The Byrds

Ask any country rocker from Hank Williams III to Steve Earle to name his favorite country rock album, and he'll likely say Sweetheart of the Rodeo. This seminal 1968 album revolutionized country rock, a genre that eventually spawned the Eagles, numerous country music "Outlaws," and the entire alt country movement.

The Byrds, during the not-so-Great Folk-Rock controversy, attempted to qualify their own
individual transition by saying: "If only one line of 'Mr. Tambourine Man' (which they had
just recorded) gets through to the kids it'll have been worth it." The Byrds had all been
Folkies and their subscription to Dylan's new method of "getting the message across"
(something Dylan himself denied trying to do) was of no little significance. What... More >