BYRDS - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo LP indie with top-notch harmonies and saccharine

with top-notch harmonies and saccharine melodies throughout

” vocalist / guitarist / multi-instrumentalist Marcos Garcia says

but the lyrical content of tunes like “Footy” tackles rising gentrification in Sydney

The chorus to the incendiary “Step 2: Success” is sneered

BYRDS - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo LP indie with top-notch harmonies and saccharineHighly recommended. Sweetheart of the Rodeo will forever be revered as the Byrds' 1968 album that opened the eyes of the hip and the young to country music. Whether it was the first country rock album doesn't really matter: It was certainly the best and most heartfelt such excursion and paved the way for fabled combos the Flying Burrito Bros. and Poco yet to come. Sweetheart featured the first extensive lineup change for the Byrds, as Roger McGuinn