Roger McGuinn & The Chad Mitchell Trio-1963

From the "Bell Telephone Hour". We get to see early James Joseph McGuinn lll rip it up on Banjo, and Spanish Guitar.

Absolutely so cool. :-)

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• Roger
• McGuinn
• Byrds
• Chad
• Mitchell
• Trio
• Folk

[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

[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.

[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!

[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.

[mcd220]

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

[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.

[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.