreak Hotel.’ I loved that song so much that I asked my folks for a guitar and got one for my 14th ...
Could this be the country music show of the year in Austin? At the very least, it’s the proto-alt-country show of the year. Founding Byrds members Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman will team with ...
The Byrds' "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" is now rightfully regarded as a groundbreaking country-rock album, but when it first came out in 1968, it got a less than enthusiastic reception. Frontman Roger ...
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