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About Treasures From The Folk Den
Amazon.com Since 1995, former Byrd-man Roger McGuinn has been posting a song each month on the Folk Den (www.mcguinn.com) to celebrate and spread the traditional repertoire that launched his musical life in the '50s. Now he revisits 18 of those songs on a collaborative, home-recorded CD, singing and picking his banjo and 12-string guitar alongside stalwart folkies like Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Jean Ritchie, Odetta, and next-generation talents Eliza Carthy and Josh White Jr. The approach is decidedly old school--warbly voiced, polite, and deferential toward their sources--and the results uneven, with high points like the ballad "Wagoner's Lad" (with Baez and Carthy) and low ones like the listless blues of "In the Evenin'" (with Seeger). These "treasures" are unlikely to win new fans for the pre-singer-songwriter age of folk music, but they will provide pleasant melodies, and maybe memories, for the already converted. --Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Product Description The first all new studio release in 10-years from the legendary leader of the Birds, Roger McGuinn. Featuring duets with Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Odetta, Tommy Makem, Eliza Carth, and Jean Ritchie. Review "A charming drive down America s back roads that are increasingly in danger of being overrun with weeds." -- Entertainment Weekly, 2001 "A delightful collection of songs in jeopardy of being forgotten in today s world of flash-in-the-pan pop artists." -- Associated Press, 2001 "A true treasure in every sense of the word, from the booklet to the songs to the singers." -- Los Angeles Times, 2001 "An exquisite album of traditional music." -- New York Post, September, 2001 "The feel of a house party that carries over into your living room. Brilliant. Five stars (highest rating)" -- RollingStone.com, August, 2001 About the Artist Former Byrds leader Roger McGuinns ongoing career has been a history-in-progress of modern folk/rock/pop music, and his musical influence can be heard in the work of bands like Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, REM and many other recent groups. As a teenaged folkie, he studied banjo and guitar at Chicagos Old Town School of Folk Music and made home recordings of his music. Appearances at local folk clubs led to an invitation to join the popular Limeliters folk group as an accompanist, and he soon followed the band to Los Angeles and helped record their "Tonight: In Person" album. Other gigs as a sideman and arranger followed McGuinn moved from coast to coast to work with the Chad Mitchell Trio, Bobby Darin, Hoyt Axton, the Irish Rovers, Judy Collins and Tom & Jerry (later known as Simon and Garfunkel). By the end of 1963, McGuinn was ready to chase the rock n roll dream he had heard the Beatles and recognized the direction in which pop music was moving. Returning to California, he began playing folk songs with a rock beat at local clubs, where he was approached by another aspiring rocker, Gene Clark. With the addition of David Crosby, Chris Hillman and Mike Clarke, the Byrds (first known as the Jet Set, then as the Beefeaters) took flight. Combining the amplified jangle of McGuinns trademark Rickenbacker 12-string guitar with rocked-up folk songs, majestically cool harmonies, and an electric rhythm section, The Byrds turned Bob Dylans "Mr. Tambourine Man" into a Number One single in 1965 and established the "folk-rock" genre. The group performed and recorded contemporary folk and protest songs (many written by Bob Dylan) and original material. For the next few years, the Byrds were regarded as "the American Beatles," releasing a string of successful albums and singles, including "Turn! Turn! Turn!," "Eight Miles High, and "My Back Pages." The adventurous McGuinn had begun experimenting with the Moog synthesizer and other electronic devices even as the original band was crumbling, but the Byrds were reinvented as a country-rock band with the addition of singer-songwriter Gram Parsons and guitar virtuoso Clarence White. M
