Not underrated. He is being acknowledged by everyone in music industry and fans. He is inspiration for some musicians. He imnovated THAT guitar sound of 12 strings..Got awards
I had the privilege of singing with Roger and the audience on Turn Turn Turn and Mr. Tambourine Man. I was almost in tears as it brought back so MANY memories.
Isn’t it true that the quiet and sincere artists like Roger McGuinn have resonance down through the years while the loud windbags are gone in the time it takes to snap your fingers. Live on Roger and great interview by the way.
Great point, SG!! Good thinking and very observant! Braggards always go down hard and usually quick. To quote an excellent source: "Pride always goes before the fall."
Everyone goes on about the first two Byrds albums, the ones with the hits, but to me the triplet they issued (Fifth Dimension, Younger than Yesterday, and The Notorious Byrd Brothers), where they experimented with Indian and Arabic idioms, dipped their toes in Country and really elevated Psychedelia into an art form, are the Desert Island discs. What majestic records! Never get tired to listen to them, they are as inspirational as the first time I heard them....
To do all that you have to be a thinking guy, and listening to Roger it's obvious he is a very smart and capable dude; that is, a really, really good professional musician who could make almost anybody feel like a little kid next to him playing.
Mcguinn is a living musical history book! Love his stories and fortunately I got to experience all that great 60s & 70s music first hand. The Byrds were part of my early record collection! I really liked the Byrds line up when Clarence White came on board as it changed their sound and no one could copy that sound!
My first exposure to Roger was with the Chad Mitchell Trio. If you like harmony, spend ten minute searching them. Chad Mitchell has/had a tremendous voice.
I spotted Chad singing on Hootanny and have been a fan ev er since. As Roger just mentioned he play guitar and banjo for them for a few years. This interview was so interesting, for me the part about his playing for the Chad Mitchell Trio, and Yes, Chad has a fabulous voice.
RM got the idea for using the 12-String from George Harrison in the film "A Hard Day's Night." GH was a wonderful 12-String artist, but RM is the master of the 12 String. The sound he created with it gave the "Byrds'" a very recognizable sound. Add the great harmonies, and you have a sound that will live as long as music-but RM's 12-String gave the group its beautiful uniqueness.
What made McGuinn’s 12 -string style so much different than everyone else’s was the Rickenbacker. The Ric 12-string doublets are backwards from every other guitar. It’s magic! Harrison was a genius, and one of my favorite guitarists, but McGuinn and his Ric 12 were a special magic.
I love Roger McGuinn so very much. True original. Yes, he made all his best music in the Byrds, but that stuff resonates throughout the ages. Love him.
My hero and musical guru from 1965 onwards. Still as much a part of my life today as he was back then. May God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit be with you always!
@@MrMajar9 i dont think of god as a "person"...a person that hangs out in the sky tskinh strolls on streets of gold. God is a narcissistic wealthy magician
Have seen him live maybe 8 times, met him a couple. Friendly guy. He always appears to be having more fun than the audience. That is part of his magic. The rest is that he's terrific.
So about 8 or 9 years ago I went to see Deep Purple at an outdoor amphitheater and was buying beer and noticed there was an opening act. It was one guy with about 5 or 6 guitars on stands around him and he had on what I thought was a goofy hat. So I ignored him and went back for the beers. When I came back 15 minutes later I sat down and noticed this guy was playing Turn Turn Turn by the BYRD's. I suddenly asked myself could this actually be Roger McGuinn?? It was and he wasn't even announced on the marquis. From then on I was spellbound and felt I was truly blessed to hear/see this great legend in person! God Bless Mr McGuinn!
I love how Roger McGuinn is still passionate about his music after all these years. He had no end of stories about his musical career and who had influenced him musically. It’s obvious Bob Seeger was one of them. Both share a strong folk sound. This is more evident as he gets older.
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Hey Roger: I've been listening to the Byrds since Tambourine Man came out in 65. I lost interest in playing the guitar but I stayed with it because you were my influence. To me, you were my "hero." I had a Hagstrom electric 12 and I learned how to fingerpick in my bedroom listening to Byrds songs. I would have given anything to have been able to meet you and my dream was to be a "rock star." I never made it but even now at 66 years old, I still play and sing. I was never able to afford a Ric so thats my dream now, a Fireglow Ric electric 12 string. Anyway, I just want to thank you for influencing me and inspiring me to keep playing and singing even though you never knew it. May God bless you Roger.
Saw Roger Saturday night in the acoustically perfect Soka University Concert Hall. He sounded FANTASTIC and gave virtually this same talk. I was stunned that an 82 year-old could sing and play as well as he did. His fingers literally flew on one of the pieces he played. The audience was stunned and REALLY appreciative. This man is TRULY a Folk and Rock icon!
I don't know of any musician in any genre who has defined the way his instrument is played to a greater extent than the way McGuinn has defined the sound of the electric 12-string guitar.
Fully agree. Just saw him at Soka University on Saturday night. Incredible performance by a mist accomplished yet humble man! Kennedy Center Honors are appropriate!
i was a teenager when the Byrds reached their height, and McGuinn became my "role model". So laid back, so cool, so talented. Jagger and John Lennon were nothing to me, compared to McGuinn. And no, I don't care what he was "really like" or how he made some blunders ... he remains The Man to me. ;)
I have been a Byrds fan since the first bass glissando on Mr. Tambourine Man.....and I met Roger/Jim at the Saloon in NYC in the mid-1980's among other meet ups. He is a great person and musician.
Those are good memories and I was hooked the second I heard Mr Tambourine Man by the Byrds. I still find it amazing that Bob Dylan would've allowed his song to be debuted by the heretofore unknown Byrds. Roger McGuinn must've done some smooth fast talking !!
The Byrds were apparently a huge influence on the UK folk-rock scene, with bands like Fairport Convention. When I hear Roger play, I can definitely hear the connection.
I was in an antique store in Westfield, NY and the owner's name was Molly McGuinn. Turns out she is a cousin of Roger's. Very neat because I'm a big McGuinn and Byrds fan!
I never realized McGuinn was a prodigy on guitar and banjo. What a treat to hear him tell his story and watch him play guitar. The bit about Mr. Tambourine man is especially fascinating.
McGuinn is a badass. I remember seeing him at the Mondavi center in Davis years ago. He was just as good then as he was when I was just a baby (on the old LPs).
Saw Roger (solo) twice in a very small theater..fantastic...the show was great..just like this video...old stories, great songs played on beautiful guitars. Nothing like a Martin 12 string!
I saw him on a Crystal Cruise without knowing who he was. Turned out, he was a living legend for someone graduating from college in 1963. He knew everybody, and played with most.
Thunbs up, the first song I apolodetically learned on guitar was a Roger McGuinn inspired Mr Tamborine Man ... recently heard him say he sang it as an interpreted prayer .... agreed.
I still to this very day, have my Hagstrom Bass Guitar that my father bought me in February 1966, All-over Red with a Black/White outlined face..plus my Fender Bassman Amp, the same one that Brian Wilson used with The Beach Boys..can't let go!! :-)
Mr. McGuinn gave us a solo show here in Northampton MA a couple of years ago. He had the audience in the palm of his hand, telling stories and playing hits and more. I remember him from way back and now I remember him from now.
Of course I loved the Byrds but I didn’t know about Roger McGuinn until he came on The Screensavers in Northern California. It was so generous of him to come on the show. And this show with all his great stories. How can you not think he is great because of how humble he is. He is truly an American treasure. He figures in the movie Echo in the Canyon and he’s in the song Creeque Alley by the Mamas and the Papas, “…McGuinn and McGuire just a gettin higher in LA…”
What a lovely fella. In the gallimaufry of popular music throughout modern history , there are those few who are now towering signposts of musical direction, Mr McGuinn & the Byrd's are without any doubt one of them.
It wasn’t just Roger Mcguinn, Clarence White added a dimension to the Byrds sound that no other could and he deserves credit for that not just Mcguinn. Don’t get me wrong Mcguinn is very talented and he’s an icon but Clarence White really gave the Byrds a very unique sound with his B string bending technique and his unmatched picking style:)
Yes, Clarence did a great job in the later Byrds, but they much earlier had established their country-rock mark. He kind of brought them back to their roots and popularity, I think.
The history of the Byrds members who had a big influence on music wasn't limited to Clarence White; among them are Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Gram Parsons and others. The Byrds are a hugely important part of America's musical history, often just about all of it is good listening- and not just for the history, but fun to listen to.
Hi Craig, great interview! How did I not see this all these years!? I really enjoyed this, as will my buddy in Brooklyn, who is the biggest Roger McGuinn fan around! We play all his tunes together. You may not remember me, but we hung out in Easton back in the 90s into the 2000's at The Blue Tone, and other places around Easton/Bethlehem/Allentown area. Many a late night back in those days. These shows are great to watch. And get such a history of Behind The Guitar! Hope to catch up sometime.
rubbersole Ive always thought petty downright plagarized Mgwinns voice and guitar also. Never bought a petty record but several byrdds and Mcgwinn solo. One had the song" car phone "....try to change it to" i " phone now.
They sing together on "King Of The Hill" -- a great song -- and honestly I have trouble telling who's who. Petty owes a lot to McGuinn both vocally and in instrumentation choices as well as well as style on many songs. One couldn't have a better touchstone.
@@KabobHope - I lived and played guitar in Florida in the 1980s and my neighbor had grown up and played music in that town in the 1960s. He told me about what a great impact Bob Dylan, and then the Beatles, and then the Byrds had on young musicians in Florida. I agree with you about the influence the Byrds had on Petty, but Tom Petty had quite eclectic tastes, and he wanted to write songs - so he was influenced by a whole lot of different styles. Plus, being able to play different styles could mean that you could get more jobs. Many beginner guitar players get jobs in groups that play music that they don't love because it's "paid practice" and so that music influences them a little. If you check out some of the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers box sets, you'll find an eye-opening variety of different styles of music, and not all of it is original.
um...you've got it reversed. Roger preceeded REM by about 20 years. He was a big influence on REM's musical style especially Peter Buck (another Rickenbacker fan) and not the other way around as you intimate. While Roger was already an accomplished folk musician (playing both 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars) before the Beatles emerged on the scene, it was their US appearance in 1964 and the start of Beatlemania that turned him on to rock 'n roll in a big way. When he saw and heard George Harrison playing an electric 12-string 360-12 Rickenbacker in the movie "A Hard Day's Night" in the late summer of 1964, he was hooked on rock 'n roll/pop. Because of his innate musical talent and creativity he, as well as other great musicians of the time, was able to take the folk music he had been playing previously, sprinkle in a dash of Dylan, and fuse it with the new, electrified sound of rock and create a new genre...folk-rock. The Beatles definitely influenced the Byrds, but the Byrds also influenced the Beatles. That hyper-creative 1965-1967 period witnessed both bands cross-pollinating each other musically. McGuinn and the Byrds were major musical innovators in heavily influencing the development of not only folk rock, but also raga rock, jangle rock/pop, psychedelic/acid rock, and country rock.
So true about learning from Folk music... I learned guitar from a Ratsceller/Coffee House in DC that only played Blue Grass Music... while everyone else in my school was learning Jimmy Page Licks, I was learning Foggy Mountain Break Down and other Chesnuts. No regrets either.
So that Banjo Tuning that Roger and Lennon had must have been Open G Tuning ? am I right ?….🤷♂️. So Keith Richards took that long to Sus it out..? 🤷♂️
His re-adapting Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man from Key of A to Key of High D and adding harmony was brilliant. In my opinion, he is not given enough credit for helping popularize Bob Dylan’s great poetry by bringing Mr. Tambourine Man into the two minute Radio Format. Also, without his positive spirit, The Byrds would have been just another one hit wonder band. He is a positive role model unlike. M. J. , and guitarist A.Y. who. MISLEAD people. Roger (James) McGuinn leads people in The Right Way !!! Yeah and Hurrah for A Really Great Great !!!
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love Roger McGuinn. Gentleness, talent, beautiful way of singing
Roger is a class act and an underrated guitarist.
Not underrated. He is being acknowledged by everyone in music industry and fans. He is inspiration for some musicians. He imnovated THAT guitar sound of 12 strings..Got awards
Underrated 🙄 Essentially everyone that plays an electric 12 string sites McGuinn as an influence
had the honor of playing with Roger at church in Florida...one of my all time favorites Turn Turn Turn. It was fabulous!
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I had the privilege of singing with Roger and the audience on Turn Turn Turn and Mr. Tambourine Man. I was almost in tears as it brought back so MANY memories.
Isn’t it true that the quiet and sincere artists like Roger McGuinn have resonance down through the years while the loud windbags are gone in the time it takes to snap your fingers. Live on Roger and great interview by the way.
That's a wise observation.
Great point, SG!! Good thinking and very observant! Braggards always go down hard and usually quick. To quote an excellent source: "Pride always goes before the fall."
Everyone goes on about the first two Byrds albums, the ones with the hits, but to me the triplet they issued (Fifth Dimension, Younger than Yesterday, and The Notorious Byrd Brothers), where they experimented with Indian and Arabic idioms, dipped their toes in Country and really elevated Psychedelia into an art form, are the Desert Island discs. What majestic records! Never get tired to listen to them, they are as inspirational as the first time I heard them....
To do all that you have to be a thinking guy, and listening to Roger it's obvious he is a very smart and capable dude; that is, a really, really good professional musician who could make almost anybody feel like a little kid next to him playing.
... and don't forget Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
Roger is a very talented and creative man, so nicely spoken.
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Exceptionally talented.
Folk rock was always my favorite. McGuinn did for Tambourine Man what Hendrix did for Along The Watchtower.
They both put their hearts and souls into it.
Mcguinn is a living musical history book! Love his stories and fortunately I got to experience all that great 60s & 70s music first hand. The Byrds were part of my early record collection! I really liked the Byrds line up when Clarence White came on board as it changed their sound and no one could copy that sound!
McGuinn rules! And, is a good Christian man who remains humble yet aware and proud of his vast contributions to Rock music.
Perfect on both points: Christian and humble! Beautiful! May our God bless him always!
Roger McGuinn is so legit. I could listen to his stories and guitar playing forever.
When you don't miss anything because everything is together: the performer, the music and wonderful guitar sounds.
My first exposure to Roger was with the Chad Mitchell Trio. If you like harmony, spend ten minute searching them. Chad Mitchell has/had a tremendous voice.
I spotted Chad singing on Hootanny and have been a fan ev er since. As Roger just mentioned he play guitar and banjo for them for a few years. This interview was so interesting, for me the part about his playing for the Chad Mitchell Trio, and Yes, Chad has a fabulous voice.
RM got the idea for using the 12-String from George Harrison in the film "A Hard Day's Night." GH was a wonderful 12-String artist, but RM is the master of the 12 String. The sound he created with it gave the "Byrds'" a very recognizable sound. Add the great harmonies, and you have a sound that will live as long as music-but RM's 12-String gave the group its beautiful uniqueness.
What made McGuinn’s 12 -string style so much different than everyone else’s was the Rickenbacker. The Ric 12-string doublets are backwards from every other guitar. It’s magic! Harrison was a genius, and one of my favorite guitarists, but McGuinn and his Ric 12 were a special magic.
@@drglennb Agree 100%. You sir have a great ear! Rare, very rare! Thank you for the comment. Lil
More to the point, Roger is the master of the Ricky 360 12 string.
I love Roger McGuinn so very much. True original. Yes, he made all his best music in the Byrds, but that stuff resonates throughout the ages. Love him.
Don't forget the collaboration of Tom Petty with Roger McGuinn in the 1980s; Back from Rio. It was a fantastic album.
@@cameronmccreary7697Oh, yes. Very true.
McGuinn is absolutely inspirational - a legend and a national treasure. What an amazing guy!
Saw the Byrds at the Hollywood Bowl June 1966. My first concert!
My hero and musical guru from 1965 onwards. Still as much a part of my life today as he was back then. May God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit be with you always!
THE TRINITY THEORY IS A LIE OF THE DEVIL!!GOD IS NOT TIED DOWN TO ANY TRINITY IDEA. HE DOES JUST FINE BY HIMSELF!!
@@steveburchfield5576 study this text to see if you have a different understanding than the one you now possess.www.letusreason.org/Onenes9.htm
@@steveburchfield5576 but Mother Mary stil curses the day he chose to go his own way, showing no respect for her big sacrifice..
Hero mcguinn is another fake christian of the 700 club
@@MrMajar9 i dont think of god as a "person"...a person that hangs out in the sky tskinh strolls on streets of gold. God is a narcissistic wealthy magician
Have seen him live maybe 8 times, met him a couple. Friendly guy. He always appears to be having more fun than the audience. That is part of his magic. The rest is that he's terrific.
check out the time he guested on Marty Stuarts show and they played together it was so cool
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I saw roger mcguinn gene Clark Chris hilman play at the mahogany inn about year 77 or78 the island of st croix in cristiansted harbor
@@jennifursun3303 I've seen that Stuart/McGuinn episode many times. He was spot on with Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives!
@@arneldobumatay3702 sure was
So about 8 or 9 years ago I went to see Deep Purple at an outdoor amphitheater and was buying beer and noticed there was an opening act. It was one guy with about 5 or 6 guitars on stands around him and he had on what I thought was a goofy hat. So I ignored him and went back for the beers. When I came back 15 minutes later I sat down and noticed this guy was playing Turn Turn Turn by the BYRD's. I suddenly asked myself could this actually be Roger McGuinn?? It was and he wasn't even announced on the marquis. From then on I was spellbound and felt I was truly blessed to hear/see this great legend in person! God Bless Mr McGuinn!
God bless Roger McGuinn
How can you not love Roger McGuinn?!! I could listen to him talk and sing 24/7...totally unique sound, God bless you Roger ❤
I love how Roger McGuinn is still passionate about his music after all these years. He had no end of stories about his musical career and who had influenced him musically. It’s obvious Bob Seeger was one of them. Both share a strong folk sound. This is more evident as he gets older.
Bob Seger rocks!
You mean Pete Seeger (wrote Turn, Turn, Turn)
If you have the opportunity to see McGuinn in concert, jump on it. He's amazing!
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman were great in the late 70's too.
RIP Gene Clark.
Roger McGuinn has magic fingers! He's been gifted with unique musical talents also a humble, gentle personality. A true Legend! ❤ 👏👏👏
I met him once..A really nice man..Thanks Roger.
I also met him at the dentist. Three or four times. Multiple dentists.
lucky you
I would love to meet him just to Thank him for his blissful music. Thanks also to the amazing Pete Seeger who influenced Roger so much.
Just found this--really cool. I actually met McGuinn once at, of all places, the dentist's office! He was quiet, reserved, a bit bashful even.
Thomas Kissick Great story!! :)
He always seems like such a decent down to earth man. It seems like he is very much changed from his older days.
He has a sound all his own totally unique and it was the sound of a generation.
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Hey Roger: I've been listening to the Byrds since Tambourine Man came out in 65. I lost interest in playing the guitar but I stayed with it because you were my influence. To me, you were my "hero." I had a Hagstrom electric 12 and I learned how to fingerpick in my bedroom listening to Byrds songs. I would have given anything to have been able to meet you and my dream was to be a "rock star." I never made it but even now at 66 years old, I still play and sing. I was never able to afford a Ric so thats my dream now, a Fireglow Ric electric 12 string. Anyway, I just want to thank you for influencing me and inspiring me to keep playing and singing even though you never knew it. May God bless you Roger.
Ditto, from another 66 year old, rum runner...
Hope your dream comes true!
Very touching
Hagstrom H-12 with the big 6x2 tuner headstock? Those are a beauty. Their weird 8 string bass from those years is very interesting too
Pina Colada Drinker Me I played a Hagstrom Bass in the 60's..I still have that Bass Guitar and Fender Bassman Amp..hard to believe, eh?🎸😊
What a fascinating program! Just came across it....Roger's story is fabulous.
Saw Roger Saturday night in the acoustically perfect Soka University Concert Hall. He sounded FANTASTIC and gave virtually this same talk. I was stunned that an 82 year-old could sing and play as well as he did. His fingers literally flew on one of the pieces he played. The audience was stunned and REALLY appreciative. This man is TRULY a Folk and Rock icon!
Best hommage to Leadbelly's guitar stylings I've ever heard. McGuinn is truly an American guitar legend......
Possibly the best 12 string guitar player ever.
Check out Leo Koettke if you dig 12 string players!!
I don't know of any musician in any genre who has defined the way his instrument is played to a greater extent than the way McGuinn has defined the sound of the electric 12-string guitar.
@Musical Box you're allowed to listen to other players lol seriously Keottke took 12 string guitar to a whole other level.
Fully agree. Just saw him at Soka University on Saturday night. Incredible performance by a mist accomplished yet humble man! Kennedy Center Honors are appropriate!
Roger and his guitar have a mutual love affair... the beautiful sounds that come from him and his guitar are pure magic.
i was a teenager when the Byrds reached their height, and McGuinn became my "role model". So laid back, so cool, so talented. Jagger and John Lennon were nothing to me, compared to McGuinn. And no, I don't care what he was "really like" or how he made some blunders ... he remains The Man to me. ;)
I have been a Byrds fan since the first bass glissando on Mr. Tambourine Man.....and I met Roger/Jim at the Saloon in NYC in the mid-1980's among other meet ups. He is a great person and musician.
Those are good memories and I was hooked the second I heard Mr Tambourine Man by the Byrds. I still find it amazing that Bob Dylan would've allowed his song to be debuted by the heretofore unknown Byrds. Roger McGuinn must've done some smooth fast talking !!
The Byrds were apparently a huge influence on the UK folk-rock scene, with bands like Fairport Convention. When I hear Roger play, I can definitely hear the connection.
I worked with a lot of those guys in the 70's, and they were very much influenced by the bands of the Byrds-Buffalo Springfield axis.
What an amazing talent and seems such a lovely guy too.
I was in an antique store in Westfield, NY and the owner's name was Molly McGuinn. Turns out she is a cousin of Roger's. Very neat because I'm a big McGuinn and Byrds fan!
I never realized McGuinn was a prodigy on guitar and banjo. What a treat to hear him tell his story and watch him play guitar. The bit about Mr. Tambourine man is especially fascinating.
Im 67 now and have loved this for 56 years.
McGuinn is a badass. I remember seeing him at the Mondavi center in Davis years ago. He was just as good then as he was when I was just a baby (on the old LPs).
Saw Roger (solo) twice in a very small theater..fantastic...the show was great..just like this video...old stories, great songs played on beautiful guitars. Nothing like a Martin 12 string!
Man..i enjoyed this...what great stories..there needs to be a book! A great artist. His guitar playing and voice just puts you in a whole other place.
Roger Mcguinn- The Byrds leader and navigator...long live the Music and Legacy of The Byrds 🎼🎶🎸🥁
Great guy, skilled guitarist and folk rock musician. Deep insights into origins.
would sooo love to hear that 12 sting of his in person just once. LOVE the sound of it
I saw him on a Crystal Cruise without knowing who he was. Turned out, he was a living legend for someone graduating from college in 1963. He knew everybody, and played with most.
Thunbs up, the first song I apolodetically learned on guitar was a Roger McGuinn inspired Mr Tamborine Man ... recently heard him say he sang it as an interpreted prayer .... agreed.
Roger is a cool guy.
I still to this very day, have my Hagstrom Bass Guitar that my father bought me in February 1966, All-over Red with a Black/White outlined face..plus my Fender Bassman Amp, the same one that Brian Wilson used with The Beach Boys..can't let go!! :-)
Mr. McGuinn gave us a solo show here in Northampton MA a couple of years ago. He had the audience in the palm of his hand, telling stories and playing hits and more. I remember him from way back and now I remember him from now.
Of course I loved the Byrds but I didn’t know about Roger McGuinn until he came on The Screensavers in Northern California. It was so generous of him to come on the show. And this show with all his great stories. How can you not think he is great because of how humble he is. He is truly an American treasure. He figures in the movie Echo in the Canyon and he’s in the song Creeque Alley by the Mamas and the Papas, “…McGuinn and McGuire just a gettin higher in LA…”
What a lovely fella. In the gallimaufry of popular music throughout modern history , there are those few who are now towering signposts of musical direction, Mr McGuinn & the Byrd's are without any doubt one of them.
It wasn’t just Roger Mcguinn, Clarence White added a dimension to the Byrds sound that no other could and he deserves credit for that not just Mcguinn. Don’t get me wrong Mcguinn is very talented and he’s an icon but Clarence White really gave the Byrds a very unique sound with his B string bending technique and his unmatched picking style:)
Yes, Clarence did a great job in the later Byrds, but they much earlier had established their country-rock mark. He kind of brought them back to their roots and popularity, I think.
The history of the Byrds members who had a big influence on music wasn't limited to Clarence White; among them are Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Gram Parsons and others. The Byrds are a hugely important part of America's musical history, often just about all of it is good listening- and not just for the history, but fun to listen to.
I've always been a big fan of Roger
Hi Craig, great interview! How did I not see this all these years!? I really enjoyed this, as will my buddy in Brooklyn, who is the biggest Roger McGuinn fan around! We play all his tunes together. You may not remember me, but we hung out in Easton back in the 90s into the 2000's at The Blue Tone, and other places around Easton/Bethlehem/Allentown area. Many a late night back in those days. These shows are great to watch. And get such a history of Behind The Guitar! Hope to catch up sometime.
this is fucking great
A very serious musician and great talent . This guy changed the way music wac played .
A 7-string guitar - tuned the right way. About 12 minutes in, it's a 12-string.
Roger is a wonder.
I was lucky enough to see him at a PBS taping w Glen Phillips in Nashville but I don't know if that show ever aired.
Great interview.
More of this, please !
Whenever I hear Roger sing, I feel he must have inspired Tom Petty a lot.
rubbersole79 and REM
Especially on "The Waiting".
rubbersole Ive always thought petty downright plagarized Mgwinns voice and guitar also. Never bought a petty record but several byrdds and Mcgwinn solo. One had the song" car phone "....try to change it to" i " phone now.
They sing together on "King Of The Hill" -- a great song -- and honestly I have trouble telling who's who. Petty owes a lot to McGuinn both vocally and in instrumentation choices as well as well as style on many songs. One couldn't have a better touchstone.
@@KabobHope - I lived and played guitar in Florida in the 1980s and my neighbor had grown up and played music in that town in the 1960s. He told me about what a great impact Bob Dylan, and then the Beatles, and then the Byrds had on young musicians in Florida. I agree with you about the influence the Byrds had on Petty, but Tom Petty had quite eclectic tastes, and he wanted to write songs - so he was influenced by a whole lot of different styles. Plus, being able to play different styles could mean that you could get more jobs. Many beginner guitar players get jobs in groups that play music that they don't love because it's "paid practice" and so that music influences them a little.
If you check out some of the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers box sets, you'll find an eye-opening variety of different styles of music, and not all of it is original.
Fabulous interview
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So so cool interview.
Love this
One word: awesome!
Okay! o he is the sound of the seventies! He improved all the licks and timbre! Wow Roger! You and Clapton are really the Bombs!
underrated... love 'Jim'
Good to see Roger still out there playing.. without Roger there probably would not have been Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen....
Yes Roger is cool but wouldn't be as cool if it weren't for the Beatles.
...or REM...
um...you've got it reversed. Roger preceeded REM by about 20 years. He was a big influence on REM's musical style especially Peter Buck (another Rickenbacker fan) and not the other way around as you intimate. While Roger was already an accomplished folk musician (playing both 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars) before the Beatles emerged on the scene, it was their US appearance in 1964 and the start of Beatlemania that turned him on to rock 'n roll in a big way. When he saw and heard George Harrison playing an electric 12-string 360-12 Rickenbacker in the movie "A Hard Day's Night" in the late summer of 1964, he was hooked on rock 'n roll/pop. Because of his innate musical talent and creativity he, as well as other great musicians of the time, was able to take the folk music he had been playing previously, sprinkle in a dash of Dylan, and fuse it with the new, electrified sound of rock and create a new genre...folk-rock. The Beatles definitely influenced the Byrds, but the Byrds also influenced the Beatles. That hyper-creative 1965-1967 period witnessed both bands cross-pollinating each other musically. McGuinn and the Byrds were major musical innovators in heavily influencing the development of not only folk rock, but also raga rock, jangle rock/pop, psychedelic/acid rock, and country rock.
Pretty well covers it!
DV DODDS plagerizn petty i called him..didnt care for springsteen at all. But why" sprinsteen "on your short list ?
Fantastic virsion
Legend and legendary music
Unpack your tent McGuin, you ain't going nowhere.
Delightful!
I can imagine the thrill. Must have been great.
What a guitar player.... He saved "Mr Tambourine Man". Loved the Byrds.
Roger McGuinn he is my favourite guitar player
First album mr tambourine man with the fish eye lens cover got in 69 from my cousin in Cali that started it all!
So true about learning from Folk music... I learned guitar from a Ratsceller/Coffee House in DC that only played Blue Grass Music... while everyone else in my school was learning Jimmy Page Licks, I was learning Foggy Mountain Break Down and other Chesnuts. No regrets either.
McGuinn reveals a couple of the little guitar tricks that made the "Byrds Sound".
Respect.
Te amo Roger, Argentina marzo2021
No wonder I could never copy McGuinn’s guitar parts!!!
Roger or Mr mcGinn, you are genius to turn avuunmbrr 5 song to a Nbet 1 song
the Byrds were incredible
would sooo love to hear and touch that old Rick of Roger's
What great show
UNA HISTORIA DE TALENTO
I LOVE TO LISTEN TO THE BIRDS RECORDS.
Could listen to Roger all day but does anyone else think the host looks strikingly similiar to Eric Clapton during his Unplugged period?
I think he resembles Adam Savage from Mythbusters, myself.
King of cool
ROGER WAS THE SOUND OF THE BYRDS......
GENE CLARK WAS THE VOICE OF THE BYRDS......
Without Roger McGuinn their wouldn't be Rickenbacker, and vice-versa.
tiffsaver The Beatles were playing Ricks long before The Byrds existed.
George Harrison and John Lennon put Rickenbacker on the map.
George Harrison actually brought the rick in the limelight. Roger saw him playing it and the rest is history.
Rogers hybrid banjo picking on the 12 string is something else.
I read somewhere that Tom Petty wrote Magnolia for Roger and Roger didn't like it. Tom never did the song live because of his. Sad, what a shame.
Born Again Christian. YES!
So that Banjo Tuning that Roger and Lennon had must have been Open G Tuning ? am I right ?….🤷♂️. So Keith Richards took that long to Sus it out..? 🤷♂️
That's a pretty martin.....looks like a D45
His re-adapting Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man from Key of A to Key of High D and adding harmony was brilliant.
In my opinion, he is not given enough credit for helping popularize Bob Dylan’s great poetry by bringing Mr. Tambourine Man into the two minute Radio Format.
Also, without his positive spirit, The Byrds would have been just another one hit wonder band.
He is a positive role model unlike. M. J. , and guitarist A.Y. who. MISLEAD people.
Roger (James) McGuinn leads people in The Right Way !!!
Yeah and Hurrah for A Really Great Great !!!
Mcguinn & Mcguire couldn't get much higher, in LA you know where that's at..Mama's & Papa's!