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Sweetheart of the Rodeo

It's 50 years since the release of The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo - the first major country rock album. Plus Bill DeMain reports on the latest music news live from Nashville.

Celebrating 50 years since the release of The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo - the first major country rock album that inspired the whole outlaw movement. Plus songwriter and journalist Bill DeMain reports on the latest music news live from Nashville and shares his insights on how The Byrds were received in Music City when their landmark album came out in 1968.

2 hours

Last on

Fri 31 Aug 2018 20:00

Music Played

  • Ruby Boots

    Don't Talk About It

    • Don't Talk About It.
    • Bloodshot.
    • 3.
  • Garth Brooks

    Ain't Going Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)

    • Garth Brooks - The Hits.
    • Liberty.
  • Ruston Kelly

    Jericho

    • Dying Star.
    • New Rounder.
    • 12.
  • Lori McKenna

    People Get Old

    • The Tree.
    • Thirty Tigers.
    • 003.
  • The Byrds

    You Ain't Going Nowhere

    • Sweetheart Of The Rodeo.
    • Sony Music Cmg.
    • 1.
  • Eric Church

    Heart Like A Wheel

    • Desperate Man.
    • EMI Records Nashville.
    • 003.
  • The War and Treaty

    Are You Ready To Love Me

    • Healing Tide.
    • Strong World Entertainment.
    • 03.
  • Woody Guthrie

    Pretty Boy Floyd

    • Folkways - The Original Vision.
    • Smithsonian Folkways recordings.
    • 2.
  • Eliza Gilkyson

    Conservation

    • Secularia.
    • Red House Records.
    • 03.
  • Coleman, Chris, Dan Dugmore, Doug Lancio, Andy Leftwich, Lewis, Ken, Charlie Peacock, Glenn Worf & Holly Williams

    Drinkin'

    • The Highway.
    • Georgiana Records.
    • 001.
  • Villiers & The Villains

    When My Heart Was Broke

    • Music Confounds The Machines.
    • FBA Records.
    • 7.
  • The Byrds

    The Christian Life

    • Sweetheart Of The Rodeo.
    • Sony Music Cmg.
    • 3.
  • William Bell

    You Dont Miss Your Water (Till Your Well Runs Down)

    • The Stax Story: Kinda Blue.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 2.
  • Lee Ann Womack

    The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone

    • The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone.
    • ATO Records.
    • 002.
  • Ethan Johns & The Black Eyed Dogs

    Couldn't Let Go

    • Anamnesis.
    • The Crows Records.
    • 9.
  • Bill Monroe

    I Am A Pilgrim

    • Blue Grass 1950-1958 CD4.
    • Masterpieces - Country.
    • 19.
  • Cindy Walker

    Blue Canadian Rockies

    • Words & Music by Cindy Walker.
    • Bacm.
  • The Wood Brothers

    River Takes The Town

    • One Drop Of Truth.
    • Thirty Tigers.
    • 01.
  • Anna & Elizabeth

    Mother In The Graveyard

    • The Invisible Comes To Us.
    • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
    • 10.
  • Rayland Baxter

    79 Shiny Revolvers

    • Wide Awake.
    • ATO Records.
    • 004.
  • The Byrds

    Hickory Wind

    • Sweetheart Of The Rodeo.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 7.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 28 Aug 2018 21:00
  • Fri 31 Aug 2018 20:00

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