"Just a week after several of the highest-profile members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gathered in New York for the hall's 25th anniversary blowout concerts at Madison Square Garden, another member of that elite pack was setting up in a very different environment.
Without an ounce of hoopla, Chris Hillman, who was inducted into the Rock Hall in 1991 as a founding member of the Byrds, slipped the strap for his mandolin over his shoulder Saturday night, stepped up to a makeshift stage for a church benefit concert. The location? A barn alongside a quiet road in this rural town just north of Santa Maria, 3,000 miles and a world away from the glitzy Madison Square Garden event" - Randy Lewis, LA times.
Being that the Byrds were major players in the Country-Rock scene of the late 60's and well-known influences for numerous Alt-Country outfits of the 90's and beyond, this seemed like a fairly obvious response - Also, I know U2 recorded in a church once, but - according to Hillman's positive review of the Barn's acoustics in the aforementioned article - any chance they may go for a more rustic setting one day?
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