SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO

SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO (c. 1984–1996, sporadically thereafter: Janis Oliver Cummins [gtr, voc] and Kristine Oliver Arnold [gtr, voc]) Taking their name from THE BYRDS' COUNTRY-ROCK album, The Sweethearts were a sister act who took California-style country to its next logical stage. Born in Torrance, California, they were raised in Manhattan Beach, not exactly a country-music capital. (California's country scene was centered in Bakers-field, a dusty inland town northeast of the beach scene.)…