In 1965, at the heart of the peace movement, McGuire went solo. His growing awareness of social hypocrisy was expressed in his third hit “Eve of Destruction” which echoed around the world as an anthem of the times.

Believe It Or Not:
This man was once cast as the male lead in the musical “Hair”

Three years later, Barry was cast as the male lead in the original Broadway production of the musical “Hair.” Once again his voice was heard proclaiming the ideals of a radical generation. Dick Clark says, “When world events collide with Rock&Roll, you get Barry McGuire”.

In the early ’70s Barry’s life took a new direction. Having found his answer to the “Eve of Destruction”, as he describes it, “by stumbling into the Fullness of Truth,” he left Hollywood and set out to do what ever he could to bring about positive change. Barry’s transformation is exemplified in the lyrics of his music which focus on the importance of family, the value of children, and Barry’s personal journey through life.

In 1988/89/90 Barry teamed up with World Vision in New Zealand and sang with more than twenty thousand children from over four hundred primary schools in 57 different cities. These concerts generated nearly two thousand sponsors for third-world children.

In 1994, Barry reunited with his old “New Christy Minstrel” friends and they completed a season (250 shows) at the SierraLand theater, in Oakhurst California, calling themselves “A Gathering of Minstrels.” Barry said, “It was great fun!.”

In February of 1995, Barry McGuire and Terry Talbot got together and started singing some of the old folk songs they used to sing back in the sixties. In the beginning they sang the songs just because they liked the way it felt to sing and harmonize together. Then they discovered that people of all ages liked it too. Their audiences responded with such joy and enthusiasm to the new old music, they received two and sometimes even three standing “O” encores at the end of each show.

After seven years of wall to wall concerts Barry decided to move to New Zealand, his wife’s country of birth. Barry thought he was going into semi-retirement but during his year and a half there, he discovered that his passion is to tell his stories and sing his songs. At 70 years old he’s off and running. Barry has moved back to Fresno, Ca. which is now his home base.

He is starring in Doug Brookins production of “Mr. Hakk N’ Koff”, a vocal satire which makes a strong anti-smoking statement and has been endorsed by The American Cancer Society and “I Pledge Allegiance”, a hot political statement on the politically correct crowd who are trying to take both “The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag” and God out of the American school system. Both songs were penned by Royce and McGuire.

Barry has joined the “New Christy Minstrels” world wide tour and at present is… ON THE ROAD AGAIN!!!