Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman & Marty Stuart - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo: 50th Anniversary Live [Transparent Gold Vinyl]

In 2018, Byrds co-founders Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman teamed up with country and bluegrass star Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives for a 50th anniversary salute to the Byrds' watershed 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo, a work that helped usher in the whole genre of country-rock music.

Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sweetheart of the Rodeo on Friday Music. The live event will be pressed on clear gold vinyl and featured in a stunning gatefold cover, which includes tour photos and the historic Jo Mora Sweetheart of the Rodeo album jacket elements.

The album includes 24 amazing tracks, selected from various stops on the 23-city, 27-show tour by Stuart's audio engineer and the album's producer, Mick Conley (Marty Stuart), and mastered impeccably for vinyl release by longtime Byrds reissue producer Joe Reagoso.

Over the decades, Sweetheart of the Rodeo has become widely recognized as a flashpoint in the emergence of country-rock music, and for helping lay down a template for what eventually would be known as Americana music, that invigorating amalgam of rock, country, blues, folk and gospel music. Rolling Stone placed it No. 120 on its ranking of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Format / LP
Released / 05/23/2025
Catalogue / FRIM-4202
Barcode / 829421042020
Artist / Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman & Marty Stuart
Label / Friday Music
Genre / Pop / Rock