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Country rock is a music genre that fuses rock and country. It was developed by rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These musicians recorded rock records using country themes, vocal styles, and additional instrumentation, most characteristically pedal steel guitars. [1]
This alphabetical list of country rock bands and artists covers a wide variety of subgenres. The year following the artist's name is the first year of the artist's musical career. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
1998 Rick Nelson: Bright Lights & Country Music/Country Fever [26] 1998 The Long Ryders: Anthology [27] 1998 Alabama: For the Record [28] 1998 Townes Van Zandt: Anthology: 1968–1979 [29] Nov 1998 Poco: The Ultimate Collection
New styles had evolved to replace garage rock (including blues rock, progressive rock and country rock). [23] In Detroit garage rock stayed alive until the early 70s, with bands like the MC5 and The Stooges, who employed a much more aggressive style. These bands began to be labelled punk rock and are now often seen as proto-punk or proto-hard ...
A list of musical groups and artists who were active in the 1960s and associated with music in the decade This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Al Dexter, a country musician and songwriter, best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama," a 1944 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War II years. Minnie Pearl; Carl Perkins, pioneer of rockabilly, a fusion of rock and roll and "hillbilly" country music. Red Foley, the first major country star after World War II, host of ...
The 1950s was a pivotal era in music, laying the groundwork for the rock and roll songs of the 1960s and the rebellious tunes of the 1970s. The decade's musical landscape was diverse, spanning ...
In the mid-1960s, rock and roll in its purest form was gradually overtaken by pop rock, beat, psychedelic rock, blues rock, and folk rock, which had grown in popularity. The country - and folk -influenced style [ 2 ] associated with the latter half of 1960s rock music spawned a generation of popular singer-songwriters who wrote and performed ...