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For those who didn’t stay up late on Oct.14/92, here’s Lu “Six Blocks Away” to enjoy.
Special guest was Jim McGuinn ( of the Byrds )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N254GvxDNtU
lwj
Wikipedia sez:
James Roger McGuinn (known professionally as Roger McGuinn, previously as Jim McGuinn, and born James Joseph McGuinn III on July 13, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds’ records. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with The Byrds.
P.S. – Greetings, stoger 🙂
Glad to see you’re using topline research tools, Lefty. I read somewhere, the latest Gram Parsons bio I think, that McGuinn changed his first name due to some kind of mystical Eastern religious connotation in “Roger,” but I doubt my Baptist parents had that in mind in the era of my nativity. Greetings yourself: Miss your name on the moderator line, but that tntracy guy seems to know his way around the job pretty well.
@Lefty wrote:
TNT is a definite upgrade in the moderator department!
Oh, I don’t know about that, Lefty. I can think of at least one person who would disagree… 😥 😳 😯 😆
Tom
@stoger wrote:
Glad to see you’re using topline research tools, Lefty. I read somewhere, the latest Gram Parsons bio I think, that McGuinn changed his first name due to some kind of mystical Eastern religious connotation in “Roger,” but I doubt my Baptist parents had that in mind in the era of my nativity. Greetings yourself: Miss your name on the moderator line, but that tntracy guy seems to know his way around the job pretty well.
Here is what I found from the Byrds FAQ’s
http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/mcguinn/ByrdsFAQ.html.
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Why did Jim McGuinn change his name to Roger?Jim was born James Joseph McGuinn III. He changed his name in 1967 because a guru in Indonesia said that a new name would vibrate better with the universe. The guru sent Jim the letter “R” and asked him to send back ten names starting with that letter. Because Jim was into gadgets and Sci-Fi, he sent names like “Rocket” and “Ramjet.” He included the name Roger only because they use it for radio messages to indicate “OKAY.” Roger was the only “real” name in the bunch and the guru picked it. Jim only changed his middle name from Joseph to Roger but used Roger as a stage name. As far as the vibrating with the universe … he didn’t notice any change and would have changed his name back to Jim (which he liked) but that would have been too confusing. A study of the ’60s would help you to understand all this.
OK, we’ve done the name thing, how about comments on the video itself to keep things on topic? 😆
1.For example, ya gotta love Lu’s beret and the song.
2. Paul Shaffer ( a fellow Canuck ) hasn’t changed a bit in almost 20 years.
3. Name the band members (besides Roger=Jim and Gurf)lwj
I believe Sid McGinnis would be the other “Late Show” player… (courtesy of the Google).
She looked and sounded GREAT!
Thanks for the clip.Another oldie from David Letterman
This one really rocks.
“Lines Around Your Eyes”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEIDHQBkkug
lwj
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