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LEFT: Roger McGuinn on set for the band's performance on Ready Steady Go!, August 6, 1965, in London, United Kingdom. )RIGHT: NEW YORK - JANUARY 13-15: Bob Dylan plays a Fender Jazz bass with the harmonica around his neck while recording his album 'Bringing It All Back Home' on January 13-15, 1965 in Columbia's Studio A in New York City, New York.
Roger McGuinn said Bob Dylan didn't recognize his own song when the Byrds performed it for him

By Andrew Daly Published

The Byrds' founder talked to us about the origins of folk-rock, the allure of 12-string Rickenbackers and his eternal love of folk music

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Gram Parsons poses in his Nudie suit circa 1969
Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards remember Gram Parsons, who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26

By Alan di Perna Published

Despite his tumultuous lifestyle, the country-rock pioneer delivered transcendent music with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and his own Fallen Angels

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FLEETWOOD MAC member Peter Green in a recording studio in 1968
Behind Peter Green’s life-changing acid trip: “They gave him a bad tab of acid. He was never the same person again”

By Joe Matera Published

The veteran tour chief for Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC, Pink Floyd and other rock legends recalls the night he saw everything chang for Green — plus his adventures with Mick Ronson, the Byrds and Frank Sinatra

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Simon and Garfunkel, comprising (L-R) singer, Art Garfunkel and singer-songwriter, Paul Simon, performing on ITV's 'Ready, Steady, Go!', July 8, 1966.
Inside the secret session that turned Simon & Garfunkel’s flop into a number-one hit — without Paul Simon knowing

By Joe Matera Published

Session guitarist Al Gorgoni reveals how a frantic, unguided overdubbing session saved “The Sounds of Silence” and launched one of folk-rock’s biggest careers.

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LEFT: John Lennon backstage for the Beatles' final performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, August 14th, 1965. RIGHT: Roger McGuinn of "The Byrds," at a recording session in Los Angeles, California. Image dated June 2, 1965.
Byrd’s founder Roger McGuinn on the origins of John Lennon’s trippiest track

By Andrew Daly Published

The guitarist reveals the deep friendship between the Byrds and the Beatles at the dawn of the 1960s’ psychedelic era

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Fender Vibratone
The Fender Vibratone Brought Acid-Tinged Sonics to Recordings by Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds, Cream, Pink Floyd, Todd Rundgren and Stevie Ray Vaughan

By Dave Hunter Published

Here’s why many guitarists will never settle for anything less than the sound of a true rotary-speaker cabinet

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Nels Cline of Wilco performs during the 2017 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park on July 29, 2017 in Newport, Rhode Island.
Nels Cline Names Five Life-Changing Riffs

By Jim Beaugez Published

Video From the Byrds to Minutemen, the Wilco guitarist reveals five inspiring guitar tracks that changed his musical life forever

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A selection of career-defining albums featuring David Crosby albums (clockwise from top left): The Byrds 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' 'Crosby, Stills & Nash' eponymous, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 'Déjà Vu', David Crosby 'If I Could Only Remember My Name,' 'Graham Nash David Crosby' eponymous, Graham Nash & David Crosby 'Wind On the Water', 'CPR' eponymous and David Crosby 'For Free.'
"Albums Are Still Our Art Form... They Are What We Are Going to Leave Behind”: David Crosby on His Epic Recording Legacy

By Jimmy Leslie Published

The acoustic legend delivers guitar insights into his classic period and final album, 'For Free'

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David Crosby attends the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California
Folk Rock Pioneer David Crosby Dead at 81

By Rod Brakes Published

The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young legend is remembered by fellow musicians with fondness

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The Beatles on a trip in the U.S., 1965
Here’s How Guitarists Revolutionized Music in the Mid-‘60s

By Guitar Player Staff Published

From 1965 onwards, rock ‘n’ roll was never the same

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