This is from Sweethearts of the Rodeo, the album released in 1968 after Gram Parsons joined The Byrds.
I love this album though it took me a while.
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July 24, 2010 at 11:55 am
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July 24, 2010 at 3:53 pm
About the *Sweetheart of the Rodeo* album, Byrd’s founder Roger McGuinn is quoted as saying”My original idea for *Sweetheart of the Rodeo* was to do a double album, a chronological album, starting with old-timey music–not bluegrass, but pre-bluegrass, dulcimers and nasal Appalachian stuff. Then get into the advanced 1930s version of it, and move it up to modern country, the forties and fifties, with steel guitar and pedal-steel guitar–do the evolution of that kind of music. Then cut it there and bring it up into electronic music, and a kind of space music, and going into futuristic music.”*
To accomplish that vision, McGuinn and the Byrds needed lots of additional talent, lots of musicians. A young, fresh-on-the-scene Gram Parsons was hired as a piano player and, as they say, the rest is history.
* From a wonderful contribution to the 33 1/3 book series, *The Gilded Palace of Sin,* by Bob Proehl (Continuum, 2008), p. x (www.33third.blogspot.com). This small book traces Gram Parson’s musical influences via the back story and history of the Flying Burrito Brothers (and GP’s work with Chris Hillman), and much more.
July 24, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Fred,
I though Gram Parsons gave The Byrds new life, a great and different sound. I was sorry he lasted such a short time. I don’t think they realized what an amazing album this turned out to be.
August 2, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Funny, Sweetheart is usually referred to as a early example of country-rock music, whereas it is really, totally, a country record. This was a brave move for a mainstream band back in ’68. I love the steel guitar
August 3, 2010 at 9:20 am
Philip,
I think it was too brave for The Byrds to handle which I always thought was too bad as I loved this album and the direction they had taken.