Watch a performance of William Bell’s “You Don’t Miss Your Water” from the Sweetheart tour. Sweetheart of the Rodeo was released on August 30, 1968, in the United States (catalogue item CS 9670) and September 27, 1968, in the UK (catalogue item 63353). Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser. In honor of Hillman and McGuinn bringing 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' on the road for its 50th anniversary, here’s a track-by-track breakdown of the original album. Simply this album is where the Byrds trying to find a new direction where they hand over all the creative direction to a new member, Gram Parsons. The Byrds The Byrds ( /ˈbɜrdz/) were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. If you like Suzanne Vega on her first two albums and Songs In Red And Grey you will certainly love Sweetheart Rodeo (and Fireproof, a DL-album I bought later on). Younger Than Yesterday/The Notorious Byrd Brothers/Sweetheart Of The Rodeo Licensed to YouTube by SME (on behalf of Columbia); EMI Music Publishing, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., and 8 Music Rights Societies HOME; Music; Concert Reviews; July 25, 2018 7:10PM PT Concert Review: Ex-Byrds Deliver Stirring ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ Tribute At the Theatre at … Overall, “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” is a Byrds album that didn’t really sound like a Byrds album. The tour stops at the Akron Civic Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 3. The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo was not the first important country-rock album (Gram Parsons managed that feat with the International Submarine Band's debut Safe at Home), and the Byrds were hardly strangers to country music, dipping their toes in the twangy stuff as early as their second album. Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube. Although they onl… Sweetheart of the Rodeo was a celebration of a different kind of life than the rock crowd was presently living, but, it suggested, maybe there was something in it to be savored. It was the first Byrds LP to be issued exclusively in stereo in the United States, although the album was released in both mono and stereo variations in the United Kingdom. Sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (aka Jim McGuinn) remaining the sole consistent member, until the group disbanded in 1973. Watch a performance of William Bell’s “You Don’t Miss Your Water” from the Sweetheart tour. Good thing though, they were exceptional with the rare vocal harmony and the mild guitar tone. Sign in. Sweethearts of the Rodeo was a popular country duo from the USA in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Byrds co-founders Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman saddle up for the 50th anniversary tour of the release of "Sweetheart of the Rodeo.'' Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman will celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Byrds seminal country-rock album Sweetheart of the Rodeo with a series of tour dates this summer and fall. HOME; Music; Concert Reviews; July 25, 2018 7:10PM PT Concert Review: Ex-Byrds Deliver Stirring ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ Tribute At the Theatre at … Watch the video for The Sweetheart of the Rodeo from Emmylou Harris's The Ballad of Sally Rose for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm.