![]() We love and greatly admire both of them and I have to believe this is a show not to be missed. It is truly an honour for me and the Superlatives to get to go out and play music from Sweetheart with Roger and Chris. “From that day forward, I considered Sweetheart of the Rodeo a blueprint as to how I should live my musical life. Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Generic Looks lower end of VG+, plays VG+ light paper scuffs. Upon my first listen, I was mesmerised at the effect of the combined power country music, rock & roll, bluegrass, gospel and folk music had on me. The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (LP, Album, RE) Label: Columbia, Sundazed Music Cat: LP 5215 Media Condition: Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. “I bought my first copy of the record in 1972. “The Byrds’ Sweetheart of the Rodeo recording stands as a milestone in American music,” observed Stuart. The concert will include songs that led up to that ground breaking trip to Nashville and all the songs from the album.” I can’t wait to be on stage with Chris Hillman, Marty Stuart and those Fabulous Superlatives! We’re all looking forward to taking the fans through the back pages of the recording. McGuinn added: “Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sweetheart of the Rodeo with a group of my favourite musicians is an honour. The LP was bookended by the Bob Dylan covers ‘You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere’ and ‘Nothing Was Delivered’ and included Parsons’ ‘One Hundred Years From Now’ and songs by the Louvin Brothers, Woody Guthrie and Merle Haggard. Sweetheart of the Rodeo, the Byrds’ sixth album, marked the arrival of Gram Parsons in the line-up, who encouraged their evolution to a sound that came to be regarded as a prototype of the country-rock style. Tired of dipping a toe into the genre, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman added singer Gram Parsons and drummer Kevin Kelley and went for total immersion. The tour, which begins on 24 July at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, will see the musicians perform the album in full, and tell the stories behind its making. With one mighty swing of the axe, the Byrds changed not only the face of rock 'n' roll but country music, as well, with their sixth album, 1968's Sweetheart Of The Rodeo. They’ll be joined by another great name in US roots music, Marty Stuart, with his band the Fabulous Superlatives, with whom they played a short set to introduce the tour at Stuart’s Late Night Jam on 6 June at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn, two of the founder members of American music giants the Byrds, are reuniting for US dates to mark the 50 th anniversary of the band’s landmark Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album.
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