Talk:Roger McGuinn

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The leader of the Byrds was born James Joseph McGuinn III If someone knows why he chose to be called "Roger" please edit the article to explain. Thank you, H. O. Patterson

I found a piece on McGuinn's ibiblio site, which I'm going to post somewhat verbatim to the article. It seems to imply that his name is now James Roger McGuinn. Anyone can comment on that? -- afc

Is posting content pretty much verbatim from http://ftp.ibiblio.org/jimmy/mcguinn/ByrdsFAQ.html a Wikipedia no-no? Hard to tell...Roger does say on his site "May be posted to other networks and individual systems provided it is not edited or modified in any form." --Lukobe 07:09, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

There is a lot about the guy's name in the article. Who cares. We want to know about his guitar playing, innovations, etc.. Bububu

The term "harmolodics" is associated with Coltrane in the discussion of jazz, but that word only applies to the musical theories of Ornette Coleman. I'm deleting it. mje

[edit] Rickenbacker 12-string

The article should mention his use of Rickenbacker solid-body 12-string electric guitar (his signature sound) and his adoption of this instrument after hearing George Harrison play such an instrument. Badagnani 05:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

The Reference to the Teletronix LA-2a seems unverified, and also quite unlikely. Adding a LA2a to that signal would in my experience not have that effect.

[edit] George Harrison tribute

George Harrison wrote "If I Needed Someone" after having heard McGuinn and the Byrds play live. His guitar work on that song is a tribute to McGuinn. Supposedly he wrote McGuinn a note saying 'this is for you' or something like that. I read this story on some liner notes to a Byrds compilation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.30.88 (talk) 15:09, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

It was based on McGuinn's guitar work on "Bells of Rhymney". Harrison sent McGuinn an acetate of the song when it was recorded. I have a reference for this somewhere and will add it in. I think it's crucial information regarding McGuinn's influence. freshacconcispeaktome 12:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Roger McGuinn Is Using Wikipedia

Wikipedia user Mcguinn713 is the real Roger McGuinn. On his Twitter account, he's complained about how he's tried to add a photo of himself to this page, but it's deleted because of copyright issues, even though he owns the copyright. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waxpancake (talk • contribs) .