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Country Rock - An Idiosyncratic History - 4
Artist | Song | |
Poco | You Better Think Twice | |
The Eagles | Already Gone | |
Linda Ronstadt | Love Is A Rose | |
Crosby, Stills & Nash | 49 Bye Byes | |
Nicolette Larson | Come Early Morning | |
The Youngbloods | Sugar Babe | |
The Flying Burrito Brothers | Sin City | |
American Flyer | Let Me Down Easy | |
Bonnie Raitt | I'm Blowin' Away | |
Firefall | You Are The Woman | |
Jackson Browne | My Opening Farewell | |
Brewer & Shipley | Can't Go Home | |
The Byrds | You're Still On My Mind | |
John Prine | Flashback Blues | |
Linda Ronstadt | I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) | |
Neil Young | Harvest | |
J. D. Souther | Faithless Love | |
Orleans | Dance With Me | |
Loggins & Messina | Listen To A Country Song | |
Pure Prairie League | Fallin' In And Out Of Love | |
Pure Prairie League | Amie | |
The Byrds | Nashville West | |
The Grateful Dead | Friend Of The Devil | |
The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band | Rise & Fall | |
Gene Clark | I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better | |
Comment:
Country Rock: An Idiosyncratic History July/September 2006Now we move into the 'hey day' when 'country-rock' took over the radio airways... a brief but interesting period...
Page 4/12
What is Country-Rock anyway?
"Essentially, Country-Rock is rock bands playing country music. It is country Music informed by rock's counter-culture ideals as well as its reliance on loud amplification, prominent backbeat, and pop melodies." (allmusic.com)
"Country rock is a musical genre formed from the fusion of rock and roll with country music. While such cross-pollination has occurred throughout the history of both genres, the term is usually used to refer to the wave of groups of the late 1960's and early 1970's." (wikipedia.org)
"The basic genre refers to the first wave of artists who blurred the dividing line between traditional country and contemporary rock styles. From 1968 to about 1975, country-rock was one of the biggest selling genres in rock. At its heart it was essentially country music filtered through the rock experience; amplification, big backbeat, countercultural lyrical content, emphasis on hooks." (blogcritics.org)
".one thing. is that country-rock. was the soundtrack to a young America exhausted by the struggles of the Viet Nam war, the civil rights movement, and the generation gap." (From Eight Miles High, p 200)
(Gram Parsons) "I was coming from a folk background, Clarence (White) from a bluegrass background, Gib (Guilbeau) from a Cajun background and Wayne (Moore) from a bluegrass and country background. We were taking different ingredients and mixing `em where they might not have been mixed before." (From Eight Miles High, p 181)

Feedback:
With a few exceptions, I think that this is where the genre lost me - the pop/country/rock hits were a little too lightweight, like Firefall and Orleans. Still, some great stuff here, and I love the series.
i am not sure that all your selections fit your definition.
sean's concerns about firefall and orleans are examples. i don't think either are rock bands and i don't see dance with me or just remember i love you as country songs. i would like to hear your reasoning in including them. wonderful series with many great selections. i came of age during the heyday of country rock so i can appreciate this series. thanks for the passion and effort!
sean's concerns about firefall and orleans are examples. i don't think either are rock bands and i don't see dance with me or just remember i love you as country songs. i would like to hear your reasoning in including them. wonderful series with many great selections. i came of age during the heyday of country rock so i can appreciate this series. thanks for the passion and effort!
Not a big fan of the genre but I love the obsession and the diligence of your notes & explanations...
Yeah, this is the era when a lot of so called country rock took a right turn into a bland mainstream. I'm sure there will still be plenty of highlights as the series continues.
Onward and outward...wahey!