Roots of Alt-Country - Byrds

I love discovering new music. I don't mean music that was recently recorded, I mean music that is new to me.

I like Alt-Country. In particular, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt, Jayhawks, Old 97's.

It is widely recognized that the band Uncle Tupelo started the Alt-country sound with their 1990 album "No Depression". Uncle Tupelo later split up with the members forming Wilco and Son Volt.

If you like alt-country then you might want to check out what was going on in the music scene in the late 1960's. I am going to help you.

If you have never heard The Byrds 1968 album "Sweethearts of the Rodeo", you need to.

Here is a video of the Byrds with Earl Scruggs covering a Bob Dylan song.