"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 3/8/25)
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Critics Consensus
Based on 21 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Roger McGuinn is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Roger McGuinn concert reviews describe live shows and performances as stirring.
How long are their concerts?
How long are Roger McGuinn concerts? Roger McGuinn concerts usually last from 45 minutes to up to just over an hour and 40 minutes.
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.
Has Performed With
Chris Hillman
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Critic Concert Reviews
Chicago Concert Reviews (USA)
September 25, 2024
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North Shore Center “Eight Miles High” after The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn gets autobiographical
In 1978 or so my relatives in Germany sent me a budget Byrds compilation lp. I didn't know anything about the band as I was nine years old but I was immediately taken by their harmonies, the intricacies of the melodies and how they seemed to effortlessly move into and out of various styles of music.
At the Theatre at Ace Hotel, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman were joined by Marty Stuart — and, for this tour opening, Mike Campbell — to celebrate the 50th anniversary of not just an album, but the country-rock movement it started.
These days the former Byrds frontman is a surprisingly youthful effervescent 71-year-old who tours the world with two guitars and songs and stories from a remarkable career.
The jangle of McGuinn’s electric guitar playing the Byrds’ arrangement of “My Back Pages” – “My ‘My Way,’” he called it – announced McGuinn as he walked on stage, stepped to a mic and began to sing. At 81, McGuinn’s voice betrayed some fragility, but he still plays and sings like a Byrd.
