![]() You’ve offered your services to numerous sessions over the years, appearing on recordings by Judy Collins, Aimee Mann, Mary Lou Lord, Elvis Costello,et.al. George Harrison invited me to stay at the rented house the Willburys were using as a recording studio but I was too busy writing songs and getting ready to record my Back From Rio CD to take him up on the offer. Could you set the record straight and if you were offered the chance, were you just tired of the “band routine” and prefer to work solo or were you not interested in the type of music they were recording? Many rumours have circulated over the years that you turned down the opportunity to join Travelling Willburys. I wonder how folk and rock music might have changed if you reinterpreted Simon’s songs instead of Dylan’s? No I never thought of covering any of Paul’s songs. I’ve heard some cover versions of Simon and Garfunkel songs that have that jingly-jangly guitar sound and I wonder if you ever were offered or thought about covering one of Paul’s songs? He was behind the glass in the control room and I was sitting with my 12-string Gibson in the studio playing what he asked me, as a studio musician. Did you ever have any musical conversations with Paul? You did some early sessions with Tom & Jerry (before they regrouped as Simon & Garfunkel). We also managed to talk about making all those Byrds’ albums. ![]() ![]() He’s still very busy making music and just recently there are a couple of great news, which you will find about in our interview. Roger McGuinn interview about The Byrds … McGuinn is one of the most influential artists and a founding member of The Byrds – fathers of Folk Rock if you like. ![]()
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