Some 35 years after becoming one of the first musicians to meld traditional folk music with rock and roll, Roger McGuinn is still pioneering the folk/tech connection-online. The founder, lead singer and lead guitarist of the legendary rock group the Byrds, has become one of the most recognizable names on MP3.com. His page on the site artists.mp3s.com/artists/11/roger_mcguinn.html offers free downloads of nearly a dozen of his recent solo recordings in the MP3 music-compression format that is transforming how audio recordings are distributed. McGuinn offers renditions of old English ballads (like "John Riley"), sea chanteys (like "The Bonny Ship the Diamond"), blues (like "James Alley Blues") and gospel (like "Mighty Day")-all with his infectious vocals and trademark jangly sound of the 12-string guitar and banjo.

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