The Byrds: Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Copy at Case Memorial Library
Christopher Arnott wrote in the New Haven Advocate: "The line-up: High Lonesome Plainsman, Freewheelin' Chris Bousquet with the Telephone Hour. East Coast Country sextet Mercy Meadows. … The repertoire: Bob Dylan's 'You Ain't Going Nowhere' and 'Nothing Was Delivered.' Gram Parsons' 'Hickory Wind' and 'One Hundred Years From Now.' Woody Guthrie's 'Pretty Boy Floyd.' Merle Haggard's 'Life in Prison.' Cindy Walker's 'Blue Canadian Rockies.' And the traditional folk tune 'I Am a Pilgrim.' All from The Byrds' 1968 country-rock milestone LP Sweetheart of the Rodeo. The album showed a depleted Byrds (following the defection of David Crosby and Michael Clarke) rallying behind new sounds and ideals (and the astonishing creativity of new member Gram Parsons), emerging with an uncompromised masterpiece. Masterminded by New Haven area Americana master Bousquet … Saturday's live local Sweetheart tribute shows the same collaborative community spirit that marked the Country Rock era. The show's a benefit for Elm City Cycling" ("Rodeo Ride," 11/29/07, p. 37).
Update, 2/14/08: Amoeba, a California record store and label, writes in to say that they are releasing a free Gram Parsons MP3 every two weeks. The link is here.
Christopher Arnott wrote in the New Haven Advocate: "The line-up: High Lonesome Plainsman, Freewheelin' Chris Bousquet with the Telephone Hour. East Coast Country sextet Mercy Meadows. … The repertoire: Bob Dylan's 'You Ain't Going Nowhere' and 'Nothing Was Delivered.' Gram Parsons' 'Hickory Wind' and 'One Hundred Years From Now.' Woody Guthrie's 'Pretty Boy Floyd.' Merle Haggard's 'Life in Prison.' Cindy Walker's 'Blue Canadian Rockies.' And the traditional folk tune 'I Am a Pilgrim.' All from The Byrds' 1968 country-rock milestone LP Sweetheart of the Rodeo. The album showed a depleted Byrds (following the defection of David Crosby and Michael Clarke) rallying behind new sounds and ideals (and the astonishing creativity of new member Gram Parsons), emerging with an uncompromised masterpiece. Masterminded by New Haven area Americana master Bousquet … Saturday's live local Sweetheart tribute shows the same collaborative community spirit that marked the Country Rock era. The show's a benefit for Elm City Cycling" ("Rodeo Ride," 11/29/07, p. 37).
Update, 2/14/08: Amoeba, a California record store and label, writes in to say that they are releasing a free Gram Parsons MP3 every two weeks. The link is here.
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