Cindy Shubin's Regal 12-String Acoustic Guitar

Hoyt Axton and Jim McGuinn

                                                 Within [weeks] of graduating from
[high] school [in 1960] . . . . McGuinn started hanging out at clubs
like the Troubadour in Hollywood, which is where he first met his
later co-writer Bob Hippard, who was then working as a road
manager for Hoyt Axton . . . .

The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited [1998], Johnny Rogan, p. 25

Jim McGuinn • 1962

                     By the end of 1963 . . . . McGuinn received a phone
call from his friend Bob Hippard in Hollywood informing him that
the Troubadour's owner Doug Weston needed someone to open
for Roger Miller and Hoyt Axton. McGuinn relocated to LA but
initially found great difficulty in persuading the denizens of the
Troubadour that he was a credible performer.

The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited [1998], Johnny Rogan, p. 29

Hoyt Axton's 1962 debut album The Balladeer [Horizon WP-1601]
featuring Jim [later Roger] McGuinn on guitar and banjo

Hoyt Axton's 1962 debut album The Balladeer featuring Jim [later Roger] McGuinn
Personally autographed by Hoyt Axton to Cindy Shubin
(Note: "Brisbane Ladies" is thought to be McGuinn's first vocal on record.)

I first heard this song [Brisbane Ladies] when Hoyt Axton sang it to me at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in 1962. He wanted me to sing harmony on it for his recording "THE BALLADEER," on Horizon Records, WP 1601.

We recorded it live at the Troubadour later that week, and when it came out, I was surprised to see the credit "Here as well is the delightful Australian folk ballad, Brisbane Ladies, on which Jimmy McQuinn of the Chad Mitchell Trio harmonizes with Hoyt."

In spite of the misspelled name, I was glad to have been able to sing with Hoyt. I really loved the song too!

-- Roger McGuinn, Mar/Apr 1997

Hoyt Axton's 1963 album Greenback Dollar [Horizon WP-1601]
featuring Jim [later Roger] McGuinn on guitar and banjo
(Note: Greenback Dollar was a 1963 reissue of The Balladeer minus two songs.)

Hoyt Axton's 1963 album Saturday's Child [Horizon WP-1621]
featuring Jim [later Roger] McGuinn on 12-String guitar
(Note: McGuinn's name is spelled correctly on this album's credits.)

VG: How did the Byrds form?

RM: Well, I was playing a solo gig at the
Troubadour, opening for Roger Miller
and   Hoyt Axton.    Gene Clark   came
backstage and told me he liked what I
was doing, and that we should write
some songs together, so we did, then
David Crosby came along and started
singing harmony with us.

-- Roger McGuinn Interview
Vintage Guitar, December 1997, page 118

The Jet Set: Crosby Clark & McGuinn • 1964

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I first heard this song [Brisbane Ladies] when Hoyt Axton sang it to me at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in 1962. He wanted me to sing harmony on it for his recording "THE BALLADEER," on Horizon Records, WP 1601. We recorded it live at the Troubadour later that week, and when it came out, I was surprised to see the credit "Here as well is the delightful Australian folk ballad, Brisbane Ladies, on which Jimmy McQuinn of the Chad Mitchell Trio harmonizes with Hoyt." In spite of the misspelled name, I was glad to have been able to sing with Hoyt. I really loved the song too! -- Roger McGuinn, Mar/Apr 1997