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Roger McGuinn

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Also known as James Roger McGuinn, Jim McGuinn

American musician

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Byrds
  • Best of Roger McGuinn
  • City
  • Roger McGuinn's Basic Folk Guitar

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1942-07-13
classic pop and rockfolkrock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
89,683
Total plays
538,034

Tags

folk rockclassic rocksinger-songwriterfolkrock

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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Roger
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chicago
Occupation
guitarist
Languages spoken
English language
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
Sources (4)

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