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Teen Lounge
We've opened a Teen Lounge in our Main Building. It's available every afternoon, Monday through Friday, from 1pm to 5pm. Foosball, wifi, games, art supplies, music, bean-bag chairs, and snacks. It's a fun, funky place to hang out for our local teens. For info, contact our Teen Lounge Coordinator, Cynthia Sumner, at teenlounge@seb.org.
Coming Up
Roland White & Band
Friday, February 24
Bluegrass hero: Roland White & his band (Laurie Lewis, Keith Little, Pat Sauber, Bill Amatneek)
An Evening with Roger McGuinn
Sat, Jan 28 @ 8pm
ON-LINE SALES CLOSED
GENERAL TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR: $35
Tickets purchased online will be mailed until Jan 13. After Jan 13 tickets will be held in will call.
Note: Service charges apply for all online & phone transactions.
Jim McGuinn, later known as Roger, was already a veteran of the New York and Los Angeles music scene when he co-founded the group that would become the Byrds with Gene Clark and David Crosby in 1964.
Within a few months, McGuinn, Clark & Crosby were looking to expand their group. Conga player Michael Clarke was recruited because he looked like two of the Rolling Stones. Mandolin player Chris Hillman was asked to join the group and learn to play the bass guitar. During a Thanksgiving dinner the band settled on the name "Byrds," and success was just around the corner.
Columbia Records signed the Byrds in January 1965 and they recorded their first number one hit, "Mr. Tambourine Man." In 1968 McGuinn and Hillman hired Gram Parsons and headed for Nashville where they recorded the now critically acclaimed "Sweetheart of the Rodeo.” Roger McGuinn disbanded the Byrds in 1973 to pursue his dream of a solo career. He made five solo albums on Columbia Records. McGuinn rejoined Gene Clark and Chris Hillman in 1978 on Capitol Records for three albums. In 1981 Roger decided it was time to return to his folk roots and began touring solo acoustic.
Arista records released "Back From Rio" in 1991, a rock album that included his friends, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Michael Penn and John Jorgensen. After touring extensively to support the album he returned to his roots - folk music.
In November 1995, McGuinn began recording and uploading to the Internet a series of traditional folk songs to his web site. The recordings are available for free download at the "Folk Den - http://folkden.com," part of McGuinn's home page - http://mcguinn.com.
The autobiographical one man show, "Live from Mars," was released on Hollywood Records in November of 1996. The album includes two studio tracks, "May The Road Rise To Meet You," and "Fireworks," recorded in Minneapolis with members of the Jayhawks.
Roger's next CD was recorded on Appleseed Recordings, titled "Treasures From The Folk Den." A CD of favorite songs from the Folk Den with the added bonus of duets with Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Odetta, Jean Ritchie, Josh White Jr. and Frank and Mary Hamilton. It was nominated for a Grammy in 2002 in the category of "Best Traditional Folk Album."
