Roger McGuinn & The Chad Mitchell Trio-1963

[michelle333999]

McGuinn is WAILING on this! This is part of why the original Byrds were in awe of him until the taste of fame turned them all into egomaniacs (except Crosby, who remained modest and self-effacing, wink, wink!)

[Lech683]

They were my favourite folkie group of the early 60's. I was in college then, and when the Beatles came along I just didn't get it.

[MrBruceBarham]

i really enjoyed this...especially looking back from here

[gittahfiend]

I didn't know McGuinn had banjo skills !

[limestonegoth]

Oh, wow! I loved the Chad Mitchell Trio! All these years later, I can still sing along with these songs. Thank you so much.

[ladivina79]

Sent here by the ever-dashing Mr. McGuinn himself, who mentioned this video and its existence on YouTube during his concert in Mobile, AL the other night. Thanks for posting - what a treat!

[DUI59]

Wow! - Roger McGuinn could sure pick a mean banjo - No wonder he is one the greatest guitarists ever! (Pickin' his 12-string Ricky - Guitar Heaven!)

[damanfrom808]

great sounds, like being there again, chad mitchell...awesome

[azindn]

OMG, tuned in for Chad Mitchell but does anyone have the recording of Maria Tallchief and Rudolf Nureyev!

[chandramaofficial]

Wow, I didn't now McGuinn was such a great banjoist. I remember seeing him holding a Rickenbacker banjoline in a pic somewhere of the Byrds in about the Sweetheart of the Rodeo era. I would have loved to hear him play it.

[Keyboardman88]

@chandramaofficial That's where he got his unique sound on the Ric...he used the "Hammer & Claw" banjo technique when he played. Of course that Ric 360/12 has a sound all it's own.

[grissomray]

my favorite song by the cmt is bonney streets of fivio.can you add that

[rdvqc]

As I recall, in my area in 1961 we finally got our 2nd TV channel (at least in English). Finally - a choice!!! - Still the same choice in '63

[rdvqc]

I love the old "princess" phone at the beginning

[dw438]

Damn thing is that this was originally in color! Videotape must be somewhere!

[JOHNTEYRE]

Superb ! Musically the best of all the folk era. Balance, blend, purity of sound - Moving selections, comedy, parody etc. no other group comes close.

[ModGirl1967]

Damn! McGuinn's playing that banjo at warp speed!

[fgldnglbs]

The Chad Mitchell Trio comes to the attention of at least thousands of new listeners whenever "John Sebastian's Folk Rewind" airs on public television.. Some of the material from that era reminds me of the kind of folksong that Steven Bishop played when Belushi smashed his guitar in "Animal House." Most of this is rousing stuff, though.

[jozfpat]

Outstanding, to bad there is so much junk out there now which is not music.

[greenlynn52]

You don't hear music like this anymore. I think our tastes have been bastardized by our cynicism and despair.

[lwv6966]

I think Roger is the most KICK ASS guitar player That I have ever heard (with the exception of Chet ATKINS) Long live Roger nMcGuinn

[nicodagger]

Amazing. Good to remember that Gene Clark, McGuinn came from 'traditional' folk groups, then electrified them and, as The Byrds, went past the Sun.

[caleab27]

How rare! Thanks for posting. This is really good stuff. The is why we all need to teach our kids and grandkids about this music.

[santnicola]

Great American music !

[DrakulaLen]

@santnicola

One word .... APATHY!

[UandMeKid]

WoW!!!

[denominator7]

too bad they wouldn't let the bass player at least stand up with them and maybe get in the picture sometimes. Amazing though, to do 3 live songs consecutively. great performance!!

[vincentfromia]

McGuinn was featured on the covers of both of the Mitchell albums he played on, too, and seemed to be considered their primary accompanist.

[Ibanezheadz]

Simply...outstanding.

[jbdmed]

Saw the trio in the sixties, then again with John Denver I wonder if I saw Roger McGinn also

[jnf91]

Denver came in '65, Jim/Roger was gone in '63. replaced by Jacob Ander and Paul Prestopino.

[wendydale1]

We have gone BACKWARDS in so many ways in our society!! It scares the bajeebys out of me esp. since the ones running society today will be caring for me in my old age.

We've made lots of strides but failed on other fronts.

Folk music was soooo good. To think J.Denver started in this group.

[rocketfanatic]

Donavon sings "Donna Donna" on his first albumn.

Thanks

[Atkingani]

Playing Spanish Guitar in the same show where Andres Segovia was? Crazy!Segovia was (is) the number 1 guitar player ever!!! McGuinn is great too.

[peisrael]

Fabulous! Thanks very much.  I never new McQuinn played with the CMT and I haven't heard the CMT for decades. Where do you find this stuff???

[PAXpeaceHEIWA]

Thank you for sharing this amazing video.

[captainsoul1953]

As a Brit never heard this music...but i like it...nice to see Mcguinn...3 years later it was Eight Miles High... but thats another story.........................­......

Jim

[RossM3838]

also check out on you tube a pre Byrds Gene Clark and the New Christie Minstrals. It was Clark who wrote Eight Miles High. Cool stuff all the way around.

[imusfan48]

What harmony & musical quality! Just 4 guys and a guitar!!! I love all kinds of music but doesn't get much better than this!

[DrCynic1]

Yeah it's good but it's not live.

[Fuzyprincess]

If it wasn't live, then they made a separate recording for this presentation. These most assuredly are not off any of their albums.

[axewulf]

McGuinns banjo picking seen early here is going to help him tame the 12 string Rickenbacker within tow years. He finger picks the twelve too. Thanks and in a twisted way I even liked the commercials.

[TwilightZin]

These guys are tighter than their haircuts. Five stars!

[bellier20]

And to think, at one time you used to be able to tune into regular over-the-air NBC television and see this kind of amazing talent for free. Now? You pay for cable or satellite and get a sociopath crapping on the floor for his 15 minutes on a reality TV show or, if you're very, very lucky, the Miley Cyrus Hour. Could someone tell me what's happened to us?

[mcd220]

No S***!!! :-)

Christian

[Nokorola]

We got greedy for Variety, and killed The Variety Show.

[cryrocker]

It's called "casting your pearls before swine".

[chinchonchinchon]

It would be a good idea to read a book or something like that, something written by an historian or a psuchiatrist I don't know and tell us where we are heading cause I also can not understand....

In the 80's we used to turn on the radio and listen to great music, now you just listen to Shakira, Ricky Martin, and all that crap.

[swelstead]

@bellier20 I loved the Chad Mitchell Trio as much as anyone - my sister and I used to dance around to my parents' albums - but I have to disagree with you here. I mean, now you can search the internet ANY TIME at all, and find all kinds of Chad Mitchell Trio songs/videos to listen to, FOR FREE. Yeah, cable television sucks, but in 1963 you had to take what you were given - now you can listen to/watch whatever you want, any time at all.

[bellier20]

@swelstead "What you were given," as you say, was generally produced, directed and written by people of immense talent, so you really didn't mind being given it. Now you pay (usually too much) for crap.

[swelstead]

@bellier20 It's normal for people to prefer the music and pop culture they came to love during the ages of 15-25 (there are studies to show that this is the time the brain is most receptive to new music, etc.) but if you really think that everything from the 1960s was fantastic and everything today is 'crap', and that you pay too much for it (albums on iTunes cost about the same as albums did 30 years ago, BTW), then you're not looking very hard. Pop music doesn't begin and end with Miley Cyrus.

[bellier20]

@swelstead Sure it's out there, and I listen to a lot of it. My point is that you've never had to dig through so many layers of crap to get to it. Have you turned on the television lately? It SUCKS. I've never seen such least-common-denominator garbage in my life.

[mcd220]

@bellier20 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM­EN!!!! I'm with you swelstead...least common denominator is the best and most accurate I've heard yet...

[WilliamEGD]

@bellier20 I'm actually saddened by what you say... *sigh* This is why I'm on youtube.

[unclebobunclebob]

@bellier20 Progress, brother...progress.

[bellier20]

@unclebobunclebob Not always such a good thing, as today's pop music evidences. 

[EverLovingARMY]

i sang this in choir once...

[Arnon7777]

10!

[pborrellij]

The tail end of the "Golden Age of Television". Look at what it is now...another example of the dumbing down of America.

[HaulAwayJoe]

Love these guys

[rickelmonoggin]

'Takes me back in a very pleasant way to a time when our culture was about to be turned on its head.'

Quite, but you have to marvel of the absurdity of 'folk' musicians wearing sharp suits and ties.

[ericynot]

Great video -- Jim (Roger) McGuinn in a suit and tie with short hair! Takes me back in a very pleasant way to a time when our culture was about to be turned on its head. And the Princess phone commercial at the end is icing on the cake. Thanks for posting.

[davesharon5747]

Roger McGuinn? Wow, he looks great here! Thanks for sharing!

[RlCARDA]

The "Donna, Donna" harmonies are excellent - thank you so much for this video.

[PretPierement]

40 years ago I bought several albums of CM3. I saw them in a Dutch TV program Hootannanny or so. This moves me to tears, Fiddle in the middle Hello Suzy Brown

[KHooves]

what a great group. I have listened to their albums for many years.

[rockgor]

Thanks for posting. Almost as good as a time machine. That's the year I was graduated from college. Saw the trio a few years later in concert. They were great!

I liked Chad's solo albums. He had a distinctive voice. Didn't always like the songs he picked though.

[donclemens1]

I wish I could find some decent digital recordings of this group; more importantly, I wish I could find digital recordings of Chad's solo albums. They were great folk albums...

[che155]

Very good video, amazing voices!

Thank you for posting.