The Byrds -Sweetheart Of the Rodeo ( 50th Anniversary Tour )

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @vayabroder729
    @vayabroder729 2 года назад +46

    Anything that Marty or any of the Superlatives is involved with is GOLD.

  • @djangodunn5968
    @djangodunn5968 Год назад +5

    When this album came out many haters hated this dynamic new sound! I loved it

  • @WillyPDX94
    @WillyPDX94 2 года назад +45

    Marty and Chris are a great match. They both are true students of country music history, can play it all all, and bring such heart and soul to everything they do. The Fabulous Superlatives are the greatest band ever, and Chris is a big part of that. ✌❤

    • @vayabroder729
      @vayabroder729 2 года назад +1

      Right on; the best band I’ve seen and heard.

  • @chrismiles8822
    @chrismiles8822 Год назад +10

    Gram Parson's enthusiasm made SWEETHEARTS a monumental , ground breaking album. Timeless and authenic.

  • @deniseheupel8814
    @deniseheupel8814 2 года назад +28

    I could listen to this guy for hours! He always has the most interesting stories!👍😎👍

    • @thomaspick4123
      @thomaspick4123 2 года назад

      He should give that handkerchief back to the German Shepard dog he took it off of.

  • @WillyPDX94
    @WillyPDX94 2 года назад +9

    I wish I could give this 1,000 likes. Chris is a great storyteller as well as being a world-class multi-instrumentalist. 💪🏻

  • @jamesdillman6811
    @jamesdillman6811 2 года назад +12

    Every time I see Chris on one of your videos, I say to myself, “Okay, this is it. This can’t be topped.” Then you come along a few days later and prove me wrong. Otis, if you can top this one, you are going to have an almost seventy-year-old man turning cartwheels. Thank you so much, once again.

  • @galenbrewer4229
    @galenbrewer4229 2 года назад +5

    Thanks!!! Love Sweetheart and the Byrds always. Heard the 50th anniversary show in Austin. Great show! Wore my Sweetheart t-shirt so I didn’t have to buy one ar the show.

  • @mdbostnmt1987
    @mdbostnmt1987 2 года назад +19

    I think that the 12 string, if it is there, is nearly undetectable is why I like that record so much.
    I fell in love with the California Country sound with that record and then got turned onto the Burritos, New Riders, and pretty much any Chris Hillman did afterwards.
    Lloyd’s steel on 100 Years can be injected straight into my veins. Thanks Otis and Chris!

    • @caseysmith544
      @caseysmith544 2 года назад

      I like that and the Non Nashville Country Sound the Most of Country music along with groups like CCR/John Fogerty with his second band who did Country Southern Rock or Country Folk Rock. Infact odd that I did not know that CCR was from California, Bay Area until 15 years ago. I thought the band moved there in the 1960's pre 1966--1968 the Love era into the then crappy parts of town. No clue. But I love the album Blue Moon Swamp from John Fogerty.
      This is why I like the Band my brothers in is Hidden Timber Band (Okoboji South Dakota is where 90% are from with Brother living in State Capital Pierre (Pier) South Dakota) is they are Country Folk Southern Rock with a little Outlaw Country in the sound all Combine into one, a style that ends up being called South Dakota Country Rock/ South Dakota Southern Rock.

  • @mairianncullen8753
    @mairianncullen8753 2 года назад +16

    Wow! Chris Scruggs' interview segments are so full of priceless information. That Sweetheart of the Rodeo 50th anniversary tour was really special. Kudos to Marty and the Fabulous Superlatives!

  • @douglasalan5783
    @douglasalan5783 2 года назад +1

    Fascinating interview. Chris Scruggs is the consummate pro, just like his fellow Fabulous Superlatives and, of course, Marty.

  • @dbob3405
    @dbob3405 2 года назад +5

    Caught the Ryman date and it was a real treat. I cannot imagine any band other than MS and the superlatives supporting McGuinn and Hillman. Thanks to those guys for an amazing night of music

  • @johnedawson
    @johnedawson 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow, what an excellent, informative talk! Thank you!

  • @brianjones7521
    @brianjones7521 2 года назад +9

    You deserve an award for your work...Otis Gibbs.

  • @crazywisdom2
    @crazywisdom2 2 года назад +5

    Anything with Marty Stuart is Gold. And as always ... Otis has the best stories. Thanks Chris.

  • @bglrj
    @bglrj 2 года назад +13

    I love love this album. It changed music and it changed my life. It was like the Velvet Underground and Nico album but for Country Rock, in that it didn't sell beans but influenced everyone. At the time, many thought it was a failure, but today it probably would be considered the greatest Byrds album.

    • @lordofthemound3890
      @lordofthemound3890 2 года назад +7

      Funny how that works, isn’t it. A couple years previous, Pet Sounds was seen as a huge failure, too.

    • @JangleBoxPedals
      @JangleBoxPedals 2 года назад +2

      You are correct about initial sales of the Columbia album, but of all the Sony Byrds' reissues in the '90s, Sweetheart was the biggest seller. I guess people finally caught up to its greatness.

  • @tededuncan2306
    @tededuncan2306 6 месяцев назад +1

    I can’t believe I missed this tour 😩

  • @vintagevinylvets1187
    @vintagevinylvets1187 2 года назад +3

    No need to see a jeweler, Chris Scruggs is all the gold you need-priceless!🙏🏻🎧🎸

  • @JoshLooperMusic
    @JoshLooperMusic 2 года назад +5

    I had a front row center ticket to this tour and couldn’t go because of a bout of depression. I really regret not making myself go and see and hear those songs. I hope I get another chance to see them in that incarnation of the Byrds. 🙏🏻❤️

  • @doodahdavesrecords4319
    @doodahdavesrecords4319 2 года назад +2

    Love the Byrds and all they did w Gram and Dylan covers

  • @steveberkson3873
    @steveberkson3873 2 года назад +2

    One of my favorite records back-in-the-day 🤗

  • @russcrane
    @russcrane 2 года назад +1

    More Chris Scruggs!! Love this guy!

  • @lanehowell605
    @lanehowell605 2 года назад +4

    Otis Gibbs and Chris Scruggs, Muchas Gracias for yet another STELLAR Episode ~☆~☆~!!

  • @jordanalexander5275
    @jordanalexander5275 2 года назад +5

    John Hartford played fiddle and banjo on sweetheart, one of my favorite albums

    • @davidmurray2539
      @davidmurray2539 2 года назад

      Always loved John Hartford's playing. The album was the worst possible deconstruction of what The Byrds were than I could ever have imagined!

  • @1coopjsn
    @1coopjsn 2 года назад +1

    I always love hearing from Chris -- articulate and humble. This is excellent, Otis.

  • @pamelahay6242
    @pamelahay6242 2 года назад +1

    Boy, doesn’t Chris look a lot like his grandfather?!
    Thanks for this entertaining & informative interview.
    When that 50th Sweetheart Anniversary Tour was announced and the first run of dates announced & I saw dates for Albany NY, I fairly seriously considered booking some flight tickets to NYC to travel up to visit/ stay with my best childhood friend who lives just outside Albany.
    I even got down to checking & booking available seats on line, at the theatre in Albany.
    But…flying half way round the world ftom Perth, Australia seemed perhaps a stretch too far, an unrealistic aspiration.
    I know I woild have loved the show as I always enjoyed Sweetheart of The Rodeo from first listening when I got my copy around 1975 and then had the pleasure of hearing Roger & Chris ( with Gene Clark), play some of their original Byrds hits live, which was unforgettable. Briefly met McGuinn & GC too. I know the Sweetheart Tour would have added an extra canon of cherished memories if I’d made it to Albany in 2018. .

  • @ussexeter4601
    @ussexeter4601 2 года назад +2

    Byrds, Harrison, Rickenbackers. I could listen to these types of interviews all day long. Thanks Otis.

  • @JamesTJordan1
    @JamesTJordan1 2 года назад +1

    I saw the Sweetheart 50th anniversary show in Roanoke, Virginia at the Jefferson Center October 10, 2018. It was a great show, one of the best I've ever seen. Thankful I was able to see it.

  • @publicdomain1103
    @publicdomain1103 Год назад

    I'll be looking out for you next outing to finish the tour. Cherish the Byrds.

  • @chuckinterrante4986
    @chuckinterrante4986 2 года назад

    I went to this show at Moody Auditorium in Austin. It was fantastic as was the visit by Marty and the Fabulous Superlatives at Antone's the year before. Best live stage act in show business! My $.02.

  • @aamapes
    @aamapes Год назад

    Hey Chris - your hard work sure payed off for that tour! We saw you in Albany, NY, and I still think about that show often. It was just amazing…

  • @danmoreno37
    @danmoreno37 2 года назад

    I saw the show in Raleigh N.C. October 2018. It was one of the best shows I have ever seen!

  • @dadsonworldwide3238
    @dadsonworldwide3238 Год назад +1

    Scruggs family just have folk , country , rock , bluegrass music in their DNA.

  • @htsspaul
    @htsspaul 2 года назад +3

    It’s time to release a multi disc cd and dvd of those 50th shows!!

  • @garymarkwood8181
    @garymarkwood8181 8 месяцев назад

    Was such a great show and a memorable night. Never dreamed I would ever see that.

  • @Genjo_N_Mojave
    @Genjo_N_Mojave 2 года назад +2

    *Clarence White is buried a mile and a half down the road here in Lancaster, CA. I will never forget the morning of July 16th 1973, awakening to the newspaper and the news of Clarence being hit by a drunk driver in the parking lot of BJ's Honky Tonk 10 miles down Sierra Highway in Palmdale."*
    *Long live CW and Gram Parsons too. Sweetheart of the Rodeo is/was a Masterpiece!*

  • @StephanieM772
    @StephanieM772 2 года назад +3

    I wish they would release a CD or a DVD of these concerts!

  • @maximusretrievers
    @maximusretrievers Год назад

    Chris Scruggs played in my town Saturday night with the Fabulous Superlatives. Chris did a rendition on the standup double bass of Wipeout that blew away the versions you can find here on RUclips. Marty and the rest of the band were dead-on. Clarence was weaved into the songs with Marty expertly bending the B, on occasion pointing the headstock out into the audience with the bend. So cool! I felt truly honored to be there in Decatur, IL on Saturday night. Thanks Chris! (Thanks Marty, Kenny and Handsome Harry too)

  • @thefilmandmusic
    @thefilmandmusic Месяц назад

    Great interview

  • @donwarnick1089
    @donwarnick1089 2 года назад +1

    Always loved The Birds such a beautiful clean sound

  • @ShadowWizard123
    @ShadowWizard123 2 года назад +18

    Easily one of my favorite albums. Gram was a genius.

  • @leftwrite
    @leftwrite 2 года назад +2

    I was at their tour stop in Austin at the ACL Moody Theatre. What an amazing night of music by amazing musicians.

  • @brianbrino4310
    @brianbrino4310 2 года назад +3

    The byrds were one of our favourites in the 1960’s and I ‘ll probably feel a whole lot better was one of the songs we played in my band! Great group!

  • @mccypr
    @mccypr 2 года назад

    Thanks! Happy New Year! 😎🙂🌞

  • @jaygatsby1
    @jaygatsby1 2 года назад +6

    Chris is a damn talented player as well as being a walking music encyclopedia. Earl’s grandson too. Just coolness all the way around.

  • @JangleBoxPedals
    @JangleBoxPedals 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for the shoutout about JangleBox, Chris! Marty & the Fabulous Superlatives are the greatest touring band in the USA, in my opinion. We never miss a show. The Sweetheart shows in 2018 were sensational. We saw two performances.

  • @julesotis13
    @julesotis13 2 года назад +2

    thanks brothr otis purrfect for a crative editing etc day !

  • @toddnanney9473
    @toddnanney9473 2 года назад +1

    Please somebody, release a DVD of this tour! There are too many of us who would’ve loved to attended one of these shows but couldn’t!! PLEASE!!

  • @nickwebb9290
    @nickwebb9290 Год назад

    This is an excellent insight….and what a great guy Chris is 👍

  • @paulj.ingram2839
    @paulj.ingram2839 2 года назад

    I live in Carmel Valley in Monterey County, 13 miles east of Carmel-By-The-Sea. The tie to Sweetheart Of The Rodeo is the album cover which was drawn by artist Jo Mora who lived in Carmel. That was a poster for the California Rodeo in Salinas.

  • @deadk133
    @deadk133 2 года назад +1

    I love Sweetheart of the Rodeo. It got me to take a deeper dive into country and it got me to take my first deep dive into Gram Parsons. I remeber wishing I could make the anniversary tour, and it sounds like it was well worth seeing.

  • @thomasrichmond601
    @thomasrichmond601 2 года назад

    I felt like back in my music history classes. Have a great new year’s ✌️

  • @backdoorarts5243
    @backdoorarts5243 2 года назад

    Was privileged to catch the New Brunswick, NJ show on the second leg. So glad he talked about it.

  • @drybayoudan5429
    @drybayoudan5429 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for giving a damn, Otis. You, & all your works, have filled the quiet time, during this holiday. Due to weather, many folks were unable to travel. Your content, CDs, & LP, along with my guitar, filled the void.
    Thanks to you & Ms Amy for filling my days w/song & tales of such great musicians, who have gone on before us.

  • @JohnKorvell
    @JohnKorvell 2 года назад +1

    Marty is the best! I love how he's keeping country music history alive. I wish he'd take over for the recently departed Joe Chambers at the Musician"s Hall of Fame. At least with recording artists as Joe did, before they go off into the ether.

  • @petefarley8549
    @petefarley8549 Год назад

    I'm still amazed that, with everything Chris Scruggs has going on for himself, he was thrilled to take on the job of bass player for Marty and the FS lads

  • @mikeheaphy
    @mikeheaphy 2 года назад

    What great stories from a guy that is the real deal about other guys that are the real deal...wonderful to hear these backroom tales !!!

  • @TheMooserolls
    @TheMooserolls 2 года назад +1

    We needed you in Portland

  • @AskZac
    @AskZac 2 года назад +1

    Gold, gold, gold.....

  • @loosieclocker
    @loosieclocker Год назад +1

    The knowledge! The experiences! Could the Superlatives be any cooler?

  • @MrBluoct
    @MrBluoct 2 года назад

    A matter- a -fact delivery combined with a wicked mastery and specificity of dates, tech, players, stories, historic context and ….

  • @mikemestas9835
    @mikemestas9835 2 года назад

    i really like that album and you know what yer talkin about music love

  • @jamesziegler4383
    @jamesziegler4383 2 года назад

    Fascinating

  • @ralphowen3367
    @ralphowen3367 Год назад +1

    I Like The Christian Life greatly inspired me to walk in the Spirit despite what other people think.

  • @Maxx-s7d
    @Maxx-s7d 2 года назад

    Excellent interview many thanks

  • @dissonantcord
    @dissonantcord 2 года назад

    I saw that tour in Akron, OH and Chris is right - it was special and it was fantastic.

  • @turmelmark
    @turmelmark 2 года назад +2

    I appreciate the video, Otis and would love to hear more stories from Chris about the Reunion Tour. I just caught a clip of My Back Pages from that tour and Marty sounds fantastic using Clarance White's B-Bender. Going now to watch more ! Thanks Otis.

  • @artemisXsidecross
    @artemisXsidecross 2 года назад

    Great story and remembrance thank you both 👍

  • @SeeCSeesCC
    @SeeCSeesCC 2 года назад

    ❤and Chris wraps it up with “and that’s good enough for me.
    I love this thank you very much Otis

  • @scottkidwellmusic9175
    @scottkidwellmusic9175 2 года назад +1

    Thank you, Otis 🙏🏻
    I think I know what I'm listening to here shortly.
    Chris' knowledge and recall is amazing. So glad you did these interviews and recorded the history.
    Be good to you 🤍💛

  • @jonathanharmon2284
    @jonathanharmon2284 2 года назад +3

    Ahh, the ol’ Rickenbacker through a Janglebox compressor. The most expensive pedal I own, but it really does make my Rickenbacker sound better than it ever has.

  • @telebender
    @telebender 2 года назад +1

    Wanted to catch that concert run so bad, but alas, it wasn't in the cards. Loved hearing Chris talk about it; love anything Byrds or Marty & Co. related. Happy Holidays to you & your's, Otis. Throw another log on the fire, it's chilly out there!

    • @mikemestas9835
      @mikemestas9835 2 года назад

      and the album cover has a horse there people two

  • @ClintonC.Caraway
    @ClintonC.Caraway 2 года назад

    Otis, I almost bet you could ask Chris Hillman to do an episode, and he would he would. I don't know if you spend much time in California, but he is a really nice guy and super podcast/video friendly. He is my one of my favorite musicians. A rock star who could play a mandolin in a tier one bluegrass band!!

  • @sweetjimmyt
    @sweetjimmyt 2 года назад

    Just adding to the pile-on of love for Chris Scruggs.

  • @JohnLeePedimore
    @JohnLeePedimore 2 года назад

    I was at the show in Saratoga ,CA at the Mountain Winery.. It was awesome.

  • @robinengland5799
    @robinengland5799 2 года назад

    Great stories!! Thanks

  • @reddeserted13
    @reddeserted13 2 года назад

    People in Rifle loved his performance (with the Superlatives) a few weeks ago and are still talking about it.

  • @wesstoner8540
    @wesstoner8540 2 года назад

    Love these stories, please keep them coming.

  • @joyceb.sachsesachse1242
    @joyceb.sachsesachse1242 2 года назад

    OTIS, again you show case music that was special to me . Living in California in the 60s was a time of California country / rock start , it was time that they Bluegrass events all over campgrounds and could listen to artist for a whole weekend and they were very interesting a lot folks like Garcia , Parsons, Young , Stills etc .and many other , would show up and play Bluegrass and country rock . These events were all over the California coast North and South, and sometimes blend in with October fest and mid evil fest . They were very mellow and went on for year , before they became commercial and crappy.

  • @jammininthepast
    @jammininthepast 2 года назад

    Good stuff, thanks Chris and Otis.

  • @BrokerBill
    @BrokerBill 2 года назад

    Ryman show was a life highlight. Thanks so much for your efforts!

  • @paulcarpenter999
    @paulcarpenter999 Год назад

    I'll go to my grave kicking myself for missing this tour.

  • @joeurbanowski321
    @joeurbanowski321 2 года назад +1

    Great to stories about the Byrds..! Thanks Otis.. and Chris.!
    And did Chris find a fountain of youth..?! …doesn’t looks old enough to even been born back then..! Lol…
    Oops… Chris was in the reunion gig… heh.. my bad.🙃

  • @neilwood8794
    @neilwood8794 2 года назад

    Great content again Ottis ❤

  • @s2seltaeb
    @s2seltaeb 2 года назад +1

    I regret not making it to this tour. I remember there were two nights in LA at the Ace Hotel. I couldn’t make it up there, but was even more upset when I found out that Mike Campbell sat it on American Girl for the encore of opening night.

  • @buddylobos5277
    @buddylobos5277 2 года назад

    Really great to watch these with Chris. Big Marty and Byrds fan. I have some of those shows saved on You Tube. Thanks Otis.

  • @joelbates6499
    @joelbates6499 2 года назад +1

    OTIS - NICE WORK - I suggest you have a list of "Otis' Greatest Interviews"! You have a great talent for pulling out a story from all sorts of people and it's always a treat to hear the more colorful storytellers in your world. Chris Scruggs, Chuck Mead, Kenney Vaughn, Jim Herrington, Willie, I can only scratch the surface.
    Keep it rolling in the new year!

  • @williamhopper7873
    @williamhopper7873 2 года назад

    Roger McGuinn was was doing a gig in New Orleans in late 70s or thereabout. Walked into a French Quarter bar with my wife and another couple in the late afternoon. We were the only customers there. Ordered drinks and sat at a table. Down the stairs walked McGuinn to the stage. Plugged in and proceeded to do his sound check, then back up the stairs. The wives had no idea who Roger McGuinn was. Our drinks never came. Free performance!

  • @Rogerbyrd
    @Rogerbyrd 2 года назад

    Wonderful stories! Chris seems like a HUGE music lover and a nice guy

  • @curbshoppin
    @curbshoppin 2 года назад

    Thanks so much for all the interviews you do Marty and his superlatives are my favorite and plus I was a big fan of the Byrds back in the day so much fun listening to Chris talk about the music I lived through and all they did to recreate it for the anniversary tour is awesome.🎶🎶🎶❤️

  • @samhardy2038
    @samhardy2038 2 года назад

    Great story!

  • @andrewzacks
    @andrewzacks 2 года назад

    Great stuff, Otis. One of my all time favorite records….

  • @stevemurray2737
    @stevemurray2737 2 года назад

    So Great!

  • @lanehowell605
    @lanehowell605 2 года назад

    From Philadelphia, Mississippi: excellent Excellent EXCELLENT ~☆~♡~☆~ Harold Lane Howell

  • @stephenlawson3161
    @stephenlawson3161 2 года назад

    Great insight into the Marty Stuart/Byrds connection! Glad I got to hear them do some of it again at Marty's CMHOF residency in 2019.

  • @davidrush6547
    @davidrush6547 2 года назад

    Hey Otis! I am totally loving all these videos you've been posting with Chris Scruggs. I've seen interviews with Marty talking about him and what a knowledgeable guy that he is about music styles and your interviews with him have certainly proved that point. Once again stellar job entertaining all us music aficionado 's Peace and keep up the great work!

  • @sevenmileridgeband
    @sevenmileridgeband 2 года назад

    So cool!!!. There was a tour stop for this near me in Florida, but I had to work that day, but a buddy went, and I did "get the T shirt!!" I love all the tech stuff, pick vs no pick on the bass, and the B Bender guitar. I would like to know more about the B Bender and how it works. thanks Otis and Chris for all of this.

  • @chrisswope6170
    @chrisswope6170 2 года назад

    i was so happy that this tour came to KC. What a great show! Also, Chris is the coolest. To me, the vibe of the Superlatives changed after he joined. Not that I have any insight, but it just seems more like a tight-knit family with Chris.

  • @floydstowe
    @floydstowe 2 года назад

    This guy is awesome what knowledge

  • @christophern4038
    @christophern4038 2 года назад

    Thanks for all that info. I didn't know Clarence was working with them prior to becoming a member. I believe it was the drummer, Gene Parsons, who built the string bender for him but Gene didn't join the Byrds till well after Sweetheart of the Rodeo. I guess Gene and Clarence go right back before Byrds. BTW, Gene sings a beautiful version of Bugler as a tribute to Clarence. Check it out on RUclips