Co-founder of The Byrds to Play at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Roger McGuinn Tickets On-sale Now

Bethel, NY (March 11, 2011) – Chicago-native Roger McGuinn is set to perform in the 2011 Event Gallery Concert Series at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Friday, May 6th at 8:00pm. Roger McGuinn’s musical hits include “Turn Turn Turn”, “Eight Miles High” and “Mr. Tambourine Man”.
Tickets for the event are $48.00 in advance and $53.00 the day of the event. On-sale now, tickets can be purchased at www.BethelWoodsCenter.org, the Bethel Woods Box Office, Ticketmaster, or by phone at 1.800.745.3000. Full bar service and light dining fare is available at all performances.
Jim McGuinn, later known as Roger, began his career performing with the Limeliters, the Chad Mitchell Trio, and singer Bobby Darin. Inspired by the Beatles, McGuinn began playing folk songs to a rock beat in local coffeehouses around Greenwich Village. His future band mates appreciated his unique concepts and musical styling’s which lead them to form The Byrds in 1964, becoming one of the most influential bands of the ‘60s.
After several successful years with The Byrds, McGuinn began touring solo acoustic to get back to his folk roots. He released a rock album in 1991 called “Back from Rio”, which included several musical guests, such as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello and former band mates Chris Hillman and David Crosby.
In 1995, he began recording and uploading a series of traditional folk songs to the internet, which he called the Folk Den.. These recordings were posted on his website and were available for free download. The album “Treasures of the Folk Den” was a compilation of his favorite songs featured on the Folk Den, in addition to bonus duets with Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and Judy Collins. This album was nominated for a Grammy in 2002 in the category of “Best Traditional Folk Album”.
In celebration of the Folk Den’s 10 year anniversary, a four CD box set of 100 songs uploaded to the Folk Den were released with a higher quality.
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Additional Event Gallery and Pavilion Stage performances will be announced shortly; fans can expect diverse musical offerings including world-class artists in the rock, pop, singer-songwriter, country and classical genres, as well as special exhibits, films and lecture series at The Museum at Bethel Woods.
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