# Barry McGuire | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 16:14 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Barry McGuire
- Visible lyric pages: 8

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `barry-mcguire`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 16:14 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-e7aa09aee93a4653
- Visible lyric pages: 8
- Pages with stored lyric text: 8
- Video-backed song pages: 8
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 10593
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 28
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 9
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Child of our times, Cloudy summer afternoon, Eve of Destruction, What's Exactly The Matter With Me?, Yesterday, You Never Had It So Good, You Were On My Mind, and Barry Mcguire
- Current-month titles with activity: Child of our times, Cloudy summer afternoon, Eve of Destruction, What's Exactly The Matter With Me?, Yesterday, You Never Had It So Good, and You Were On My Mind
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Barry McGuire recorded "Eve of Destruction" in 1965, a song that captured the unease of the Vietnam War era and became a chart hit. The track was co-written with P.F. Sloan. After that initial burst of attention, McGuire kept making records through the 1960s and 1970s. Albums like "This Precious Time" and "Seeds" moved into more personal and spiritual territory, a shift from the protest tone of his early work....

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Child of our times — https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/child-of-our-times
2. Cloudy summer afternoon — https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/cloudy-summer-afternoon
3. Eve of Destruction — https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/eve-of-destruction
4. What's Exactly The Matter With Me? — https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/what-s-exactly-the-matter-with-me
5. Yesterday — https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/yesterday
6. You Never Had It So Good — https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/you-never-had-it-so-good
7. You Were On My Mind — https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/you-were-on-my-mind
8. Barry Mcguire — https://lyroverse.com/barry-mcguire/barry-mcguire