Roger McGuinn is so careful to recover the timing, which has considerable impact upon the song. There is clearly room for misinterpretation of the lyrical content and accompaniment.

After geeking out about Macs and iPhones for a while McGuinn took out his seven string and played a sick version of The Byrds hit Eight Miles High. Editorial standards Show Comments Log In to Comment ...

McGuinn’s humility aside, it is inconceivable to think about artists such as Tom Petty, Robyn Hitchcock, REM, the Church, Husker Du (whose punk assault on “Eight Miles High” McGuinn admires ...

There's no point in asking Roger McGuinn if "Eight Miles High" is a drug song. The band claimed at the time it was about flying to an unfriendly London for a tour, but the intent seems obvious ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Roger McGuinn has no interest in reforming The Byrds, the legendary band he led in the 1960s and early ’70s that helped pioneer folk-rock (“Mr. Tambourine Ma… ...

McGuinn no longer had the high vocal notes for "Eight Miles High," but his voice was reassuring. And that Rickenbacker still gives a baby boomer goosebumps.

Besides the folk songs, he’ll also plays some of the Byrds’ folk-rock hits such as “Eight Miles High” and “Mr. Tambourine Man.” McGuinn still enjoys playing them – it shows.

Imagine Roger McGuinn’s Coltrane/Shankar/Szabo tangle-of-wires guitar-raga intro — also played on a 12-string — carefully pulled apart and rearranged to cascade in the breeze instead of ...

“Eight Miles High,” also opening Friday, isn’t the story of the Byrds or any of the musical acts that covered the eponymous 1966 song written by Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, and David Crosby.

I said, ‘Probably about 39,000 feet, maybe seven miles high.’ But The Beatles had a hit with Eight Days a Week, and Gene thought eight was a cooler number than seven.

The Byrds released the psychedelic Top 20 hit 'Eight Miles High' on March 14, 1966.