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As the frontman from the Byrds, Roger McGuinn and his trademark 12-string Rickenbacker guitar pioneered folk-rock and, by extension, country-rock, influencing everyone from contemporaries just like the Beatles to acolytes like Tom Petty and R.E.M. along the way. Wayne Joseph McGuinn was created on July 13, 1942, in Chicago, whereby …

Anointed “the brand new Dylan” upon his documenting debut, folk-rock singer/songwriter Steve Forbert was created in Meridian, Mississippi in 1954. After learning acoustic guitar at age group 11, he spent his high-school years playing in a number of local rings before giving up his job like a pickup truck driver …

A rock & move singer and songwriter whose music reaches once literate and passionately heartfelt, NY singer/songwriter Willie Nile was created in Buffalo, NY on June 7, 1948. Nile originated from a musical family members — his grandfather was a vaudeville pianist who used Expenses “Bojangles” Robinson and Eddie Cantor, …

A gifted songwriter which has garnered very much respect within the underground, folk singer Richard Julian demonstrates a talent for strong melodies and his own distinct sound. Blessed in Arden, DE, Julian became a classically educated pianist at a age and discovered himself composing his own music in his early …