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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Desert Rose Band, the tremendously popular country group co-founded and fronted by Chris Hillman in the 80s, reunited for one final performance in ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The Desert Rose Band couldn’t have picked a more apropos site for ...

After a 15-year hiatus, the Desert Rose Band reunited in 2008, plying Americana music with elan. Actually, when Desert Rose leader Chris Hillman first started playing this kind of music with the Byrds ...

Two men whose careers span more than five decades of popular music -- Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen -- chose a rather unlikely setting in which to record their latest album. While Chris' resume ...

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colorado Chris Hillman, member of the 80s group Desert Rose Band, stresses that his appearance with original bandmates Herb Pedersen, John Jorgenson, Jay Dee Maness, Bill Bryson and ...

The Desert Rose Band couldn’t have picked a more appropriate site for launching a brief reunion tour than Buck Owens Crystal Palace in the capital of California country music. The group, formed by ...

July 19-20: Desert Rose Band Acoustic Quartet. Three talented, rootsy musicians—the former Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers linchpin Chris Hillman, the bluegrass journeyman Herb Pedersen, and the ...