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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Byrds
- Best of Roger McGuinn
- City
- Roger McGuinn's Basic Folk Guitar
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
James Roger McGuinn (born James Joseph McGuinn III; July 13, 1942), known professionally as Roger McGuinn and previously as Jim McGuinn, is an American musician. He is best known for being the frontman of The Byrds. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with the Byrds. He was also part of an author/musician band, Rock Bottom Remainders, a group of published writers…
Known for
- Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 — Self2024
- Laurel Canyon — Self2020
- Echo in the Canyon — Self2019
- Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese — The Minstrel2019
- David Crosby: Remember My Name — Self2019
- Rollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film — Self2019
- The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Gene Clark — Himself2013
- Acoustic at the BBC — Self2011
- On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America — Self2011
- Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound — Self2009
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942-07-13
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 89,683
- Total plays
- 538,034
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Roger McGuinn (born James McGuinn III) is most famous for being a founding member, singer, guitarist, and songwriter in The Byrds. Since that band's demise he has had moderate success as a solo artist, working with many other artists, including Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. Some of his solo material has appeared in films, such as 1969's Easy Rider. Roger, along with the other Byrds members, was honored with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rog
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- mcguinn.com
- Image
- Roger McGuinn 1976.jpg
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- Commons category
- Roger McGuinn
- date of birth
- 1942-07-13
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- birth name
- James Joseph McGuinn III
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- social media followers
- 39942
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