Yer kidding? You dont know much about mcguinn if u think he is humble

me too

Clearance White is a inspiration to every guitar player on earth.

@Musical Box You're right, it wasn't the birds, it was The Byrds.

@@namcat53 The latter day Byrds was a parasite feeding off the legendary status of the original with a rural drunkard's zeal to inflict a "countrified" makeover to what was already perfection. McGuinn and posse, the whole lot sounding like they were in the throes of a mononucleosis condition with each record, before expiring far, far later than self-awareness and plain common sense should've dictated.

I hope he is honored in the Kennedy Center Honors

Sir Roger

The Wrecking Crew have absolutely nothing to do with The Byrds. The Byrds are musical legend. The Wrecking Crew merely a bunch of on-call studio dudes.

This is your summation of The Byrds and Gene Clark?? You know next to nothing about either so why bother?

And Clarence

I thought All I Really want to do was the second hit not Turn Turn Turn ?.

BYRDS

Gene was the most talented of the byrds

@@lastnamefirst4035 I've always wondered why you never hear that said definitely the most talented bird

Well you could get another 12 and repeat the process. It's an interesting switch.

I'm honored to own one of his signed 7 string Martins.

@@GailMurphy - sheer envy here. I saw one about 10 years ago in a music store where the owner had a super collection of instruments, used and new, including that model. It was new and way above my affordability, but I can imagine what they are worth now.

Thanks Ill check it out

mine is Have You Seen Her Face

Both are great tunes.

I'm sure the reason Lennon liked them was because he was blind as a bat and Brian Epstein discouraged him from wearing specs in public, which at the time in England were those clunky 'National Health' hornrim glasses you'd see Freddie and the Dreamers wearing. The 'granny/Ben Franklin' glasses looked cool and John could finally see!

The glasses were always called Ben Franklin glasses

+Byrdfan It really is. I mean, I get that the 7 string is easier to handle, but for me it's a little sad to see him pretty much abandon the Martin 12. Looks like most of his 12 string work is on the Rick now. It just isn't the same. His *soul* is 12 string! Like Leadbelly.

+Yourfood1993 To be honest while Roger is a good guitar player, among his peers he is nothing special..... Unless he is playing a 12 string. Then he is very special!!! Unfortunately these days he has just about totally abandoned the 12's for that God awful 7 string. I am sure he has his reasons, maybe trying to somehow distance himself from his Byrds past, and trying to carve out a particular spot for himself?? But just like Picasso didn't paint his masterpieces by number, Roger didn't do his on a 7 string.

+Byrdfan If I had to guess, I'd say maybe his hands are getting old. He did say in some other video that bending strings on a 12 is tougher. But totally agree about that disappointing 7 string. I'd actually think twice about seeing him live if I knew he'd use that thing for most of the show.

+Yourfood1993 Sadly I stopped going to his shows 5 or 6 years ago...... Simply because he was playing about 80% of the tunes on that 7 string while a perfectly good 12 string Ric and Martin sat there mostly unused. You could even hear the excitement in the crowd if he just looked at the Ric. Plus he no longer meets with the fans or signs any autographs...... I guess to everything there is a season, and the 12 string season is over!! :-(((

+Byrdfan Daaaamn. What a tease that must've been! Well, that's the nail in the coffin for me, then. Sadly, I never got to see him. Since The Byrds were really only a huge band for about a year & change in the 60s, I would guess Roger's livelihood now is touring- so why would he disappoint so many fans that way? If it were me I'd play the signature instruments 24/7. Ah well...

For a period of time...they were 'different companies under the same roof'. ('Asylum' later became 'Electra-Asylum')

Gene Clark,without a doubt,was the most underrated composer of his generation. However Mcguin was the only real musician in the band,apart from Chris Hillman,who flowered later. There were no Byrds without Mcguin

@@rossdavidson7790 Yes, no Byrds without Roger: revolutionary guitarist, creator of folk-rock, master music arranger, and far better than Tom Petty at adapting Dylan's 'eccentric" voice to the rock music genre. One of the most important figures in the history of popular music and with all that, it still doesn't address the point, or rather, opinion expressed in my comment.

you really like to throw around that word genius don't you.

GOOD INFO-THANKS

+karl valois Part one is now on. Sorry about the reverse order!

He said that though and told the story of how he adapted it to a beatle-type beat

I saw Roger McGuinn and David Crosby perform Mr. Tambourine Man at a Tribute to Bob Dylan, who joined them onstage, a little late. The cameraman just about turns inside out, trying to capture Bob Dylan, as he, unexpectedly, enters the stage. David and Roger both defer to him, and support him. It is really quite touching. It pretty amazing, because Bob stumbles on the lyrics, but David reassures him, then Roger switched to high harmony, giving Bob the lead. Bob can’t quite seem to get it together, so Roger comes over to his mike and sings with him. Meanwhile, David, who had relinquished his part, and microphone, to Bob, switches to Roger’s mike. Afterward, Bob and David exchange good natured pats on the back, and shoves. Pretty phenomenal.

Don't think it was ill-intentioned at all. They were close friends. It was a natural reaction from part of the public to whom that episode was unknown... the other crowd (and Roger) went along. Anyway... not my intention to pick a fight. Keep up the good work with Gene Clark's clips.

+corleth84 not picking a fight. I just think it was in poor taste.

I bet you are fun at parties.

I agree, he avoided the real story of Gene and Crosby's firings, Gene in his 83 interview said he actually liked to fly, the reason was bullshit.

Yeah, the real reason Gene was basically kicked out of the group was due to jealousy - primarily on David Crosby's part. Gene was magnetic and very good looking, and a prolific songwriter. Thanks to his bigger share of royalties, Gene was driving around in a Ferrari while the rest of the Byrds were scraping by. By all accounts (even Crosby's), Croz used to bully Gene - who was a sensitive guy. Croz claimed that Gene couldn't keep rhythm on a guitar well, so Gene stopped playing guitar live. Croz - and to a lesser extent McGuinn - pushed their songs and started vetoing Gene's songs (which were often superior). Gene couldn't take it anymore and England was the last straw.

I dont know that for sure. Idk any of these guys more than what ive read or heard

I know how talented Gene Clark was. His fear of flying was certainly true, and I hope that they liked and respected each other.

I don’t know if that’s true. It’s fair to say that in an interview Roger said that he and the rest of the Byrd’s were initially envious of Gene Clark, because as the only Byrd with songwriting credits on the first album he was earning the big bucks.

With all due respect to the great Tom Petty. He started out as a McGuinn sound alike. As a matter of fact, when Roger McGuinn first heard Tom Petty on the radio he said to himself "I don't remember recording this" because Petty's voice and style were pretty much the same as his. Both men are among the all time greats. Petty may have the the lead as a prolific song writer but McGuinn 's musianship is light years ahead of Tom