San DIEGO TROUBADOUR: Any sage advice to budding young troubadours starting out? I think one of the advantages you had starting out was the same opportunity Jackie Gleason had – a comedian who was also a great actor. He had vaudeville experience. You had the experience of going out on the road with Bob Gibson and playing at the Gate of Horn folk club in Chicago. Any advice for the current generation? ROGER McGuinn: Sure! I’ll give you the advice that Bobby Darin gave me. And Bobby Darin got this probably from George Burns, who was a vaudevillian before he was a movie star and a stand-up comedian. Get up in front of audiences as much as you can. It doesn’t really matter how good you are at home. You have to do it under pressure. You have to test it under the pressure of a discerning audience who may or may not like what you’re doing. That makes a big difference, you know. You may be fine at home, you could be sailing through this thing and think you got it down. And then you get in fr...
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