Roger plays Connecticut - April 27th 2002

frank · Post by **frank** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 11:10 am

I saw Roger McGuinn in April and he sounded great.
It was sponsored by WPLR, a Hartford radio station, but the site was in Meridan Ct.

He played all the songs that Lee Paxton listed in Roger's Performances but he also played "Knockin'
on Heaveans Door".

My question to anyone out there is - Is there either a Byrds or McGuinn recording of Knockin' on Heavens Door???

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 11:36 am

Roger was the elecric 12 string on the original Bob Dylan issue from The Pat Garrett and Billy the kid sound track . He also played on other cuts from that session .

grsnovi · Post by **grsnovi** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 1:23 pm

As well as touring as part of Dylan's Rollingthunder Review

leep · Post by **leep** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 9:38 pm

Yeah, Roger plays on Dylan's original version of "Knockin' on Heavens Door" (as well as a couple other tracks from the album / film soundtrack "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" 1973). 1973 must've been a busy year for McGuinn. He released his very first solo album, participated in the Byrds reunion album, and was on Dylan's "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid", all that same year.

Also, Roger does his own version of "Knockin' on Heavens Door", and it can be found on his album entitled "Roger McGuinn and Band" (1975). It's actually a pretty good version, and the rest of the album isn't bad either (regardless of what Johnny Rogan thinks about this particular 1975 album). I think it's a pretty good album.

frank · Post by **frank** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 12:28 pm

Thanks Mark, Gary & Lee

I'll pick up the Pat Garrett & McGuinn solo
'70 stuff.
I saw The Byrds in the early '70's not sure what the exact year was, but for some reason I think it might have been 1972.