Roger McGuinn
As the frontman of the Byrds, Roger McGuinn and his trademark 12-string Rickenbacker guitar pioneered folk-rock and, by extension, country-rock, influencing everyone from contemporaries like the Beatles to acolytes like Tom Petty and R.E.M. in the process. James Joseph McGuinn was born on July 13, 1942, in Chicago, where by his teenage years he was already something of a folk music prodigy. After touring with the Limelighters, in 1960 he signed on as an accompanist with the Chad Mitchell Trio, appearing on the LPs Mighty Day on Campus and At the Bitter End; frustrated with his limited role in the group, he soon joined Bobby Darin's group when the singer moved from pop to folk.
After appearing on sessions for Hoyt Axton, Judy Collins, and Tom & Jerry (soon to be known as Simon & Garfunkel), McGuinn began playing solo dates around the Los Angeles area, where he soon formed the Jet Set with area musicians David Crosby and Gene Clark. After a failed single under the name the Beefeaters, the group recruited bassist Chris Hillman and drummer Michael Clarke, changed their name to the Byrds, and set about crystallizing McGuinn's vision of merging the poetic folk music of Bob Dylan with the miraculous pop sounds heard via the British Invasion. McGuinn was the only member of the Byrds to play on their landmark debut single "Mr. Tambourine Man," but his jangly guitar work quickly became the very definition of the burgeoning folk-rock form; still, despite the Byrds' immediate success, both commercially and critically, the group was plagued by internal strife, and following the release of their 1968 country-rock breakthrough Sweetheart of the Rodeo, McGuinn was the only founding member still in the band.
Under the direction of McGuinn -- who had changed his first name to Roger after a flirtation with the Subud religion -- the Byrds soldiered on, delving further and further into country and roots music before finally dissolving in February 1973. That same year, McGuinn issued his self-titled solo debut, an ambitious, eclectic affair which explored not only folk and country but surf and even space rock. 1974's Peace on You and 1975's Roger McGuinn & His Band preceded a stint with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, which helped revitalize his standing within the musical community. 1976's Cardiff Rose was regarded as his best solo effort to date, but the next year's Thunderbyrd, which featured a cover of Tom Petty's "American Girl," failed to connect with audiences.
In late 1977, McGuinn reunited with Byrds mates Chris Hillman and Gene Clark; the resulting LP, 1979's McGuinn, Clark & Hillman, notched a Top 40 pop hit with the McGuinn-penned "Don't You Write Her Off." Midway through recording the follow-up, 1980's City, Clark departed, and the album was released under the name "Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman Featuring Gene Clark." Following another effort, 1981's McGuinn/Hillman, they went their separate ways. After undergoing another religious conversion, this time becoming a born-again Christian, McGuinn spent the remainder of the 1980s without a recording contract and performing solo dates.
The appearance of a faux Byrds led by Michael Clarke prompted McGuinn to reform the group with Hillman and David Crosby in 1989, resulting in a series of club performances, an appearance at a Roy Orbison tribute, and a handful of new recordings for inclusion on a box set retrospective. In 1991 -- the same year the Byrds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- McGuinn issued his first new solo recordings in over a decade, the all-star Back to Rio, which was met with great public and critical acclaim. Live From Mars, a retrospective of songs and stories, appeared in 1996.
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24 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 50th Anniversary (Live)
Chris Hillman, Marty Stuart, Roger McGuinn
Country - Paru chez Friday Rights Management, LLC le 19 avr. 2024
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Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 50th Anniversary (Live)
Chris Hillman, Marty Stuart, Roger McGuinn
Country - Paru chez Friday Rights Management, LLC le 19 avr. 2024
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Roger McGuinn Live At The XM Studios 05/27/2004
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Roger McGuinn le 27 mai 2004
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McGuinn-Hillman
Rock - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 1 janv. 1980
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Thunderbyrd
Rock - Paru chez Columbia - Legacy le 29 juil. 2016
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Sweet Memories
Rock - Paru chez April First Productions le 13 juil. 2018
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So You Wanna Be A Rock N Roll Star (Live)
Chris Hillman, Marty Stuart, Roger McGuinn
Country - Paru chez Friday Rights Management, LLC le 22 mars 2024
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Treasures From The Folk Den
Pop/Rock - Paru chez Appleseed le 28 août 2001
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Cardiff Rose (Expanded Edition)
Rock - Paru chez Columbia - Legacy le 25 mars 2016
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Roger McGuinn
Rock - Paru chez Columbia - Legacy le 1 juin 1973
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Roger McGuinn & Band (Bonus Track Version)
Rock - Paru chez Legacy Recordings le 25 mars 2016
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Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman & Special Guest David Crosby Live At The Boarding House (Live)
Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman, David Crosby
Rock - Paru chez Polyphone Heritage le 25 févr. 2022
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City
Rock - Paru chez CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) le 1 janv. 1980
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Peace On You
Rock - Paru chez Columbia - Legacy le 25 mars 2016
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Country Rockers (Live)
Jerry Lee Lewis, Roger McGuinn, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Country - Paru chez Westmill le 5 mai 2017
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Live From Spain
Pop - Paru chez Sundazed Music, Inc. le 22 juil. 2008
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Merry Christmas
Diction - Paru chez April First Productions le 1 déc. 2020
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Sidewalk Scenes (Live In New York '91)
Rock - Paru chez Blue Cactus le 17 nov. 2020
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Won't Let You Down (Live Passaic '79)
Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Blue Shrimp Recordings le 6 nov. 2023
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The Byrds - Live in Concert (Live)
Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman
Rock - Paru chez BBM le 11 nov. 2019
Disponible en16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo