While famed Bluegrass godfather Bill Monroe proposed an almost cult-like, puritan insularity for the music’s practitioners, banjo-guitar maestro Herb Pedersen has memorably rambled through just about ...

First he was a Byrd, then a Flying Burrito Brother. Both bands were hugely influential -- the Byrds crafting chiming folk-rock before shifting into country-rock and Americana, which the Flying Burrito ...

It may be an overstatement to say that Chris Hillman invented country-rock, but it's fair enough to say he helped. Hillman, who plays The Seasons Performance Hall on Friday with his longtime ...

As members of The Byrds, The Dillards, The Flying Burrito Brothers and the Desert Rose Band, Hillman and Pedersen have been part of the fabric of... Chris Hillman And Herb Pedersen On Mountain Stage ...

Guitarist Herb Pedersen looks back at his time with the Desert Rose Band with equal amounts of fondness and pride. The group was a collaboration between Pedersen, Chris Hillman and other top-tier ...

In early 1964, a shy teenaged, bluegrass-loving mandolin player named Chris Hillman was invited to hear a newly forming folk band called The Byrds. Along with Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark ...

Chris Hillman said he thought he was all done making records. And, as a founding member of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and the Desert Rose Band, not to mention a veteran of stints in ...

Chris Hillman, left, and Herb Pedersen will perform at the Plaza Playhouse Theater in Carpinteria on Sunday (www.herbpedersen.com photo) I had a band called The Pine Valley Boys. Like I said, there ...

This time last year Chris Hillman was all but retired. He'd still tour with his old friend, singer and guitarist Herb Pedersen, but a dozen years had passed since Hillman last put out a record. A ...

In many ways, Chris Hillman's appearance at the Tucson Folk Festival on Saturday brings him full circle as a musician. "This is where I started, playing acoustic music. That was prior to plugging in, ...

He and Pedersen also sing the Everly Brothers’ 1961 pop hit “Walk Right Back” — a track that was a happy accident. “We were between songs in the studio and Herb and I were just singing it for fun,” he ...