With ringing intros written on a Rickenbacker 12-string that helped define the musical tastes of a generation, the songs of The Byrds changed the shape of contemporary music in the mid- and late 1960s ...

As the Byrds declared in 1967, if you want to be a rock 'n' roll star, "Just get an electric guitar, then take some time and learn how to play." The Rickenbacker had a fascinating history before the ...

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The Byrds circa 1965 from left: Chris Hillman (bass), Gene Clark (vocals, tambourine, guitar), Roger McGuinn (12-string guitar, vocals), Michael Clarke (drums) and David Crosby (rhythm guitar, vocals) ...

The Byrds, Roger McGuinn's seminal 1960s band, had a huge sound with chiming 12-string guitars and soaring complex harmonies. So you might think that McGuinn trying to pull off some of those songs in ...

The Byrds are so synonymous with that quintessentially mid-1960s, jangly folk-rock sound that it’s hard to imagine a world in which the players didn’t already have that style locked in. But as Roger ...

Although a contemporary and friend of Dylan and the Stones, Roger McGuinn doesn’t have their stature, despite being almost as influential. His chiming 12-string Rickenbacker is indelibly imprinted ...

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Roger McGuinn, 76, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who is best known as co-founder of the Byrds. He currently is touring in the U.S., and his latest album is “Sweet Memories.” He spoke with Marc ...