“It’s a shock and I feel great, but I’m 81 years old. The good thing is a lot of people look at me and say, ‘Oh, come on man, you must be kidding.’ So that’s nice.” Rock stars aren’t supposed to get ...

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Today, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman of the legendary country-rock pathbreakers the Byrds celebrate a half-century of their landmark sixth album Sweetheart of the Rodeo with a new live release. The ...

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Although he took influence from George Harrison, as a session player Roger McGuinn had been experimenting with 12-string guitar sounds long before he was captivated by the Beatles and Harrison’s use ...

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For the house or McGuinn or otherwise, Dylan visited the guitarist’s home often to play pool, shoot the breeze, and, after Dylan noticed McGuinn’s house had a basketball hoop, play pickup ball games. ...

Roger McGuinn changed stuff. In 1967, he changed his name from Jim to Roger on the advice of an Indonesian guru. The dude thought “Roger” would “vibrate better with the universe.” As the driving force ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By late ’66, however, all that had changed. After a run of successes and having experienced the full mania of the record industry, ...

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