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Joe Allonby joeallonby at gmail.com
Wed Oct 7 17:22:54 CDT 2009


Most of Gram's vocals were stripped from the Byrd's "Sweethearts of
the Rodeo" because of contractual conflicts and replaced by Roger
McGuinn. He later claimed that Gram was only hired as a piano player
and was never a member of the band despite the fact that he dominates
the record.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Oct 7, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Joe Allonby wrote:
>
>> Don't get me started on the enormous influence of the Waycross
>> Wayfarer aka God's Own Singer. I can cure an Eagle's fan of his
>> unfortunate affliction in one hour with a copy of "Sacred Hearts and
>> Fallen Angels".
>
> Yet country-rock was invented long before by a man tougher and infinitely
> more corrupt, the un-killable "Killer." Funny how things turned out in the
> long run.
>



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