The Byrds w/Gram Parsons- "Mr. Spaceman" 1968 (Reelin' In The Years Archive)

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[@elijahwilliamson3623]

Roger McGuinn looks like that guy in class who always got 100% correct in Chemistry exams.

[@sirvidia]

he left the beatles suits for a while around 1965 but seemed to go back to them later. For a fun time, go look out his goatee phase around 5th Dimension

[@maxmerry8470]

@@sirvidia No McGuinn goatee at time of 5D. But he grew one by mid-1967.

[@hannahs1683]

Kaczynski?

[@garywood5882]

I think Cosby was the Chemistry professor 😃

[@davidlynnmorehead4783]

Thanks, Elijah....I never saw his face, I was always looking over his shoulder trying to copy his answers :)

[@markmcclellan8421]

I was in Rome when this happened! The Byrds played at the Piper Club. The first International Pop festival happened just before this!

[@ndesdsadfd]

Pink Floyd (with Syd Barrett) played there too.

[@danethunders]

@@ndesdsadfdSyd wasn’t there

[@vinonavortex5582]

Gram stole show at piper club.his three songs beautiful powerful god bless and keep gram always

[@grammay5068]

I was named after Gram Parsons. Love this song.

[@mcmike100]

My folks named me Spaceman too!

[@philbrown1474]

@@mcmike100lol.

[@bighouse6120]

It's a dandy

[@margaretross9150]

A very special name.

[@desoneill6021]

Never seen this before. First footage I’ve seen with Gram in the Byrds. Sweetheart of the rodeo is one of my favourite albums. Thanks for sharing.

[@lemonhead162]

My parents had all the Byrds albums. I remember them listening to this groove when I was a kid. It reminds me of such a wonderful time!!

[@LizWroeG]

Your parents must have been much younger than mine. My parents danced in the living room to tunes on the radio, like Be My Love by Mario Lanza

[@PaulSmith-pz9eq]

I hear you

[@TheRealForrestGeorge]

Woke up this morning with light in my eyes And then realized it was still dark outside It was a light coming down from the sky I don't know who or why Must be those strangers that come every night Whose saucers shaped lights put people up tight Leave blue green footprints that glow in the dark I hope they get home all right Hey Mr. Spaceman, won't you please take me along I won't do anything wrong Hey Mr. Spaceman, won't you please take me along For a ride Woke up this morning, I was feeling quite weird Had flies in my beard, my toothpaste was smeared Over my window, they'd written my name Said, "So long, we'll see you again" Hey Mr. Spaceman, won't you please take me along I won't do anything wrong Hey Mr. Spaceman, won't you please take me along For a ride Hey Mr. Spaceman, won't you please take me along I won't do anything wrong Hey Mr. Spaceman, won't you please take me along For a ride

[@thestr8person]

Ah! that beautiful 12 string rickenbacker sound!

[@hotajax]

Only sounds like this when Roger Mcguinn is playing it.

[@rahulkapur687]

While smoking a blunt...this song makes me realise that growing up in the 60's with music like this was a gift...spaced out times those were! Thanks for posting!

[@JohnnyFriendly]

@@designstudio8013 That's right - the '60s have often been airbrushed and romanticised by commercial concerns. The reality was that it was a far more chaotic time than even today (2021)

[@JohnDarsey51]

@@JohnnyFriendly - I liked the chaos back then a lot better than what we have today... back then it was about freedom, now it's about control! Question Authority!!!

[@deadskunk8733]

You have no earthly idea what you are talking about.

[@brfts2001]

@@JohnnyFriendly I think it's way more chaotic now and not in a good way.

[@samsmith4216]

I was a kid in the 60's. You're idea of the 60's as a gift is short sighted. Too many American soldiers died both physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally to call the 60's a gift. Fear of being drafted permeated the mailbox every day. There were riots...drugs were distorting the dream of Peace and Love. True...great music was written and a walk on the moon...but otherwise it was chaotic and turbulent.

[@shirleyjennings5787]

Awesome!

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

I would just to be able give a thank You hug to those great guys ... Roger, Gram David, and Chris were paramount in opening my Musical tastes to new possibilities. God bless 'em!

[@tonyfair487]

One of them is Rodney Dillard of The Dillard's.

[@larrylewis5721]

'Twas Doug Dillard....not Rodney.

[@RobertBirkrem-qg7du]

This song was released in 1966...kind of weird they are doin' a promo video w/Gram in '68.

[@mejustme6944]

Cozmic American Music!!! Gram deserves to be inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame!!!!

[@larrybuxton4614]

Gram looks bored shitless.

[@kenhabeeb]

Nah.

[@tadsomato1940]

Yah

[@michaelrose3101]

Can't believe I have never seen this before with Gram....can't be too much out there with him in The Byrds.

[@stevelmakads]

Apart from Sweetheart of the Rodeo?

[@Vito_Tuxedo]

@ Michael Rose - The reason you've never seen this "with Gram" is because Gram didn't play or sing on the the original _Mr. Spaceman_ studio track, which is what was used for the video. The video also shows Doug Dillard playing banjo, but there's no banjo anywhere in the original track. The actual musicians were Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Mike Clarke, with vocals by McGuinn & Crosby. No Gram Parsons.

[@michaelrose5614]

@@Vito_Tuxedo Thank you l am fully aware when this was recorded and what album it originated on...l am trying to say visual footage of anything with Gram being in The Byrds is pretty much non existent...feel free to let me know of any other clips he appears in with The Byrds l can access.

[@will2741]

Yep I think this is the only footage out there. Think they appeared on American Bandstand while he was with them, but never seen that.

[@will2741]

@@Vito_Tuxedo proof that men mansplain to other men too. Top work.

[@andyinoregon]

I was a junior in high school when our World Academy Schools of Foreign Study tour group visited Rome's Colosseum in June 1968. Didn't miss The Byrds by much, as they were there in May.

[@josephsanangelo]

Feb 1968 Erich Vn Daniken's Chariots of the Gods was published and sold millions of copies and lots of psychedelic music came out with otherworldly sounds. What a great time to live. Every day try try try and live and love and help yourself and others. Go green and sustainable and let us all know if someone from outer space or inner space leaves you messages on your mirrors. Peace out, peace in.

[@MrSirDrew]

Lyrics Woke up this morning with light in my eyes And then realized It was still dark outside It was a light coming down from the sky I don't know who or why Must be those strangers that come every night Those saucer shaped lights Put people uptight Leave blue-green footprints that glow in the dark I hope they get home all right Hey, Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along? I won't do anything wrong Hey, Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along for a ride? Woke up this morning, I was feeling quite weird Had flies in my beard My toothpaste was smeared Over my window they'd written my name Said "So long, we'll see you again" Hey, Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along? I won't do anything wrong Hey, Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along for a ride? Hey, Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along? I won't do anything wrong Hey, Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along for a ride?

[@mikebloomfield2147]

@@designstudio8013 quite complex when compared to “we all live in a yellow submarine...” which came out about the same time.

[@guitarocd9984]

I guess we can see where Tom Petty came from.

[@theelizabethanway]

Ok wow... it sounds just like Tom 😱

[@deksea]

McGuinn was a major influence on Toms style. Roger jokes that the first time he heard Toms hit "American Girl" he said "When did I record that?" The two met shortly after that and were good friends right up until the end.

[@Chuckles..]

I disliked like TP till I heard something other than Breakdown and noticed the Byrds heavy influence. Still don't like Breakdown but love TP!.

[@skipacuff5104]

Well duh 😂😂😂

[@rosalindalay4499]

Hahaha 😁😂

[@maxmerry8470]

Great quality upload, even if it is a lip-synch to a song recorded two years earlier! Love seeing Doug Dillard as a Byrd!

[@simonthompson789]

It's great to see Gram Parsons with the Byrds. I have never seen this footage, and it makes me happy to see Parsons here looking relatively healthy, although I am pretty sure he was totally intoxicated during the shoot. I wish that McGuinn had not overdubbed Parson's contribution to Sweetheart of the Rodeo, but that's the business. Crosby overdubbed all the other Byrds vocals on Lady Friend, so I guess McGuinn had that, and Parson's insane drug use and its potential implications for touring, in mind during post-production. Anyway, I wish Parsons had more time to develop his talents. He was quite a character, and a very good song writer.

[@margaretross9150]

From what I've read, I think the really heavy drug use came a little later when Gram was with the Burritos. He was pretty hard-working and motivated when he was with the Byrds and for the first Burrito album. As to why McGuinn erased Gram's vocals, Hillman and Gary Usher have acknowledged they didn't want Sweetheart to become a "Gram Parsons album" even though he did a lot of the work with Usher. I don't think he was sorry to leave the Byrds.

[@ChoctawNawtic4]

I agree. Definitely gone much too soon. RIP

[@db-xz1mq]

Gram is nothing but the goat of country rock...with Mr Clarence white

[@adrianbeaumont6745]

Drugs got in Gram's way.😔

[@margaretross9150]

@@adrianbeaumont6745 Self-medication; bad childhood despite the money.

[@Lee.Higginbotham]

First thing I thought wow the colosseum in Rome!! I missed them by 20 years. It wasn't sunny either. Cloudy and drizzling rain. But the Cure was there but they were sightseeing not doing any videos!! The Byrds were down on the ground floor. It was blocked off when I was there. Buy hey great video of one of my most favorite Byrds song!!

[@michaelwilson9450]

If only Gram hadn't gone to Joshua Tree that horrible day. I suppose we should appreciate the music he did leave behind even more since it was cut off so cruelly.

[@recordguy4321]

It would have have happened somewhere else I think

[@melodiefrances3898]

@@recordguy4321 I think so too ...

[@dougodyssey50]

He was a drug addict. I'm sorry. I love him but he would have OD'd later anyway.

[@folgore1]

According to Caitlin from "Ask a Mortician," one of Gram's bandmates was supposed to watch over Gram to make sure he didn't accidentally OD. Unfortunately, this buffoon decided to detour back to California to pick up some pot. And so it was that Gram OD'd on morphine... It truly is tragic; Gram was a musical talent who was respected by the Stones, the Byrds, Emmylou Harris, etc. He seemed to be on the verge of real greatness but sadly self-destructed before he could achieve his potential. Of course, he's not the only musical figure from that era to succumb to drugs...

[@79tazman]

I love this song and love the Byrds

[@PaulLea]

Great clip, I have never seen this one before, cool to see Gram in it too !

[@ronstewart3208]

WOW. McGuinn looked so young in that video. I had never seen this one. Cool

[@markandresen1]

I always found it odd, seeing him with that haircut when it was still 1968...

[@AccurateCrabLegs]

Gram's mustache is very impressive.

[@BROOKS39]

Virtually the later Flying Burrito line up

[@jojoheartspaypay]

What Hellomcfly said. Anymore Gram Parsons is greatly appreciated!!

[@stoneagemom]

Gram died in my fathers ambulance.

[@margaretross9150]

@@stoneagemom Very sad.

[@itistime467]

@@stoneagemom Your father owns an ambulance?

[@stoneagemom]

@@itistime467 He was a ambulance attendant for the Joshua Tree Ambulance Service. My father was also a San Bernardino reserve sheriff and helped in the investigation of the theft of Grams body.

[@pammorris8097]

Gram’s the man! Gone too soon...

[@kenhabeeb]

No. Roger is the man. Gram was only around long enough to write a few tunes, and then tune out with drugs of choice.

[@vinonavortex5582]

You are so right. Grams singing so soulful as much I like roger he just did not bring that same depth of feeling beauty or power to his vocals as gp nobody did check out the three songs he sang with Byrd’s at piper club Rome Italy case closed

[@mc2mc277]

Wish I’s seen this line-up or the original with Gene and David. But I did see them on the “Untitled” tour with Clarence White/Gene Parsons/Skip Batton and Roger…probably their best musician wise.

[@philbrown1474]

I’d love to have seen that lineup, the one that did the “Untitled” album. Musically those 4 together were as good as it gets. Gene Parsons didn’t get his due as a drummer. He’s very good. He and Battin were an amazing rhythm core. Throw in White and McGuinn; magic.

[@frankieelen7238]

I saw this line-up, minus Doug Dillard, at the Albert Hall in 1968.

[@Nefarioso]

I remember Bill Mumy singing this in an episode of LOST IN SPACE.

[@Beatleboy1969]

greatness!!!!!!!!!

[@wildcolonialman]

Brilliant.

[@kbob1163]

Strange that they did a video for this song in 1968, two years after it came out.

[@jinitom]

Wow, Gram Parsons and Doug Dillard in the same video.

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Thank you for this upload. Amazing!!

[@j9v9c94]

Absolutely fantastic from da byrds!!!! O)/+++from Connecticut !!!

[@TTOF_JB]

Wow. Gram Parsons can sound just like Crosby, & that banjo is getting drowned out.

[@ericdailey8587]

Maybe Gram can sound like Crosby, but he ain’t on the recording.

[@1ndi64]

I don't think Gram did ever sound like Crosby. Gram was a class of his own. However he had nothing to do with this song.

[@TTOF_JB]

I was just making a little joke because they mimed to the recording. lol

[@XNV4D]

Cool,thanks!

[@Large23collectibles]

I've been looking for this video for years. Thank you soooooo much!

[@ReelinInTheYears66]

We were very excited when we found the master film many years ago and we’re happy to share it

[@regesuchma3658]

ReelinInTheYears66 who’s the guy on banjo

[@thomassullivan9692]

Doug Dillard

[@billylilly]

@@ReelinInTheYears66 where does this footage originate from? Was it a tv show or a promo?

[@ReelinInTheYears66]

@@billylilly it originates from a TV show and when we met Roger a few years ago we asked him about this and he remembered being on a small ledge when they were filming this.

[@BlueSoulJim]

video taping in outdoors was rare in 60s

[@donnicholas7552]

COOL!! I've never seen this before.

[@NorthernCitrusParrot]

Great clip! I believe you have more Byrds material in your archive. Please upload!

[@Stonecutter334]

Cool clip

[@instantdogma]

Cool footage.

[@chriscorman734]

The Bryds at their best respect Gram

[@gerrymarks7527]

Good job boys.would love to have all orignal. Members on it.

[@LeadBeatPink]

RIP GRAM PARSONS

[@ChrisSmith88love]

Still waiting in linen for my Mr. Spaceman UFO ride I know it'll be worth the wait.

[@jamiemartinez8674]

very cool...

[@joseaechev]

Of course they were lip syncing to the original recording with David Crosby singing harmony. In the late '60s The Byrds went through various personnel changes. I had the chance to see this lineup in person in N.Y.'s Hunter College in '68. It was McGuinn on 12 string, Hillman on bass, Parsons on guitar/keyboards and a guy named Kevin Kelley (Chris Hillman's cousin) on drums. There was no banjo player.

[@Elvis-Pelvis03]

Doug Dillard (the banjo player) was only with them during their Europe tour in ‘68. Still cool to see him featured in this music video

[@bighouse6120]

I like this one. Yep.

[@prendimibeniamino1735]

They're playing in the Coloseum, Rome!

[@MegaTriumph1]

Good Tune. I had no idea the Grammy's were named after Gram Parsons.

[@ReelinInTheYears66]

MegaTriumph1 I sincerely hope that was your attempt at sarcasm?

[@wwe52891]

😯

[@margaretross9150]

Well, he was nominated for a Grammy in 1982 for Love Hurts done with Emmylou and the Fallen Angels.

[@RobertLaberge]

To the best of my knowledge, this is the only extant video featuring Gram Parsons with The Byrds.

[@chrislwilliamson]

Half of his vocals on Sweetheart of the Rodeo were re-done and dubbed over by McGuinn

[@lyndakoers1389]

Listened to an interview with gram Parsons about his time with the Byrds. Dwight.yoakam had talked about it.

[@ricpagli]

Recently I knew that in that period they were host in a program of Rai (Italian Public Television). The program is now available on raiplay, but I have still to search the Byrds performance: Iìll make you know.

[@kenhabeeb]

Correction: The video does not feature Parsons, of course, as that's McGuinn singing a song he wrote and recorded.

[@thesurfhotrodscene4060]

Lots of questions about the Byrds and Gram Parsons in these comments. Check out the 2 newly published Gary Usher Byrds specials on KZbin and you will get a lot of the amazing answers.

[@magister355]

It's COOL

[@KingpinTBM]

Hey! Mr Spaceman, Won't You Please Take Me Along For A Ride!

[@grantdouglas8523]

How true we find out now.

[@craiganderson3170]

Good one. New to me.

[@richalderson6069]

Does anyone else get rather pissed off when people keep referring to Bohemian Rhapsody as having the "first real promotional video" and they keep finding great old clips like this from the 60's?

[@track2now]

Gram 😘

[@karyluhernandez5966]

Wonderfiull songs 60's

[@pyrojoe711]

Handsome lad.

[@ericsutter6385]

Cool.

[@hellomcflyy]

heh...now find the footage where they got booed off the Grand Ole Opry in 1968 - Id like to see that...

[@josebelindo1641]

were they really there or was it a radio show with Ralph Emery the Drug store truck drivin man

[@hellomcflyy]

they did that interview while they were in Nashville - but they definitely appeared on the Opry - in fact - they changed songs at the last second (playing Hickory Wind instead of some cover) - which irked the producers - seems like we would have seen the footage if it still existed...

[@josebelindo1641]

was that a TV show like He - Haw or just a concert that was never filmed ?

[@hellomcflyy]

a country music show - live music - here is Roger with the "truck drivin man" himself in the 80s - telling the story - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHvGfIyvf7GZmK8

[@josebelindo1641]

ok but this is a TV talk show was the Grand Old opry just a concert or was it filmed ?

[@templetonparceley8645]

Psych tinged country in ancient Rome's Colosseum...... Wow!!!!

[@karlfritz47]

Damm i love the guitar at 130

[@gaspersignorelli2243]

So Mr Spaceman did take them for a ride. To Rome. Better food than Mars and there's Sophia Loren and other architectural marvels. Good choice Spacy!

[@travisdare8241]

Willie wild 🎉 😢😜🤪😹😮

[@andyinoregon]

Gram Parsons at 1:22 reminds me of singer Pete Droge ("If You Don't Love Me").

[@kennethlikens5396]

Oh that was Elvis in 1954. He sure showed them!

[@ArkRed1]

It was some sort of a Zen vision thing or something. I remember reading about it back in the seventies. Probably Google has it.

[@harvey1954]

Never saw this one before. Gram pretending to play dobro and Doug Dillard on banjo. Piper's Club in Rome gig. That's why you see the Coliseum in the clip. For Italian TV.

[@joshuafuller9898]

Rodney Dillard? Doug Dillard is playing banjo, but Rodney isn't there.

[@harvey1954]

@@joshuafuller9898 Yes, my mistake.

[@justineevans7974]

There is movies that the best beat CD the Beatles fans never have heard.

[@HarryTakagi]

Why did they select this song in 1968 again? (In 1967, with Gene Clark too) I'm a little bit confused.

[@MrBrutal33]

Gran had contractual problems that prevented him appearing on The Byrds tracks which is why his vocals were re-recorded for Sweethearts of the Rodeo....

[@margaretross9150]

Well... Gary Usher acknowledged in an interview that the legal issues were fixed by the lawyers and that Gram's vocals were rationed because Usher and the band (meaning McGuinn and Hillman) didn't want it to be a Gram Parsons album. A pity if they were aiming for quality, but now we can hear his vocals. Much better IMHO.

[@soulvigilante]

Boy, that Gram Parsons fella sure sounds a lot like David Crosby...

[@mollymojave484]

Soulvigilante gram is playing the acoustic as a flat top lol

[@bobdjukic4760]

@@cynjansen Gram Parsons does NOT play (or sing) on this song, which is precisely why he DOES sound like David Crosby. Yes, he does appear in the video lamely lip-synching to the original tune (which was recorded in 1966, more than two years before he'd joined the group), but it is neither his voice nor his guitar licks. The dude was just faking it.

[@24666dem]

You could see Gram was sarcastically mumbling in a lip sync fashion.

[@mikebloomfield2147]

@@cynjansen Gram Parsons was vocally way out of David Crosby’s league.

[@kenhabeeb]

@@mikebloomfield2147 In complete agreement. His effort with Emmylou Harris is excellent if you need funeral music. ;)

[@caran26]

Excellent video of their legendary visit to Rome, with Gram Parsons, Doug Dillard next to Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and Kevin Kelly. My favorite Byrds cast if also Gene Clark would have been there ! If you want to hear the banjo of Doug, or Gram singing go to kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKPcdaZ7oaadhpo that has their whole appearance in the Piper Club in Rome, same days in high quality , right from a Dutch radio recording Show less REPLY

[@WingchickWindyWarren]

Chaim Caran I am curious- what happened with the Byrds in Rome? Obviously the video, but I'd like to hear what you know. Thanks!

[@tomformanek3312]

Doug Dillard had a date in destiny with Gene Clark. Gene wouldn't have flown to Rome.

[@brianlemasters3945]

Chaim caran,thanks for helping others to find sites for this beautiful bands music,cosmic American as gramused to say.i still play and sing these +,fbb's with GP.thanks. Brian let masters.

[@davidmurray2539]

The vocals and songwriting took these Byrds on a steep nosedive. This is one of the poorer tracks from the brilliant 5D album repeated here for God knows what reason with 40% of the original group. When you lose two of the era's greatest creative talents in Gene Clark and David Crosby, just scrap the flight plan. You are flapping your wings to no avail.

[@francinejansen1889]

Roger mcguin 💜💜💜

[@jeffkendall9188]

how much video exists of the country gram byrds

[@Chuckles..]

Roger is such a clean cut young man here. I wonder why his eyes are so red.

[@ceilingsandfloors]

Probably because he had woken up that morning with light in his eyes.

[@mk773920ify]

I didn't realize until now that the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band's "I'm the Urban Spaceman" is a parody of this song....

[@ednorton1082]

Interesting video which had to be filmed around 1968. They're lip synching to the original version recorded in 1966 and which appeared on the 5D album. Roger's bandmates in this video are John Hartford(I think), Chris Hillman , Kevin Kelly(Hillman's cousin) and Gram Parsons. This lineup (and others) recorded "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" in 1968. Roger and Chris were the only guys from this group on the original recording of Mr.Spaceman.

[@maxmerry8470]

The other guy in the video is Doug Dillard, not John Hartford.

[@ednorton1082]

@@maxmerry8470 thanks

[@maxmerry8470]

ED NORTON.....Hartford did, however, play on the "Sweetheart" album which Dillard didn't. Doug was with the Byrds for some of the European tour of 1968 which explains his appearance in this film. He would shortly be teaming up with Gene Clark, of course,.......but that's another story :-)

[@pattiazure9113]

✌💃💃💃💃💃💃

[@TheBanMan]

They made a music video for a two year old song?

[@michaelrose3101]

I thought something didn't add up. ..l was positive this was recorded way prior Gram....getting older the memory is dipping.

[@lilajagears8317]

@@michaelrose3101 1965 not 68

[@michaelrose3101]

@@lilajagears8317 Thanks Lila didn't check l have the album knew it had to be 65 or 66.

[@mississippichris]

Banjoist on left at 2:03....Isn't that Doug Dillard?

[@aladdintrips]

Isn’t it filmed in Tunisia ? I kinda recognize places I v visited there. The first background seen in this video was used in the movie The English Patient. If I m not mistaken.

[@margaretross9150]

It was filmed in the Coliseum in Rome.

[@abbdabs67]

is this the only video of the country byrds

[@josebelindo1641]

1:09 MR 12 STRING MAN is 6 foot 2

[@mrsixiesrock2274]

He's actually only 5 foot 10.

[@dmellis]

Does anyone know why the made this video two years after the song was recorded? In those days two years meant 4 indispensable classics from this band even with all the turnover.

[@larrybuxton4614]

Did Gram Parsons ever actually play piano with The Byrds? I know that's why he was ostensibly hired, but I've never seen or heard him play keys, only guitar.

[@ptownscribe1254]

I've read reports of him playing electric piano on live versions of songs like "So You Want to Be A R&R Star."

[@MrPhilfridge]

Yes on stage , but in the studio it was Earl Ball, which is no surprise as Earl was brilliant

[@schmozzer]

At gigs in 1968 Gram played an electric organ on the rock songs and acoustic guitar on the country numbers. The organ sounded terrible.

[@basura2001]

Is that a mangy caterpillar on Gram's upper lip?

[@love-vy1ry]

Strange Mr. Spaceman just landed in Rome at the Colesseum. It was the end of the Roman Empire.....hihihi

[@ArkRed1]

Was that when McGuinn's first name was Jim? That's when I knew him.

[@onezitman]

he changed it from jim to roger...no idea why

[@joshuafuller9898]

@@onezitman Subud religious conversion.

[@tomformanek3312]

@@onezitman Someone from tje "other side" instructed him. It was the 60's dude.

[@josebelindo1641]

1:29 GUITAR SOLO

[@omarengo]

Colosseum - Rome

[@matthatter2849]

20 something year old Roger looking like he just turned 16 with that haircut and suit!

[@kenhabeeb]

And if you've see or heard his bio, you'll know that McGuinn was already in big-time demand as a performing and studio musician by then.

[@charold3]

Ha! Gram on pseudo-dobro!

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

A pity they had them facing the sun so they are all squinting.

[@NoDontBugMe]

Gram is nodding off