Turn Turn Turn - full version of solo performance by Roger M
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- Roger McGuinn solo performance of the Byrds hit "Turn Turn Turn". While this is from his instructional video, this video was on his web site for downloading for several months. Try www.homespuntapes.com to order Roger's instructional DVD and see in detail the techniques used in Turn, Turn,Turn and other Byrds classics. Roger's DVD is also available on Amazon.com
Note to Roger McGuinn's fans: TH-cam sent me a note explaining that this video may be infringing copyright but no action was required on my part (they have not requested that I remove this video).
Let me make my views clear: I posted this video to increase interest in Roger and possibly increase sales of his instructional DVD for which I provide a link.
Lately there has been a rash of TH-cam take-downs of cover performances by amateur musicians, usually initiated by complaints of music publishing companies.
It strikes me as foolish for music publishing companies to force TH-cam to remove cover performances of popular songs (the Eagles have been especially heartless about this). These amateur cover performances are actually forms of flattery to the songwriter and the performer; they make not one red cent for the teenager that creates the cover, but they increase interest and buzz for the original song and its creators.
Normally I'd ascribe this heartlessness to greed, but squashing interest in music is going to affect these artists who foster the take-downs in a very negative way. Our copyright and patent system is being abused lately and it only stifles innovation.
Cheers, Jim Lynch
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I have a Rickenbacker 330-12 string and you cannot fully appreciate McGuinn's exquisite guitar skills until you try to replicate his finger pick / strum patterns. McGuinn was an original. He extended the capability of an instrument and created "a sound". I am always in awe of this musical pioneer.
Yes.
Roger slipped in banjo picking ,that's his secret ingredient.
This man is outstanding guitar player, Many people have tried to imitate his guitar rhythm in this song, but none come close to it so far
We don't often get to watch a master at work up close. That's good stuff.
You can say what you like but that's guitar playing at its best.
I love it when recording artists actually show how they played their songs. It's not only to teach us but to leave an archive of their work & technique. Invaluable.
That hybrid picking of his is something else!
Jasper Yangchareon no kidding, banjo rolls I believe. Sounds great!
@@sambassbo93 It probably doesn't hurt that he started out on banjo.
Roger McGuinn is one of the gifts from God that he gave to this planet to help mankind! I was 12 year old when I first heard of Roger, and now I am 68 years old and STILL am in awe of his talent.
I must have been the same age when I first heard McGuinn because I too am 68 and his sound still thrills me.
I'm 66 and lifelong fan of his.
I'm going to be 70 in 2 months, and I vividly remember hearing Turn, Turn. Turn when it came out in 1965, and it still is my favorite song of all time. I rember the day I bought the album as a 12 year old at the White Front store (a discount department store that preceded stores like Target. It was thrilling then and thrilling now.
Yes one of the best songs ever❤
The intro and ending progression to this song is perhaps the most powerful hook in contemporary music.
The bridge is also excellent.
Probably not as powerful as Like A Rolling Stone, or Sunshine Of Your Love. And definitely not as powerful or
recognizable as Purple Haze or even Mr. Tambourine Man. Close, but no cigar ...
@@larrypower8659 Larry, were you born annoying or do you have to practice alot?
@@larrypower8659 I find the opening to be the epitome of the 60s…even more so than mr tambourine man. It just rings of that time period, hence why it was used in forest gump.
@@Jeffcatbuckeye Hard to disagree.
Roger McGuinn is an American treasure.
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Amen. I wish Gene Clark was still with us. Gene was an amazing dude. No Other blows me away. Rock on...
He should receive a Kennedy Center honor for his enormous contribution to American music.
A global treasure!
He is such a great and humble dude 😀
Yes he is.
You put the radio or the tv on and the only thing you hear is about crime, catastrophes, hunger, war etc... and then you see this vid. There are still beautiful things in this World!!!
Back when the Earth was cooling, I met Roger and i told him that the break in Turn was the slickest piece of guitar work I'd ever heard.
The Byrds were by far one of , if not , THE Quintessential , and Most Influential Folk - Rock Band to ever shape the sounds of 1960's music...period !!! They are truly in a class...all their own !!! And are one of the many bands that splinted off to form more influential bands to come !!! Their influence and mentorship can still be felt to this day !!!
Met him at a sound check. A true gentleman. When he hit the opening chords with that reverb, I looked over at his wife. She said it gives her goosebumps every time he plays it.
Mr McGuinn and that Rickenbacker is a timeless, iconic sound that is etched into my mind & heart.
The heart stops at the start, then sways and sings through each memorable note. Ending in peace and wanting more. The ultimate replay.
Roger’s picking is so distinctive and intricate, especially those banjo rolls in the instrumental break. A national treasure indeed.
He sounds like a whole band unto himself with the mighty Rickenbacker 12-string!
The Rickenbacker is so darn good 😀
I have the full video. Roger is an exceptional guitar player and singer, and was the one who held the group together over the years, from the David Crosby era to the final period with Clarence White. They would have broken up without Roger. As David Crosby once said, the sound of the Rickenbacker 12 is the "signature sound" of the Byrds.
Perfect 😀
That Rickenbacker has been with Roger McGuinn for 50 years now and has become simply an extension of the man himself. The Byrds were the greatest 60's band to come out of L.A. and it was due, in no small part, to Roger McGuinn. I hope he plays that Rick until time itself has expired.
I grew up watching guitar heroes like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Malmsteen, etc thanks to my dad and my uncles. But I was far more impressed by this particular clip. Saw it when I was 14, I had never seen anything like it. Something finally made me pick up the guitar and learn to play. Roger McGuinn will always be my first "true" guitar hero.
Excellence. No band required, lead rhythm and bass in one, a master of the 12 string guitar.
Thank You my Brother in Christ !!! Singing that Song brings tears to my eyes as I'm so thankful for God's Love as I know you are. Lets pray all our friends come to the truth before the end ! May God Bless you and the Mrs. See you next time you come to "The Egg" in Albany or up this way in Saratoga.
We need to continue to pray and help one another 😇☺
I lived thru the 60's...and to this day...this song resonates like every few others...it's tmeless...and can speak to us all..if we listen.
Absolutely love the sound of that Rickenbacker !!!!!! You know that sound instantly.
Wow what a masterpiece, how talented is that !
He turned the book of Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verse 1-8 into a song.
@@thevacuumtubejunky9774 Actually, Pete Seeger did.
This song, especially the Byrd’s version, is one of the positive and iconic songs of the ‘60’s. I had the good fortune to see Bill Frisell and his band ( the Tony Scheer, Kenny Wolleson, Greg Leisz version) perform this in Santa Barbara a few years ago. Pete Seeger had passed a few months before and there were no dry eyes in the audience. The sweetness of those big, chiming chords is overwhelming. Thanks to Roger McGuinn for turning Pete’s vision into an anthem for all time.
Agree 100% with you.
I had been toying with guitar since I was 8. Hearing this song by the Byrds made me get more serious and I saved 2 years to buy a 12 string.
Roger McGuinn is my hero. A true musician.
This has to be one of the best songs ever written. Simple, beautiful.
I grew up in L.A. and was of the Class of 1965. We use to hangout @ The Troubadour on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood which is where Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark and Chris Hillman first met. Though many talk about Gene Clark as the father of the Byrds I have argued, for many years, that while McGuinn might not have been the father of the Byrds he WAS the driving force (and the sound of his 12 string Rick the origin of the Byrds trademark signature sound) of the Byrds; one of the BEST ever.
Wow! Roger sounds as good as he did years ago. This is what pure raw talent sounds like. We need more like this in todays world. Great Rickenbacker sound as well.
"And Roger Mcguinn had a twelve string guitar, and it was like nothing i'd ever heard."
....and that what makes this tune so great 😃
your music will live on for generations to come...
Pete Seger,the artist that wrote this song sadly passed away yesterday 1 27 14.May he forever rest in peace.Turn Turn Turn is truly one of the greatest rock song ever recorded .
You didn't know Seeger was also Solomon?
Triggers Libtards I think Bill Miller said that Pete Seeger wrote the song and not the lyrics. So there is no dispute with Solomon or any other biblical guy.
C Eduardo
@TheDpoppop RIP Pete Seeger you'll always love the Byrds cover of your song.
Roger Mcguinn, excellent musician and excellent personality!
What a great song...Roger's one of my favorites...a real Artist..Love the way he plays...and yes...he is a national treasure...
Timeless.... Genius.... Touching.... There are no other words for it.
Underrated. You got that correct. Honest, genuine, brilliant.
Just the usual Roger (Jim) McGuinn -utterly brilliant!
Absolutely gorgeous. I cannot heap enough praise on this.mesmerizing! Written by the great Pete Seeger
Listening to this song ALWAYS licks my mood up a few notches. Thanks Roger.
2:00 in to the song is the sickist part!! Love how he picks the strings like a banjo, simply the best 12 string musician
Wow. Fast fingers. I could practice that for years and not be able to do that. Bravo.
Wow what a musician, there's not to many talented people around anymore.
Agreed. The overuse of digital sampling and AutoTune effects has made people who produce music lazy. Everything sounds so robotic these days.
Thank God i got to see him perform solo - to really appreciate his talent!!!
Wow, just found this .. what a performance.He sounds like the whole band👍😎
Just Beautiful ! Great Song ! Great Guitar ! Great Message !
Beautiful song from the Bible, played and sang by an amazing guitarist! I remember when they Byrds first played this, and it's still life changing and one of my favorite songs! I like getting to watch his finger work up close. Thank you!!
Fantastic..... Does it really matter who influenced who, just listen to Roger singing and playing this great song and appreciate how good he is solo!!.... Foxy!!...
Been a Byrds fan since early 70's, but seeing this reminded me of a chance I had around 15 years ago to see Roger live at a seafood festival in Hyannis, MA. He was solo, mostly acoustic 12 string. My wife was convinced she would hate his music, went to sit in the car. My stepdaughter was so taken that she dragged my wife back to listen. Wife loved the music. I caught Roger just as he came off the stage and got him to autograph a tshirt from the festival, which I still have, never worn!
I Like Roger McGuinn He’s my favourite guitarist
Everything is great ! The song the sound the voice !!Roger is a master !!!!!!!
As all greats do, he takes something simple and puts a creative twist on it that makes it unique. He makes it look so easy, but simple and easy are not synonyms.
Wow is right! When playing a 12 String, t is INCREDIBLE to not accidentally mute an octave string, or to have some hiccups in your playing. Roger McGuinn is playing for over 3 full minutes with the airy chime that myself, and countless experienced musicians only get for brief moments at a time when playing. AMAZING!
Absolutely genius. It doesn't get any better than this.
McGuinn's 360-12 created the signature sound that was The Byrds of the 1960's. Great stuff.........
It's so good good to hear your voice and the sweet voice of your Ric on TH-cam. All the best from a lifelong admirer. Can you hear me clapping at the end of your performance?
Esta esw la verdadera esencia de la musica, para mi, un solo instrumento , una voz, y todo el sentimiento del mundo, condensado en tres minutos. Nopuede haber mas belleza, ni anhelo mejor conseguido para un musico, que se capaz de transmitir tanto con tan poco artificio. No reniego de mucha musica tan elaborada en los laboratorios, pero ante temas como este solo puedo que quitarme el sombrero y rendir pleitesia
JAVIER GARCIA SOLER I translated Javier's comment via Google Translate:
This is the true essence of music, for me, a single instrument, a voice, and the whole feeling in the world, condensed into three minutes. And nothing can have more beauty, or gotten better than a musician who is able to convey so much with so little artifice. I deny much music as developed in the studios, but to issues like this I can only take my hat and applaud.
Amazing doesn't even begin to describe this song or his playing. He is just incredible.
I, normally, don't share Facebook videos, but Roger McGuinn of the Byrds is simply amazing. :-)
Seen Mr Mcguinn play at wolf trap in 2003. Then again in 2014. Very humble and knowledgeable gentle. Spoke to his wife camillia both times very nice lady. True muscian great time had for all.
Thank you so much for posting this video. It is truly wonderful to listen to an artist of this calibre.
Roger and George put Rickenbacker on the map. What a magical instrument. Bought mine in 1967, and I will be buried with it.
If harmonics touch perfection then this falls far short
and I'm relieved that it does because that way it will always be seen, heard and never forgotten. Love it thankyou for posting.
His vocal skills & his presence, have also been under-appreciated, especially in the Byrds time frame, but not exclusively
Yep!
James I could not agree more. Never should music be stifled. And yes, covering a song is the highest complement we can make to the original artist Thank you for posting it..
This guy pumped out the hits of the 1960s .He could spin songs into gold country folk into Rock and Roll Radio hits of a generation.
My goodness gracious, this is so beautiful and looks so difficult. Amazingly done.
RIP Tom Petty another Rickenbacker rocker! He played 6 string. Probably still does.
Rock on Tom...
Great rumbling solo!
RIP Pete Seeger the Banjoist who wrote the song
Good to know 😀
I've said this before and feel like saying it again. Gene Clark might well have been the father of the Byrds but Roger McGunn, and his Rickenbacker 360-12, were the driving force that (in my opinion) made the Byrds the greatest 1960's group ever to originate out of L.A.
iM GLAD THIS GUY GAVE US SO MUCH MUSICS...THE TURN TURN TURN SINGLE TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO PUT TOGETHER, BUT IT WAS THE BEST VERSION EVER OF THIS TURN
McGuinn is a fantastic guitar player, his Rick 360 12 string sounds like a guitar and a banjo playing in ensemble, and the Byrds songs still feel relevant and meaningful 60 years later.
The 360 is the 2-pickup version... this is the 370/12
@@lqr824true although in all fairness he played the song originally on his 360/12 that was later stolen
I ricordi si sovrappongono alle note di questa splendida canzone......momenti indimenticabili.....
When I hear and see him playing this I get the same feeling as I did when I was a kid in the early to mid 60s hearing and see this for the first time, it inspires me to want to take up a guitar and play it. I now play bass, but on seeing this I would love to strum and pick on a jangly 12-string Ric. Whatever money Roger gets from sales of video DVDs of his work he richly deserves and a person who exposes his work to the public on TH-cam is doing the artist and the public a great service. Unless the artist doesn't want his/her work covered on TH-cam it should be allowed. People who hear the covers naturally want to then hear the original in order to compare them. When the listener makes the comparison and decides which one is best he is then inclined to purchase that version that he likes the best.
One of the GREATEST song renditions of all time.
Nice of you to post this, I didn't buy the video. But I'm going to look into it. Didn't know it had complete performances when I first heard about it. I'm 68, so my hands aren't what they used to be. Gave up on guitar twenty years ago, but still have a piano - much easier on the hands. I thought this was only an instructional video for guitar players. I have Roger's 1977 concert video, and it's too bad he didn't release more hard copy (DVD) concerts later on. At least we have youtube, and Roger's channel to keep us up to date. Why, oh why is there no Sweethearts tour DVD? I sure would buy that. I liked what you had to say. The video is still up, so "so far, so good". Roger was going through changes during this period, good changes. Moving away from the folk den, and on to his fascinating work with Marty Stuart was a great happening.
One of the best close up video shot of a great artist showing his hands and picking technique....Thank you Roger !!
Perhaps one of the best guitar solos ever in the middle? He switches it up a little bit on this version but what a legendary lick.
I agree. If you listen to the album version, there are two 12-strings going during the solo. One is doing a rather complex Travis-picking pattern and the other is simply playing the melody. When they played live (see the Ed Sullivan version), Roger does a neat trick where the melody part is done by his index/thumb pick and his two finger-picks are doing a dinga-dinga-dinga bit (as shown in this video too). These days where he's by himself, he is doing a nice chord strumming which gives a better rhythm effect. He rarely plays the guitar solo during his touring performance these days.
I'm a sucker for those voice lead melody solos where they just play it straight, this is probably one of the best examples (the record version). Here he handles the 'two guitar' problem very well all things considered, very classy player.
maybe it is always a time to hear again this rarely eternal song...
Superb! One of the greatest songs, and a superb artist!
the original was a defining musical moment in my young life - great demonstration of the great jingle jangle sound on that rickenbacker
Seeger snd Dylans music brought to a level of beauty only Roger can play
Bring back the sound of true musicianship...Rock n Roll is not Dead !!!
Hip Hop and Rap are NOT music !!!
why is this the most amazing thing ive ever seen
Is it just me? Or has anyone else noticed that if the vibrato in Roger's voice are 'subdued' what you then have is George Harrison!Roger's tone and intonation are the same as George's were...you can hear it quite well in the "Something" vocal.(it was sublime to hear Roger play...all 'crisp & clear' w/o any added 'junk'...he's really working that knee keeping a 4/4 together and a double-8 at the same time!)
What a gorgeous guitar sound!
He was the real thing... sang and played it with no overdub because he had talent and a musical gift.
Yes, he had talent, BUT put a HELL of a lot of effort into perfecting the Byers sound… months and months!!!! He earned the respect we feel for him. Read an article about the creating of the Byrds, and McGuinn had a sound in his head that he had to work out. And we, Byrd fans, got to enjoy the end result. Truly a unique, unforgettable, sound.
Oops, sorry for the typo….
I met him in NewOrleans,La. 1968. It was so cool to see him play that 12 string guitar. Lucky lady whoever he married. I heard he has a son.
What an instrument!
that was a great performance.
stunning guitar playing
This was part of an instructional video, its really great to see just how he is playing. What a great song, and a great sound! (not to mention awesome playing)
They were the best of times ..
This song embodies the sixties like no other.
Fucking amazing. I've heard this song hundreds of times and it STILL send shivers down the spine everytime, one of THE defining moments of the 60s, absolutely magical.
Right on, Jim. I make videos of my flower art and use a lot of folk music--lately from concerts I find. Promoting your favorite artists should be encouraged. I've used a lot of tracks from a '78 concert by Roger and Gene doing some new (then) songs and some Byrds hits. The only copyright noise was from the publisher of one of Gene's songs. On another note, I think it's great that Roger has returned to his folk roots and has become a wandering troubadour! He is a genius on that 12-string!
gorgeous----what a talent!!
Amazing changes and strum/picking style and beautiful vocal! Genius. I love Gene Clark too.
oh,One more detail- for those of you back East, esp NY- Do not miss McGuinn's three NY shows next month (Sept 2011) back there- I saw him in Santa Cruz a ten years ago and wish I could express how much fun and nostalgia was included- Go see him and I promise you will be so glad you did- Would you like to see the Byrds and hear Turn etc, My Back Pages, Mr Tamborine Man etc- GO- If you don't love it I'll give you your money back !!!
Roger, please come to Japan. There aren't as many fans as there are in America, but there are also enthusiastic fans in Japan.
how can a guitar sound like the heaven? roger mcguinn , his 360/12 and playing way are most beatifull things of the wrold
That was fantastic am I glad I came across this. I always loved the the way he plays and sings. Thank You.