Roger McGuinn on Bob Costas full interview [1991]
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- Roger McGuinn talks about The Byrds on Bob Costas [1991] on the occasion of the group
being admitted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Music cues have been removed from this to allow it onto You Tube - a shame because
they added something to this...but You Tube wouldn't allow it.
He is very humble and down to earth. Such a talented guitarist and I love his voice.
Yes sir , I was thinking the same thing . Rodger , is painfully honest ; it's refreshing , esp. , in the times we are currently living in .
What an amazing man…a gift to all of us that listen to good music….I hope he lives forever.
I wrote Jim/Roger a thank you in the mid 90s as a young teenager for all the fantastic music he made and told him how much I enjoyed his work (I tracked down all their LPs my mom didn't own over a year or two) and he was kind enough to write back. Great interview!
Same here! I wrote Roger McGuinn a fan email back in 2010 and he graciously replied to it with gratitude a few months later!
Very cool, so many entertainers are caught up in there images they forget the people buying there music or tickets to the theaters.🤟
What a guy eh!!??? Few have the humble and pure personality this man does....thank GOD for level headed artists LIKE this fellow
Amen , brother !
Roger McGuinn - Undoubtedly one of the greats with an unmistakable sound that identifies the Byrds. Fortunate enough to have seen him as a school kid when the Byrds toured South Africa in 1968. Whenever I hear the opening riff on Turn Turn Turn my heart skips a beat. We in the world of music can only admire and strive to be like him. His distinctive sound will ring through rock history forever. Agree with Margie and Mondo E.- "a kind gentleman and good soul"
McGuinn has been my hero since I was a kid. 'The Ballad of Easy Rider' is just beyond brilliant. No song has ever come as close to how emotional this song feels to me. What a gift.
I had the privilege of meeting Roger over 25 years ago when he was on tour promoting the reissue of the entire The Byrd’s catalog what a great guy and what a great show that night. Thanks for the Music Roger!! 🎸
McGuinn still rocks to the moon and back. Long Live James Joseph "Roger" McGuinn III.
A great interview with Roger McGuinn, one of the greats of rocknroll and all around decent guy. Got to see him solo in a bar I worked at circa 1983 in Blacksburg VA. He was such a kind gentleman and good soul to all of us restaurant staff!!
I had the same experience at a bar I worked at in Philadelphia.
In the late 90’s, Roger was touring with Judy Collins, Janis Ian, and Richie Havens. I went to the Cohasset Music Circus to buy tickets, and Roger was doing his sound checks. The girl in the ticket office said, “That’s one of them-I don’t know which one.” I said, “That’s Roger McGuinn on his Rickenbacker 12-string. There’s no other sound in the world like that.”
My favorite, always, always "Chestnut Mare" picks one up, takes one somewhere and then brings one back... satisfying.
Grateful 🙏 Thank you ~♡~
This is such a fantastic interview. Bob Costas is superb, and Roger McGuinn ‘s extraordinary musical gifts and creativity and authenticity shine. So grateful to Roger 14:39 McGuinn for his inspiration.
Besides being the greatest 12-String guitarist, he is one of the most humble successful people I've ever seen. Compare that to nowadays the way successful people generally act.
How good was it to hear the Ballad of ER in that acoustic version ?!? Great to hear Roger and such a humble, softly spoken man who is so generous in his praise for his fellow musicians. 100% Legend
Good interview... got to meet him in the early 90's when he was performing in Penn's Landing, Pa.
leader and navigator of one of the most influential bands ever!🎤🎼🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🥁
GREAT INTERVIEW!!!! First time I hear Mcguinn speak and loved him!
Thanks for posting this!!🙏🏻
I had the pleasure of meeting him in 1993
when he was performing a solo concert at Penn's Landing, Penna.
at a outdoor amplatheater .
great human being and musician.
🎤🎶🎶🎶🎸 THE BYRDS FOREVER!
Costas had a great show. I loved staying up and watching it back in those days. This one with McGuinn was a particularly
great episode!
Costas is great at interviews. He asks the questions that people want to know.
Later was so cool, Costas could have someone on you had marginal interest in and you’d watch the whole thing anyway
Costas was a painful to watch derivative HACK. Read my tome about him in this feed.
McGuinn was as big of a PITA as Cros but is and was in total denial about it. Crosby was real and raw.
McGuinn w
is a very composed Liar.
Hillman and Gene Clark were the best part of the band.
You could tell that Costas researched intensely.
This guy is a genius. Saw his Folk Den tour in the early 2000s. He played loads of Byrds songs!
Saw him same year as this interview, for free at a goofy Virginia Beach theme park. He was playing with an outstanding band of his fellow Christian brothers. I've seen Cream, Jimi, Doors, and Beates live and this McGuinn concert was in that rarified atmosphere, just superb. It was a blast.
Just tonight on Dan Rather's The Big Interview, David Byrne said the song that really effected him as a kid was the Byrds Mr Tambourine Man. Dylans's lyrics and the sound of the Byrds who sounded like no one else
Talking Heads made Brilliant Music, too !
Mcguinn and his music have had such an influence on my life since I heard that riff in 65,saw him a few times,Pocklington Nr York England,coffee shop on Chestnut St Philadelphia,love Gunga Din another aeroplane song
Always loved the jingle jangle sound of the Byrd's.
A pal of mine saw him live in Birmingham, UK, about 2018. Said it was the best gig he'd been to, and he's been to more than a few across many genres of music.
I love everything about Roger Mcguinn. Thanks for this!
My pleasure.
Costas is such a great interviewer
Still great as ever, you can watch him via his UA-cam channel. Certainly someone I look up to within the world of music.
Nice guy; terrific interview.
Is there anybody better than the Byrds? Not in my world.
So cool of a guy.
Imagine the 60's, and everything that came after, without Roger McGuinn. He was so influential.
Roger with a Guild- rare moment!
Love this interview!
How can it be that at least in this UA-cam clip Chris Hillman isn't mentioned, even in passing.. The least known member of three seminal bands that were the genesis of three original music genres. Can't get better than that.
yeah Chris wrote 2 great Byrds songs - Have You Seen Her Face & Girl with No Name
Great mandolin player. I saw him in "Zeffirelli's" Ambleside, a town by Lake Windermere in England, with his group, back in the Eighties or Early Nineties.
Anyone else see this gig ?
Next to the Beatles-my favorite all time group
Me too.
@Google Needs TobeBombed Same here!
I didn't know Roger was such a good guitar player.
Ive really enjoyed this Video of Roger , Great ! Kind Thanks
That right there is Solid Gold !!!
What a BLAST it would have been to belong to group such as! Experimenting all hours! If it sounded good: Use it - And GO PLAY IT!✌
Legend. When the Byrd's went back to England with McGuinn and a different line up , which included Clarence White, the great one, ( and less the negative press) they
blew them away.
He came to Wales,UK-- we taught him how to prenounce ' Rhymney' properly!!! ' Rumney Rog! We shouted! He looked baffled! He was great! He had been singing ' Rimney' for years!! The song is about Welsh towns. The Rhymney' valley is in Wales.
( serious question to a Real Welshman from myself) - instead of "Rimney" he/we should say 2 words ?
Reminds me of when Dylan said of Hendrix's "Watchtower" "It's his now".
Thanksgiving dinner huh?..Guess it could've been worse they coulda been named The Tyrkeys.
Sandy Denny sang on a great version of Ballad of Easy Rider with Fairport Convention.
Who knows where the time goes ?
I hope you have heard her earlier, pre-Fairport version - tbh it's even purer.
Great voice!
Thanks for posting this! Eight Miles High will always be a song like Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds for us, no matter who says it's not a song about getting high. That's part of the beauty of it for us. Oh yeah..Sure thing....it's just a song about an airplane ride or a child's picture...right...that's all it is....no connection at all....total coincidence....um hmm...
great guy. he still tours. see him
Fantastic!!!
Haha, wow... Costas: "(Turn, Turn, Turn)...seems like a fairly simple song..." What a jackazz.
Costas gave a really asked good questions. Too bad he's not on TV anymore.
Costa is a bit behind the ball on the history of McGuinn. He had just come off a stint with Bobby Darin when he formed the Byrds. No mention of the fact that McGuinn performed all the instruments on their first album. The tiff that broke up the Byrds was one of the most impactful situations for a band. Gene Clark left first (he didn't like to fly) and then Crosby. I caught the four founding members (absent Gene) in a Cow Palace revue in '68 or so and treasure that experience. As much as McGuinn talks about commercial considerations, in my view, McGuinn wanted to stay folkie when Dylan went electric and commercial!
McGuinn didn't play all the instruments on their first album. Maybe you're confusing it with saying he was the only Byrd playing on Mr Tambourine Man, but he didn't play all the instruments.
Wonderful - esp when he plays Turn Turn Turn
8 Miles High is powerful.
I love that album.
After all the LSD this dude did...he looks great 👍
It does help.
@@wyldebill23 Yes it does.
Quite a bit different than Crosby as far having a true sense of grace.
I could see how he and Cros could have definitely clashed.
Great album, "McGuinn, Clark, and Hillman".
I thought “Eight Miles High” was about an astronaut’s space travel. The x-15 was launched from the b-52 about 8 miles high.
It was about street signs in London I believe
Why did you cut out the music? The producers new what people wanted to hear. Apparently you don't
We tried to keep the music in, but You Tube wouldn't allow it claiming it violated a Copyright. It's a shame because the music was great...but it was nothing you can't hear elsewhere on other You Tube channels.
Nice boots, Roger! ✌❤
The Byrds were a fantastic group, in many ways my favorite group, but only when it was the original members--at least, until it was down to the final three or four of them, it was still The Byrds. After McGuinn maintained the name and recorded with other players in the band, I don't accept that as legitimately The Byrds. I don't care if they were good musicians joining him or that they might have been more consistent in live performance. The Byrds were unique in their sound, their instrumentation and vocals, only when there were original members involved with McGuinn.
Regarding this video, Bob Costas is a good interviewer overall, but he doesn't really register much emotion or enthusiasm in this type of interview. He shows he has read some bio or history accounts, but he doesn't show love or excitement about the music, though I suspect he has some. That's a weakness that makes the interviewer side of this too flat even when he's asking good questions.
Thanks for your comment. The original 5 certainly were a magical combination.
Roger McGuinn he is my favourite person
Coffeehouse folkie
Backed Bobby Darin
Studio musician for Judy Collins and Simon & Garfunkel
Played folk at the Troubadour in L.A.
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Untitled / Unissued
Better Country Rock than Gram Parsons
A lot of music from back then got stale. Most of McQuinn's has stayed fresh.
The interviewer came off as rather condescending. What do you folks greater than 60 think.? The Byrds influenced me to learn to play and write music as a universal language. The Byrds aped no one but they influenced so many bands for the las 50 years.
Read my comments then watch this "interview" again.
Dylan either can't or won't sing in key!
Massive respect for Mcguinn tho and he seems like a nice guy too....
I thought Bob Costas was a Sports broadcaster
3:18 " You appeared, and so did David Crosby.."
Yeah so did Gene Clark! Maybe also mention Chris Hillman and (I think Michael Clarke is playing drums as well). Gene may have passed by the time of this interview..or not (d. May 24 1991). BUT,
Roger is feeding people A LOAD here - and Costas isn't helping.
I respect Roger's role in the band, but in the name of R&R (and great music in general) give Gene credit once in awhile! Gene's song writing and musicianship etc. was absolutely KEY to their success! In a recent Documentary called "The Byrd That Flew Alone" about Gene. Crosby and Hillman finally give Gene his due .- Mcguinn lets out a little more truth but still keeps up his appearance...Mcmmercy Mcguinn!
Gene and Michael did NOT play on the live Mr. Tambourine Man clip with Dylan from the Orbison tribute clip. McGuinn, Hillman and Crosby played.a few shows as The Byrds in order to win the rights of the name back from Clark and Clarke. They were upset with Gene and Michael calling their band, The Byrds.
@@stormbringercoming8105 I'm reading the revues and none of them say they were NOT there - in fact (in regards to the dispute) ["..it shows the music is more important than any disagreements etc.."].
Now, watch their performance of Turn Turn Turn and around the 1:30 mark (depending on which video) you'll see Gene clearly - as well as other places.
Not sure if that's Michael Clarke on drums (gained weight since I saw him in 88) but if that's not Gene Clark up there you have to do a lot more research to convince me..or any other fan.
@@StanKindly
Well, I wasn’t there. I read Johnny Rogan’s incredibly comprehensive book on the Byrds. Roger, Dave and Chris played a series of shows billed as The Byrds around this time in order to regain their rights to the name. Gene Clark was not involved and wasn’t invited at this time. They were upset with him and Clarke. Gene did appear at one of the reunion shows, but was NOT invited to play with them. He was pissed, but knew and accepted the reason why. The last time they all performed together was at the Hall Of Fame induction. The performance in question was released on The Byrds box set, along with some new tracks. You won’t find Gene Clark or Michael Clarke’s name on the credits live or in the studio.
@@stormbringercoming8105 That's all well and good. Also, neither was I there. But the photographic evidence proves to me (beyond a reasonable doubt) that Gene Clark was there.
Michael Clarke.. not sure.
Costas comes across as if he knows all this info on rock and smug with his arm hanging over the chair and leg up just like he’s just one of the gang.
Costas is always well-prepared.
I always thought he was a sports broadcaster!
Influenced by The Beatles huh? Never knew that.
Bach ... again!
Earl Scruggs
Roger is great, Costa is a jag off
I almost skipped this when I saw Costas was doing the interview. Can't stand that guy - I watched it anyway.
He may be a jagoff but he is a knowledgeable one! 😉
The best interview with the worst interviewer in history. Why Bob?
Hmm, ok to each is own. But I think Costas is a darn good interviewer.
dylan stole most of his songs...................................fact !
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Love Roger, but he’s on so,e stimulants here…that’s why he’s nerve racked
Thank you BOB......was watching.....appreciate it....
Classy guy .
Love the album RIO a great artist thanks
The Beatles The Byrds and The Beach Boys were all neck and neck for about a year and a half. Then the Byrds sort of imploded and Brian Wilson had a meltdown.