Co-founders Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman are commemorating the Byrds' pioneering 1968 country-rock gem Sweetheart of the Rodeo on a new 24-song live album recorded with Marty Stuart. Roger McGuinn, ...

The Byrds decided to radically switch things up with their music by producing Sweetheart Of The Rodeo in 1968. It’s a classic album, and it also changed the world of progressive country music forever.

Saying anything is the absolute first in music history can be a tricky bit of business. But you can fairly argue that The Byrds’ Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, released in 1968, stood out at the time as the ...

When the album “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” by the Byrds came out in August of 1968, I wasn’t quite born yet. But from what I’ve since read and heard, it marked a turning point not only for the band, but ...