Sweethearts of the Rodeo

April 7, 2008

I just heard Midnight Girl in a Sunset Town and looked up The Sweethearts of the Rodeo on Wikipedia, mostly to see if they were still touring. I couldn’t get much information about touring there, but I did learn that they took their name from an album by The Byrds. I’d bet that most people aren’t aware that Janice was married to Vince Gill during his rise to fame (and hers). Not sure what happened there. I was living in the Nashville area at the time, but I don’t remember hearing much about it scandal wise.

Anyway, I dig most of The Sweethearts’ songs. Catchy and stylish. I also learned that they released an album for Sugar Hill records. I’m thinking of checking that out. Sugar Hill puts out a lot of good traditional type stuff, and apparently they were dropped from Columbia because they wanted to experiment with some bluegrass, etc.

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