He has recorded several albums, but as a graduate of NYU film school, he prefers making films. My Christian faith prevents me from being a business partner with one of the surviving members of the Byrds: "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?" (2 Cor. McGuinnI'm happy to leave the Byrds as a great memory. Once a Byrd, always a Byrd? Is a reunion a possibility? George Harrison loved Roger's"e jangly"e guitar playing"e jangly"e guitar playing It takes from 45 minutes to an hour each morning, but it's a wonderful way to start the day. Then we recite some favorite Bible verses and pray for family, friends and nations. Our daily devotions consist of reading a chapter from the Old Testament, one from the New, a psalm, and a chapter of Proverbs. McGuinnThe Lord has richly blessed me with a wonderful wife and a fulfilling life. One day I prayed, "Oh, Lord, how can I keep from feeling like this?" An answer came to my spirit: "Well, you could accept Jesus." I said silently, "All right, I accept Jesus." The "heavy" feeling left me and I could feel the Holy Spirit moving in me physically. He prayed with me, asking God to take the feeling away, but nothing happened. He was a Christian, and when I told him about the "heavy" feeling, he thought it was spiritual oppression. Right after I began to experience this sensation, I met a jazz piano player named Billy. It felt as though an elephant was standing on my chest and my arms were as heavy as lead. Suddenly a horrible new feeling began to plague me. Some self-preservation instincts were kicking in. The functioning lobes of my brain began demanding that I investigate what was going on spiritually in the world. I thought, "Man, I've only got seven years left," and I panicked. I was doing illegal drugs as well, and Elvis was only seven years older than I was when he died. I had been taking prescription drugs for years-speed and Quaaludes, both of which apparently Elvis had depended upon heavily. Her words left a strong impression on me.Įlvis Presley had just died, and that really shook me up. I'd never heard anyone whom I respected tell me that before. She told me that Jesus was the only way to get to God. I told her I believed Jesus was just one of the prophets, and that all spiritual roads spiraled to the same peak at the top of the mountain. Soon after that, I ran into a friend and we ended up talking about religion. I asked him what he was grinning about and he said, "The Lord just told me that you're going to come to him." I thought he was crazy.
Normally, I would have ignored him, but I was high on cocaine, and I found his grin rather irritating.
This fellow was grinning at me from the bottom of a flight of stairs. But something strange had started happening to me.Īnother Christian appeared at a show in Oklahoma City. I went into the house and locked all the doors. I thought he was crazy, and I didn't want to have anything to do with him or his songs. He said Jesus wanted him to give me some songs he'd written.
In 1977, I found a young man sitting in my front yard one day. McGuinnHere's an excerpt from my autobiography, a work in progress: Tell me about how you became a Christian. It was a great honor to have in some small way influenced our heroes the Beatles. He said George wanted me to know that he had written the song based on the rising and falling notes of my electric Rickenbacker 12-string guitar introduction. McGuinnGeorge Harrison wrote that song after hearing the Byrds' recording of "Bells of Rhymney." He gave a copy of his new recording to Derek Taylor, the Beatles' former press officer, who flew to Los Angeles and brought it to my house. I hear there's a cool story behind "If I Needed Someone."
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