Old Town School welcomes favorite folks for 50th reunion

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: November 30, 2007| Author: Mary Houlihan | Copyright information

Over its 50-year history, thousands of singers, songwriters, musicians, teachers and students have ambled through the doors of the Old Town School of Folk Music. All have been embraced in a warm bear hug of musical inspiration.

That legacy is not lost on Roger McGuinn, leader of the 1960s folk-rock group the Byrds. As a youngster, he hung around the original school (333 W. North) and learned banjo and guitar from Old Town co-founder Frank Hamilton. McGuinn is one of the musicians who...