then take a look around to the Taliban Al Qaeda.” So goes one of the lines of “Eve 2012,” an update by Barry McGuire of his snarling, chart-topping, 1965 protest song “Eve of Destruction.” McGuire ...

In a lot of ways, the success of “Eve Of Destruction” represents a great awakening. By the fall of 1965, the Vietnam War was looking more and more like a quagmire and the young people of America were ...

In September 1965, something quite unexpected — you might even say shocking — happened on the American pop-music charts. Somehow, among such catchy nuggets of ear candy as “I Got You Babe,” “Hang On ...

CHIMACUM — The singer of one of the 1960s’ most poignant protest anthems is headlining a benefit that is intended to subsidize the operation of the Port Townsend Winter Shelter. “Trippin’ the ’60s,” ...

How many Broadway shows has Barry McGuire been in? Barry McGuire has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows. How many West End shows has Barry McGuire been in? Barry McGuire has not appeared in the West End.

As I write this the second Tuesday in November has passed, however it did cause me to recall a One-Hit Wonder from about a half-century earlier. A couple of writers from Lou Adler’s Trousdale Music ...

Barry McGuire has served in The United States Navy, worked as a fisherman, a pipe fitter, was a part of the successful folk group, The New Christy Minstrels, and has been a noted and successful ...

The most iconic protest song of the volatile 1960s? Any single answer is going to generate major debate, but many ’60s aficionados would likely agree that the list should include Barry McGuire’s 1965 ...

They had only about 15 minutes left in the rented recording studio. Time for one more song. Barry McGuire pulled a crumpled piece of paper from his back pocket and propped it on the music stand to ...