Celebrity birthdays for Oct. 11-Oct. 17 Oct 8, 2009
Oct. 15: Singer Barry McGuire is 74. Actress Linda Lavin ("Alice") is 72. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Mary Travers never stopped voicing beliefs Sep 18, 2009
Barry McGuire left the New Christy Minstrels to proclaim "The Eve of Destruction." Bob Dylan, whose "Blowin' in the Wind," found a mainstream audience through the three-part harmony of Ms. Travers and her partners, picked up an electric guitar, even dabbled in Born Again Christianity for a while. Ms. Travers and her group remained fixed in ideological amber. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Top 5 protest songs of all time Aug 6, 2009
Real Protest wrote on Aug 5, 2009 5:38 PM:" Beatles Revolution, John Lennon Give Peach A Chance, Dylan Masters of War, Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome, Peter Gabriel Biko, Barry McGuire Eve of Destruction, Edwin Starr War, CSNY Ohio, Country Joe and the Fish I Feel Like I'm A Fixin to Die Rag, Neil Young Let's Impeach the President. ". What If. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Roger McGuinn: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer the 'Forrest Gump of music'? May 7, 2009
"John Phillips and McGuinn both lived at the Earl Hotel in Greenwich Village, where they had frequent jam sessions with other folk musicians on the scene.McGuire would join them occasionally when he was in New York on tour with the New Christy Minstrels.Then when McGuinn went to California and got a hit with the Byrds and Barry McGuire had a No. 1 hit in L.A. with "Eve of Destruction," Phillips was still in New York, struggling to put the Mamas and the Papas together.McGuinn remembers another... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Read the 'News Watch' transcript Feb 17, 2009
Jane mentioned Barry Bonds, there was Barry McGuire. I was Barry McGuire wasn't it ... THOMAS: Pardon me, Barry McGuire was a singer with the Beach Boys. (Fox News)
