Second night from the same taper, thanks to him!
Taken from Dime:

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Second night from the same taper, thanks to him!
Taken from Dime:

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Thanks!

9/9/18 – Folly Theatre – Kansas City, MO
9/12/18 – Historic Gillioz Theatre – Springfield , MO
9/17/18 – The Egg at Empire State Plaza – Albany, NY
9/18/18 - The Egg at Empire State Plaza – Albany, NY
9/20/18 – The Beacon Theatre – Hopewell, VA
9/24/18 – Town Hall, New York, NY
9/26/18 - The Emerson Colonial Theatre – Boston, MA
10/3/19 – Akron Civic Center – Akron OH
10/8/18 – The Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN
10/10/18 – The Jefferson Center – Roanoke, VA
10/15/18 – Durham Performing Arts Center – Durham, NC
10/21/18 – Byers Theatre – Atlanta, GA

This will be the last electric version of the Byrds so if you have the desire and the disposable cash go see them with your wife or loved one.

Maybe Atlanta on 10/21.

Thanks, tatters.

Sublime version of "Wildflowers" from this week's eTown broadcast.

[www.youtube.com]

[www.etown.org]

[www.metropolitanpresents.com]

TX dates added:

11/9 Majestic Theatre - Dallas TX

[artandseek.org]

11/10 Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater - Austin TX

[acl-live.com]

Sweetheart of the Rodeo at 50: Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman on The Byrds' Country Rock Opus

Jordan Runtagh
August 27, 2018


Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

[people.com]

Coming to the Gillioz Theater Springfield MO

Great seats still left and not all the expensive.


September 12th.....uggggg a Wednesday

Still hoping they are added to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival line-up.

10/7 would be the only possibility, as Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives are opening for Chris Stapleton on 10/5 and 10/6.

It's going to involve 600 miles of driving, but I'm doing a sort of Byrds "trifecta" this autumn. McGuinn/Hillman in Akron, Ohio on Oct. 3, and David Crosby in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Nov. 25. I actually did something very similar to this back in 1981. I saw the McGuinn/Hillman Band in February, and a (rare, at the time) David Crosby solo show in May. The only difference was that I saw both shows in the same 300-seat club .... and I lived walking distance from the club.

More dates:

10/1 Brown Theatre - Louisville KY

[www.kentuckycenter.org]

10/23 EKU Center For The Arts - Richmond KY (on sale 9/7)

[www.ticketfly.com]

10/30 Carnegie Of Homestead Music Hall - Munhall PA (on sale 9/7)

[www.librarymusichall.com]

As we get closer to another round of shows...

Roger McGuinn on The Marty Stuart Show

Pretty Boy Floyd
video: [m.youtube.com]



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I’ve been hoping to see a date added near the Chicago or Milwaukee area. I almost headed to Albany for one of the dates there. The Egg is a great venu and tickets
went fast.

Roger McGuinn on The Marty Stuart Show

My Back Pages
video: [www.youtube.com]

Roger McGuinn on The Marty Stuart Show

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
video: [www.youtube.com]

Live review: The Byrds' Chris Hillman & Roger McGuinn celebrate Sweetheart of the Rodeo at the Folly

By Nick Spacek Sep 10, 2018



In order to assess the longtime reach of the Byrds’ 1968 album, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, one only need look as far as the artist backing Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn at the Folly Theater last night. Marty Stuart’s always had a bit of a rock ‘n’ roll meets country music — best exemplified in his 1990 single, “Hillbilly Rock” — but he’s not the only musician to take the countrified rock ‘n’ roll idea and run with it.

While Sweetheart was pretty much viewed as a minor failure upon its original release, the bands that followed just a few years later, like Poco, Pure Prairie League, and even the Eagles, took what flopped and turned it into a long-running, sustainable genre. Hell, not 24 hours before Hillman, McGuinn, and Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives took the Folly’s stage, I’d been walking out of Lincoln’s Bourbon Theatre, commenting on just how much the triple guitar work on Neko Case’s “Hold On, Hold On” had that Byrds chiming-guitar ring to it.

So what of last night’s show? Based around the 50th anniversary of Sweetheart, its first set was dominated by Byrds classics that led up to, and inspired, the album. That meant less psychedelic offerings and more folk rock. No “Eight Miles High,” but definitely “Mr. Tambourine Man.”

Still, there was a bit of a taste of “Eight Miles High” during the intro to Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives’ “Time Don’t Wait,” the second of two songs the band performed on their own before McGuinn and Hillman rejoined them for the second set. The encore also kicked off with “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star,” which led into a discussion of how the band’s sound ended up influencing a bunch of people. Those people included Tom Petty, whose “American Girl” the musicians then covered in the style of McGuinn’s version from his 1977 Thunderbird LP. It was the first of three Petty covers, including a tear-jerking country-folk take on “Wildflowers” and a raucous rockabilly version of “Runnin’ Down a Dream."

The Sweetheart set — presumably what most of the crowd came for — was not perfect. Whereas the first set featured strong, confident performances of Byrds tunes like “Wasn’t Born to Follow,” a hesitance was detectable on “One Hundred Years From Now” and “The Christian Life.” (The latter especially lacked the I sing with pride element that's so stirring on the record.) And Stuart’s guitar was so high in the mix as to regularly drown out McGuinn’s vocals. Hillman’s voice was stronger than McGuinn’s, although they were both bolstered by Stuart and drummer Harry Stinson on several tracks — and it was those songs that sounded the fullest. Stuart’s twang occasionally overtook the voices of McGuinn and Hillman, but the Superlatives’ frontman would always step back from the mic a little, as if he was aware of who the real attractions were. (That said, his lead vocals on Porter Waggoner’s “Satisfied Mind” were note-perfect, and given that he produced Waggoner’s last-ever album, it made a certain amount of sense.)

Bright spots: the haunting rendition “Hickory Wind,” during the intro of we were told the story of its surprise performance on the Grand Old Opry. Same goes for the rousing “You’re Still On My Mind,” and the set-closing, audience sing-along reprise of “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.”

And for perspective: Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn, with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, doing the music of the Byrds, including all of Sweetheart of the Rodeo, is the sort of thing that only ever comes through town once. The amazingness of sitting in the Folly and hearing these musicians do “Turn! Turn! Turn!” shaved off any rough edges with sheer, unfettered joy.

Setlist

Set 1:

My Back Pages

A Satisfied Mind (Porter Wagoner cover)

Mr. Spaceman

Time Between

Old John Robertson

Wasn't Born to Follow

Sing Me Back Home (Merle Haggard cover)

Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man

Mr. Tambourine Man

Set 2:

Country Boy Rock & Roll (Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives only)

Time Don't Wait (Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives only)

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie cover)

Hickory Wind

Life in Prison (Merle Haggard and The Strangers cover)

One Hundred Years From Now

Nothing Was Delivered

Blue Canadian Rockies (Gene Autry cover)

The Christian Life (The Louvin Brothers cover)

You're Still on My Mind (George Jones cover)

You Don't Miss Your Water (William Bell cover)

I Am a Pilgrim

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Reprise, audience singalong)

Encore:

So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star

American Girl (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover)

Wildflowers (Tom Petty cover)

Runnin' Down a Dream (Tom Petty cover) (with Marty Stuart)

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)

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I knew the Petty stuff was saying. This is clearly the tour setlist.

I guess if you want to hear "Eight Miles High" you'll have to see Crosby. It's the only Byrds song in his current setlist.



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Tickets for this Sunday at The Town Hall are still available...

Sweetheart of the Rodeo Sunday September 23rd

NJ date added:

10/28 State Theatre - New Brunswick NJ

[www.metropolitanpresents.com]

I love that setlist!!!! @#$%& I hope they bring it to Europe. Northern Germany - I could do that. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo is an all time favourite of mine.

JumpingKentFlash

Review from Boston:






Click HERE for Sweetheart of the Rodeo Boston Globe Review


See you in Akron, OH...

UK dates please!

Wifey and I went to Akron last night...
Truly astounding.

What a joy to see this group of talented musicians having so much fun celebrating life.

Magic.

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Wifey and I went to Akron last night...
Truly astounding.

What a joy to see this group of talented musicians having so much fun celebrating life.

Magic.

One of the most positive, life-affirming concerts I've ever attended, full of dazzling musical brilliance and emotional resonance in places where I wouldn't necessarily have expected to find them. As a matter of fact, my absolute favorite moment of the evening was "Time Don't Wait," which was just Marty and his band, with nary a Byrd in sight.



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One of the most positive, life-affirming concerts I've ever attended, full of dazzling musical brilliance and emotional resonance in places where I wouldn't necessarily have expected to find them. As a matter of fact, my absolute favorite moment of the evening was "Time Don't Wait," which was just Marty and his band, with nary a Byrd in sight.

Glad you made it, tatters!

What a show. Saw the one at NYC Town Hall