{"id":798260,"date":"2019-08-05T14:36:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T20:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=867464"},"modified":"2019-08-05T14:36:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T20:36:12","slug":"roger-mcguinn-shoots-down-david-crosbys-byrds-reunion-idea-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/roger-mcguinn-shoots-down-david-crosbys-byrds-reunion-idea-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger McGuinn Shoots Down David Crosby\u2019s Byrds Reunion Idea (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Crosby<\/a> urged his former Byrds bandmate Roger McGuinn<\/a> to reunite the group over the weekend, asking the singer on Twitter<\/a>, \u201cWant to do a couple of Byrds dates? I\u2019ll just sing harmony. No talking?\u201d<\/p>\n

McGuinn didn\u2019t respond to the tweet, but a representative did when reached for a comment. \u201cNeither Roger or Chris entertain the idea of a Byrds reunion,\u201d McGuinn\u2019s rep wrote. \u201cRoger was just tired of David crying about being hated. DC is not hated but that doesn\u2019t mean anyone wants to work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crosby\u2019s initial query came in response to a tweet from McGuinn complaining that Crosby unfairly lumped him in with Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash as former bandmates that \u201cwon\u2019t even talk to me\u201d and \u201chate my guts\u201d in his new documentary David Crosby: Remember My Name.<\/em> \u201cYou\u2019re saying I won\u2019t talk to you and hate you,\u201d McGuinn wrote<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s just not true!\u201d<\/p>\n

The two bandmates have had a somewhat strained relationship over the years, but McGuinn (unlike Stills, Nash and Young) did film a new interview for the documentary and they communicate regularly, at least via Twitter. \u201cThanks Roger,\u201d Crosby wrote back. \u201cMust have mixed you up with those other guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

The surviving members of the Byrds<\/a> (McGuinn, Crosby and Chris Hillman) haven\u2019t played together since a brief, two-song set at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 19 years ago. Crosby has been very vocal about his desire for them to reform the band since then. \u201c[Roger is] just not interested in a Byrds reunion,\u201d he told Rolling Stone<\/em> in 2013.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s a shame because he and Chris and I could do it. It would be great fun, but I got tired of asking him. I must have asked him at least 10 times and he always says no\u2026And to me a reunion wouldn\u2019t be about the money. I honestly don\u2019t even think it would even by that big of a money deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGuinn explained to Rolling Stone<\/em> that same year why a Byrds reunion would probably never happen. \u201cI\u2019m happy with the Byrds as a good memory,\u201d he said.<\/a> \u201cDavid and I have talked about this at length, and to me a reunion would just be for the money. We\u2019d go out and play some sheds, maybe gross a couple of million dollars and split it four or five ways. I\u2019m not attracted to expensive things. I don\u2019t need a Ferrari or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, however, McGuinn and Chris Hillman celebrated by the 50th anniversary of the Byrds country rock masterpiece Sweetheart of the Rodeo<\/em> by playing it straight through on tour. The album was recorded shortly after Crosby was dismissed from the group, but the show featured an extended set of songs from Crosby\u2019s era like \u201cMr. Tambourine Man,\u201d \u201cMr. Spaceman\u201d and \u201cSo You Want to Be a Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll Star.\u201d<\/p>\n