Roger McGuinn doesn’t need a book deal. He writes his autobiography on stage with his all-encompassing “Songs and Stories With …” tour. And hearing the man speak and sing about his incredible life and ...
Roger McGuinn helped define Tom Petty's sound. Petty repaid him by co-writing and duetting with McGuinn on "King Of The Hill".
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 ...
With the Byrds, Roger McGuinn gifted us chiming electric 12-string anthems like “Turn, Turn, Turn,” riff-laden cuts like “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘N’ Roll Star,” and proto-country-rock classics like ...
Old rock stars don’t fade away like old generals. A contemporary and friend of Dylan and the Stones, legendary Byrds guitarist Roger McGuinn recently paid a visit to Chapel Hill. Though in town mainly ...
“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 ...
The Byrd has flown full circle. Roger McGuinn, co-founder and leader of the Byrds, perhaps the premier American rock band of the mid-1960s, has returned to his folk music roots. McGuinn explains it ...
The founder of the influential ’60s band The Byrds will perform his one-man show “Songs and Stories with Roger McGuinn” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the brand-new Patricia Valian Reser Center for ...