Before the British Invasion swept the Beatles across American airwaves, popular music in the United States had a distinct sound. Roger McGuinn, who co-founded the Byrds, accented by his now iconic ...
In an interview years after the fact, McGuinn revealed how he came upon the group’s era-defining chime. “The sound that I have on the electric 12-string came about because I played the five string ...
The Byrds would never be as popular as the Fab Four, but their sound -- driven by Roger McGuinn's jangly, 12-string Rickenbacker guitar, and the voices of McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby and Chris ...