McGuire, who performed in front of President Lyndon Johnson at the White House, found himself financially broke. Several months after his departure, McGuire's last song with the Minstrels was released, that being "Chim Chim Cheree," a popular song from the movie, Mary Poppins. He said after singing it about 3,000 times he got tired of the song - and tired of the group - and left it in early 1965. Among them was "Green Green," a song he wrote for the Minstrels and which climbed to #14 on the charts. The now bald 74-year-old McGuire brought along his guitar to perform some of the familiar tunes as he gave his life story. McGuire came at the request of longtime friend Lonny Davis of Ceres. The former member of New Christy Minstrels and 1960s folk recording artist spoke about his musical career and Christian conversion before a gathering of the club at Jenny's Family Dining. McGuire admits that his song was negative, he felt, because it "didn't have any answers." Later in life he said he stumbled upon the answer in Jesus Christ.
Barry McGuire told an audience of Ceres Rotary Club members Friday that John Lennon's assessment that his hit song, "Eve of Destruction" as a "negative" song was an accurate one.
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