Roger McGuinn/Chris Hillman/Marty Stuart - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

Sweethart Of The Rodeo — 50th Anniversary Live

Clear translucent gold vinyl double LP

Striking gatefold album cover with tour photos included

Captured live during their phenomenal 23-city, 27-show 50th Anniversary "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" sold-out tour!

Extensive liner notes and recent interviews with Roger, Chris & Marty!

"An unalloyed joy to see McGuinn and Hillman resurrect this piece of their legacy. 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' was meant to be heard and not merely revered." — Washington Post

"'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' sounds pure and unfiltered, as resonant and lived-in as it did back in 1968.... Age has brought a timely resonance to these tunes, which wasn't possible when the guys singing were still in their 20s." — Dallas Observer

In 2018, Byrds co-founders Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman teamed up with country and bluegrass star Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives for a 50th-anniversary salute to the Byrds' watershed 1968 album "Sweetheart of the Rodeo," a work that helped usher in the whole genre of country-rock music.

Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, and Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" on Friday Music, featured on a stunning 2LP gold vinyl set, which includes tour photos and the historic Jo Mora "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" album cover elements.

The album includes 24 amazing tracks, selected from various stops on the 23-city, 27-show tour by Stuart's audio engineer and the album's producer, Mick Conley (Marty Stuart), and mastered impeccably by long-time Byrds re-issue producer Joe Reagos, of Friday Music.

Over the decades, Sweetheart of the Rodeo has become widely recognized as a flashpoint in the emergence of country-rock music and for helping lay down a template for what eventually would be known as Americana music, that invigorating amalgam of rock, country, blues, folk, and gospel music. Rolling Stone ranked it at No. 120 on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.

"I love the songs and playing with wonderful musicians," McGuinn says. "I loved playing with Marty, the Superlatives, and Chris. It's a great band to play with, and they are pros. This is the best-sounding Byrds record ever made! It was a privilege to work with this band."

"It was one of the best tours-if not THE best — I was ever on in 60 years of being in music. Every night was exciting," Hillman says. "I couldn't think of anybody else to do that presentation with other than Marty and the Superlatives," including bassist/steel guitarist Chris Scruggs, guitarist Kenny Vaughan and drummer Harry Stinson. "Listening to this live recording puts me right back on stage with Roger, Marty, Kenny, Harry and Chris," Hillman adds.

Stuart echoed these sentiments. "Everybody won," he said recently. "That's my thought: As a band, we got to be the Byrds, and Roger and Chris got to be Roger and Chris without having to put up with anything that had to do with band life, and the audience saw things and heard things that they never thought they'd ever see again or have never heard or seen before, right?"

Please join Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives as we enjoy the sounds that can only be known as Sweetheart Of The Rodeo.

 

 

Disc 1

1. My Back Pages

2. A Satisfied Mind

3. Mr. Spaceman

4. Time Between

5. Old John Robertson

6. Wasn't Born to Follow

7. Sing Me Back Home

8. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man

9. Mr. Tambourine Man

10. You Ain't Going Nowhere

11. Pretty Boy Floyd

12. Hickory Wind

Disc 2

1. Life in Prison

2. One Hundred Years from Now

3. Nothing Was Delivered

4. Blue Canadian Rockies

5. The Christian Life

6. You're Still on My Mind

7. You Don't Miss Your Water

8. I Am a Pilgrim

9. So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star

10. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better

11. Eight Miles High

12. Turn! Turn! Turn!

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