Chris Hillman sounding great, and Chris Scruggs? What a versatile musician! Such great music history on that stage, with Marty Stuart bringing it all together...
Beautiful song! I remember playing this album sweetheart of the rodeo when it came out! The Byrds played at our High School in LA when they were first famous!
Well, this is a band that was put together to take advantage of the next big thing. the hippy movement itself was an orchestrated event by the deep state. Steven Stills tried out for the Monkies and got into Buffalo Springfield as a consolation prize. The Byrds had some local musicians play on the album due to incompetence of some of the players. Look at the initial album cover of The Byrds and check out that they all had Beatle haircuts@@brucemacmillan9581 The Byrds helped lead a CIA psyop assigned to change America from "I Love Lucy" to "Easy Rider" Don't get me wrong, I loved "Mr. Tamboree Man" by the Byrds
@@jsigur157 That would explain their ability - and desire - to play everything note for note. While I readily acknowledge the musical skill necessary to do this, I’ve never been a fan of copy bands.
The Byrds were a huge influence on me as a teen in the 60s. To bad there was personality clashes among them that prevented them staying together longer then what they did. Chris and Roger are all that remains of the original lineup. Sweetheart of The Rodeo is iconic now but at the time of release it wasn't well received by most fans who just weren't warmed up to country sounding music yet. Chris of course was a Mandolin player in Bluegrass circles when he joined The Byrds so it was no stretch for him. Then Gram gave them to an even harder country edge when he joined up. Little by little original Byrds fans like me started growing an appreciation of what they were doing now. Country Rock was cool.
Gary Usher, who produced a number of Byrds albums, said in an interview (a two-parter on RU-vid, lots of Byrds info.) that Chris and Roger often agreed with each other against whatever David's idea was.
@@georgefelton2975 yes I know. David didn't want to release the Carol King tune Goin' Back, as a Byrd's single. He wanted his song Triad to be next. They said it was to controversial. So he got Jefferson Airplane to record it for their next album. Few musicians have ever been more difficult then David. Before they formed as a group McGuinn was already uncomfortable with letting David in. He had known David in Greenish village in New York and knew he was problematic. But he sang great harmony and Gene Clark pushed for his inclusion for that reason.
Chris Skruggs covering the steel on one of the most important landmark steel guitar songs of all time. He nails it better than anyone I've ever heard, he's barely even in the video. Great work.
The steel playing here is certainly great, but for my money, I’ll still take Lloyd Green, Jaydee Maness, or Al Perkins, all of whom have played superb versions of this at various times.
They always have periodically time to time. There never was any animosity between the two of them. Even when Chris left The Byrds it was a professional decision not a personal one. Chris wanted to get back to his musical roots with Gram Parsons. Roger wasn't ready to take The Byrds entirely Country/Rock he still had other type music he wanted to explore more deeply like his excursions with his Moog Synthesizer. Never was my favorite sound probably not Chris either. Once in a while even Chris, Roger, and Gene Clark, would unite again. In 1973 they even got back together with David Crosby for The Byrds Reunion Album. Chris was The Byrds member who could best get along with David and keep him relatively cooperative for short periods of time. Roger had just as soon not even try and Gene was ambivalent about David. That's sort of how things had always been in the group. When Gene and Roger first started together it was Gene who wanted David to join them because of his remarkable harmony singing. Roger wasn't real warm to the idea because he had known David previously in Greenwich Village in New York when he was a music arranger at The Brill Building and knew David could be difficult. Still his great voice won out and he joined Gene and Roger. Then they found Chris and lastly Michael Clarke.
This tour gave many of us a chance to experience the live music of the Byrds. This was a great one, and Marty Stuart added value. So many great songs and their voices were still in good shape. There should be a DVD of this historical tour.
Just saw these guys in Atlanta Sunday night. Best show I've seen in many years. These guys just superb musicians and the songs are perfection. What an incredible night it was!
Why in the world is there no DVD on this tour? Fabulous lineup, storytelling, and songs. I couldn't believe I got to see it, never having seen the Byrds live.
Know the feeling only too well when I've had a plate full of beans & a couple of sodas . There's a " Hickory Wind " rising in the East . Great song. Great performance .
The semi-original Bryds had Gene Parsons and Clarence White. Gene invented the "B-Bender" guitar that produced much of the variable guitar sounds . Clarence White was seriously one of the best guitar musicians that ever lived. Check it out, my friends.
Saw them do the 50th anniversary tour of "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" on Dec 17th, 2018. Great concert with Marty and the Fabulous Superlatives with Kenny Vaughan. Great show. They did every song in the album. and then some other old Byrds songs.
Please don't do this; some people may get their hopes up. The same thing applies to the possible Van Halen shows. There's bad blood there that will cause trouble no matter what. Part of the professionalism that makes the pros great is to face the facts. Whether money can be made isn't at issue - it's the prospect of having to rely on unreliable people that these old pros object to, with the added attraction of withstanding the behavior of skilled professional assholes. These guys are retirement age, and yet they will keep playing and singing - because they LOVE it. Being a musician is a great gift, once you can actually do it; as Tom Petty said, "There's nothing like it; you count the song off, and then, music is happening." So, some lucky people go to see their favorites play music - and show them the love they inspire(the players are there because they love the fans BACK). These great people have every right to not have to suffer to play music, and they're not young anymore. Don't be so damned picky. Go see local musicians. I mean, once the pandemic is handled and life settles into a new normal. Support the new generation of musicians. And be critical; tell them when they ain't good enough - and praise them if they deserve it. YOU have to tell 'em - they won't learn, otherwise. Fortune passes everywhere.
The excellent music of my youth. Nowadays it's too much pop crap and the country music is generated by a formula in a computer and all sounds sickeningly similar.
That ole Oprey prank of switching songs is right up there with Morrison's on the Ed Sullivan Show and Hendrix's when he was just starting out in England on some local broadcast, when he switched to a Cream song instead of the expected "Hey Joe" . Perhaps if Parsons had been forced to worry about money a bit more, he would have gotten the discipline to do what it took or maybe he didn't care about fully making it. He had clearly made it this far in the " Most influential artists from the 70's category His legend is sure stronger, dying young the way he did. What ppl like Hendrix, Parsons and Morrison all had in common is that they lived lives that would have only lost their luster if there had been any concern with living longer. I know Hendrix referred to his impending death several times in songs and Morrison too and though I am not as acquainted with Parsons, it's pretty clear that dying was not on his list of concerns It should be against the law for any kid to grow up with the kind of money Graham did. Always having money for drugs, food, rent, all taken care of
@@margaretross9150 That is a ridiculous statement. Even if Graham said that, it means nothing. His dad died when he was quite young..Had he not died, who knows where Graham would have been and I am sure Graham was quite happy being one of the shining lights from LA
@@margaretross9150 Amazing how tons of money can buffer those kinds of losses. It actually looks like the event had little effect on Graham. I know some ppl where their parent dying was followed by a whole lot of negative acting out from which they never recovered. I don't get that sense here with Graham
I’m an old R&B guy from 1950’ s . I hate the word Souls music as it’s cleaned up blues which didn’t need cleaning . Gram is a country and a blues singer at the same time which really has no comparison. “He Sang for the People’s and people would cry “
David was no a Byrd by that album This was the 50th anniversary of the Sweetheart of the Rodeo album Why aren’t Gram and the Byrds plus the Burritos in the Country music Hall of Fame Pioneers
Gram wrote it with former International Submarine Band member Bob Buchanan. Parsons and McGuinn did co-write "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man"--at a London hotel when the Byrds were on tour.
Have you heard Lloyd Green and JayDee Manus's instrumental CD of the album. They were the original steel players for the album. Don't recognize the guy playing on this one.
Roger McGuinn always reminds me of the Townes Van Zandt song, Pancho and Lefty, McGuinn deserted Gram Parsons but sucked his legendary country influence as if it were his own invention. Roger McGuinn was a better performer than an "artist" or "writer." Years later the "Queen of the Rodeo" album sold more than any of the "Byrds" other albums...this was due to the fame of Gram Parsons. Emmylou Harris saw the greatness of Gram Parsons and this was evolved into her own towering career.
Ils ont pass" leur vie à s'engueuler , se faire des vacheries remplacer Crosby par un cheval sur une pochette d'album , mais on les aime...et ils restent au max ..à la fois triste et beau comme la mélancolie...
Gram Parsons lead himself astray with the help of the druggie scumbags he surrounded himself with. Hillman and McGuinn had no part in it. If not for Gram Parsons, Gram Parsons would have been here to sing his own song.
@@margaretross9150 I stand by my statement, regardless of the childhood that he had. We’ve all had traumatic experiences in our youth, but at what point do we take responsibility for our lives and stop blaming our situation? I agree that Gram’s problems were likely too great for him to overcome on his own, but he certainly had the financial means to seek REAL help rather than turning to the ever popular self-medication that ended up destroying him. I find it strange that you choose to respond to my comment rather than the original one which attempts to blame Hillman for everything. Gram Parsons was responsible for his own demise through the choices that he made, regardless of the negative influences around him. Perhaps if you’d remove him from the godlike status that he holds in your mind, you’d see it as well.
