Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

Description

After inventing folk rock, Roger McGuinn’s band slowly fell apart, with the departures of Gene Clark and then David Crosby. In 1968, McGuinn and Chris Hillman, the only two survivors, brought in the young Gram Parsons: a fanatical country music lover, he completely transformed the band’s music and invented country rock with this album, where his influence predominates, even if McGuinn had to replace his voice with his own on several tracks for contractual reasons (original versions sung by Parsons can be found among the eight excellent bonus tracks on this CD). This fundamental album, ignored when it was released (too country for rock audiences and vice versa), has since influenced a multitude of bands, such as the Jayhawks or Wilco.