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Jim McGuinn

Jim McGuinn [i]aka[/i] Roger McGuinn (born July 13, 1942, Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American rock musician. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist of the [a215471]. Influenced by the spiritual movement Subud which (according to statements McGuinn himself made in an interview for [i]Rolling Stone[/i]) ascribes importance to "one's name vibrating with one's spirit", he legally changed his name to [i]James Roger McGuinn[/i] in 1967 and thereafter went by the name [i][b]Roger McGuinn[/b][/i] professionally and personally. [b]Note:[/b] Please assign credits that either are the [i]surname alone[/i] (or misspellings thereof) or include the forename [i]Roger[/i] (or its initial) to the alias profile [i]Roger McGuinn[/i] as that profile reflects the name change.