Roger McGuinn

Roger McGuinn

James Roger McGuinn (born James Joseph McGuinn III on July 13, 1942) known professionally as Roger McGuinn and previously as Jim McGuinn, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' records. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with The Byrds.
During his time with The Byrds, McGuinn developed two innovative and very influential styles of electric guitar playing. The first was "jingle-jangle" – generating ringing arpeggios based on banjo finger picking styles he learned while at the Old Town School – which was influential in the folk rock genre. The second style was a merging of saxophonist John Coltrane's free-jazz atonalities, which hinted at the droning of the sitar – a style of playing, first heard on The Byrds' 1966 single "Eight Miles High", which was influential in psychedelic rock.

Within a few months, McGuinn, Clark & Crosby were looking to expand their group. Conga player Michael Clarke was recruited because he looked like two of the Rolling Stones. Mandolin player Chris Hillman was asked to join the group and learn to play the bass guitar. During a Thanksgiving dinner the band settled on the name "Byrds," and success was just around the corner.

Columbia Records signed the Byrds in January 1965 and they recorded their first number one hit, "Mr. Tambourine Man."

In 1968 McGuinn and Hillman hired Gram Parsons and headed for Nashville where they recorded the now critically acclaimed "Sweetheart of the Rodeo."

Roger McGuinn disbanded the Byrds in 1973 to pursue his dream of a solo career. He made five solo albums on Columbia Records. .

McGuinn rejoined Gene Clark and Chris Hillman in 1978 on Capitol Records for three albums.

In 1981 Roger decided it was time to return to his folk roots and began touring solo acoustic.

Arista records released "Back From Rio" in 1991, a rock album that included his friends, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Michael Penn and John Jorgensen. After touring extensively to support the album he returned to his roots - folk music.

In November 1995, McGuinn began recording and uploading to the Internet a series of traditional folk songs to his web site. The recordings are available for free download at the "Folk Den - http://folkden.com," part of McGuinn's home page - http://mcguinn.com.

The autobiographical one man show, "Live from Mars," was released on Hollywood Records in November of 1996. The album includes two studio tracks, "May The Road Rise To Meet You," and "Fireworks," recorded in Minneapolis with members of the Jayhawks.

Roger's next CD was recorded on Appleseed Recordings, titled "Treasures From The Folk Den." A CD of favorite songs from the Folk Den with the added bonus of duets with Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Odetta, Jean Ritchie, Josh White Jr. and Frank and Mary Hamilton. It was nominated for a Grammy in 2002 in the category of "Best Traditional Folk Album."


Website
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Roger McGuinn- Cardiff Rose

Cardiff Rose

Roger McGuinn, along with George Harrison, put out arguably the best albums of the seventies, although they were often underappreciated. His eponymous solo debut was letter perfect in every regard. This, his third, was even better. Sony has sweetened the deal with a studio demo of David Bowie's "Soul Love" and a live take on Joni Mitchell's "Dreamland."
His spirit is completely infectious throughout this disc. His collaborations with Jacques Levy were never finer. His humour, his jangling 12 string, his lusty and robust vocals give these songs vivid immediacey and compelling authority. Dylan would have been just another long winded songwriter in desperate need of an editor had McGuinn not disovered the gems hidden in the Minnesota tramp's rambling semi-tunes. And yet McGuinn never sought the limelight. He was always in service to the music. You'll get that from the opening track, "Take Me Away", a celebration of his participation in the Dylan-Baez Rolling Thunder Review. When I caught the Review in Toronto, McGuinn was clearly in heaven. He and Gordon Lightfoot seemed the two most enchanted with how wonderful the music was and how important it was for all of them to be anonimously involved in Rock's greatest one-off tour. "Jolly Roger" and "Pretty Polly" present McGuinn as lusty pirate. "Jolly Roger" emboldens the swagger and spirit as much as Stan Roger's "Barret's Privateers." "Friend" is quintessentially troubador music. "Rock and Roll Time" is pure new wave rock, stripped of all the corporate baggage that continues to drag music down. "Partners in Crime" is absolutely dead on parody of the hypocrisy among the Chicago 7. "Up to Me" takes an unremarkable Dylan song and turns it into a classic, as only McGuinn could do. "Round Table" is maybe now the most amazing track, describing as it does, a Crusade to convert the Islamic world and steal back the Holy Grail. Leave the Pyhton analogies alone, and consider what this song says and you have to wonder did Roger know something, even way back then...
All through this disc, you'll catch premonitions of punk, power rock, world music. It all reaches an astounding conclusion with his take on Mitchell's "Dreamland." It is worth remembering that at this point, Mitchell had begun to shed her fan base as she moved into a quasi-jazz styling of songs. McGuinn came through with this gem to remind everyone just what a protean writer Mitchell still was.
The bonus stuff is icing on an incredible cake. I still love this CD! The remastering is perfect. This had all the elements to it: great songs, perfect deliveries, wonderful sound. The Byrd was as high creatively as he could be and it was all about the Music. When everything else was bombast or corporate, Jolly Roger pirated what was still real about music and kept it afloat. Rock owes him an enormous debt, and this is the proof right here.

McGuinn, Clark and Hillman- The Capitol Years

The Capitol Years

The original Byrds gradually reformed in 1977 and 1978, except for Michael Clarke who was committed to Firefall. David Crosby was still committed to Crosby, Stills, and Nash, but showed up for a few performances. Crosby also showed up, uninvited, to record the first album, but, for some reason, was never utilized. The band declined to call themselves the Byrds due to an agreement between Crosby and McGuinn that all five originals had to participate in order to use the name.

This collection presents every studio track recorded by MCH, released on three separate albums (plus four bonus tracks) from 1979 through 1981.

The first album (McGuinn, Clark & Hillman) benefits from some exceptionally strong songwriting and singing, but is compromised by a slick, faceless musical production which sounds like a cross between the Eagles and the Bee Gees. Highlights include Clark's "Backstage Pass" and "Feelin' Higher", McGuinn's "Bye Bye Baby" and "Don't You Write Her Off", and Hillman's "Long Long Time" and "Sad Boy". An enjoyable album which could have been so much better with a sympathetic production.

The second album (City) has a much more personal, enjoyable Byrds-like rock production, but with less consistent song writing. Clark left the group after contributing two songs. Clark's "Won't Let You Down" and McGuinn's "City" would add to any Byrds compilation, while McGuinn's "One More Chance" and Hillman's "Let Me Down Easy" aren't far behind.

The third album, (McGuinn/Hillman, aka Mean Streets) is dominated by relatively un-soulful covers of mediocre pop songs. About the only highlight is "Turn Your Radio On". "Making Movies" is a nice song from an associated single.

The real shame is that these guys were great live, and (at least Gene Clark) had a huge cache of great songs that weren't utilized.

Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark - Duet

Duet



 have no info about this except that it's a SBD show but I can tell you it is a good acoustic experience. Enjoy, it it is a really nice show. The first six songs are manily Post-Byrds stuff, but starting with the 7-th song, the show flows as expected.

Tracks

01 - Don't You Write Her Off
02 - Crazy Ladies
03 - Train Leaves Here This Morning
04 - Back for Money
05 - Release Me Girl
06 - Fair and Tender Ladies
07 - Chestnut Mare
08 - Mr. Tambourine Man
09 - Feelin' Higher
10 - Turn Turn Turn
11 - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
12 - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
13 - So You Want to Be a Rock N' Roll Star
14 - Eight Miles High
15 - Bye Bye, Baby
16 - Fifth Dimension

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