Yeah Rodger McGuinn one of my favorite or Jim one of my favorites when it comes to playing birds music I got to see him a long time ago live you know first time I've ever seen a rock and roller play a banjo before. At the Rosebud Pittsburgh PA
4:07 There's something so beautiful about hearing an entire audience of people join in to sing the song. The voices on top of each other has a kind of chorus quality to it that I think makes the performance even better.
Crosby was 💯 correct. The Dylan version was never gonna be a hit on the radio. Changing the boring 2/4 timing and adding the opening riff was a genius move by Roger. Even the most diehard Dylan fans will acknowledge that the Byrds version totally kicked the original's ass.
McGuinn's version is WAY better than Dylans. When he did it on that Rickenbacker 12 string it was absolutely amazing. I've never tried to play a 12 string, never even held one. But I worked on that song for months on my Martin 6 string and than on my Strat. I finally got it down fairly well for a 6 string, but no 6 string is ever going to do it justice. It just comes alive on a 12 string. I've watched The Byrds do that song on the Ed Sullivan show a thousand times. That's one of the most iconic guitar riffs of all time.
The Byrds did a great version, especially for the charts, but Dylan's original has more verses and they are great poetry which you don't hear in the Byrds version. The best cover of any Dylan song is Jimi Hendrix All Along The Watchtower.
Great Band and a great song. A very good interpretation of Bob's song. I was going to say that Roger sounds great here. But we are talking 18 years ago. It is also hard to believe that the late Gram Parsons played and recorded with them. I also liked the McGuinn Clark and Hillman version.
