He reveals that the Byrds came up with their name while staring at a Christmas turkey and fancied a misspelled name like the Beatles, but – thankfully for the course of rock history – managed to avoid lumbering themselves with the initial suggestion, the Burds. McGuinn has also become quite the raconteur, reeling off tales such as the time he was unexpectedly invited on stage at a Tom Petty concert but was unfortunately wearing white shorts and a Hawaiian shirt. With the beat provided by his winklepickers and the occasional audience clapalong, McGuinn could – and does – bash out glorious versions of Chestnut Mare and Turn! Turn! Turn! all night long, but it’s a treat to hear lesser-known gems such as solo tune Russian Hill or the 1979 McGuinn/Clark/Hillman minor hit Don’t You Write Her Off. Truck Drivin Man, Ballad of Easy Rider, Chestnut Mare, and others. Although it’s been a long time since McGuinn’s played these songs with a band, when he strides from behind a curtain playing So You Want to Be A Rock’n’Roll Star on his shiny Rickenbacker, he sounds uncannily like he did in 1967. Hall of Fame Series Interview with 1991 Inductee, Roger McGuinn of The Byrds. And bygones were bygone enough that McGuinn came back on the show twice, to play Chestnut Mare the following year an appearance during which he indulged Emery’s request to perform an. The first time I heard 'Chestnut Mare' by the Byrds I thought 'thats from Peer Gynt, surely' - and I was right Roger McGuinn, in collaboration with psychologist and Broadway impresario Jacques Levy, had written a country rock musical called 'Gene Tryp' based upon Ibsens 'Peer Gynt'.
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