For the geological term, see Country rock (geology).

Country rock is a musical genre formed from the fusion of rock 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 1960s and early 1970s who began to record country flavored records, including The Byrds, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Neil Young, The Band, Bob Dylan, Area Code 615 and The Buffalo Springfield. These musicians grew up listening to early country music on the radio in the 1950s, and were also influenced by the emergence of rock & roll in the 1960s.

The term is also used for those who came after them, such as Barefoot Jerry, Eagles, Little Feat, Linda Ronstadt, Poco, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Pure Prairie League, The Doobie Brothers and The Marshall Tucker Band as well as many musicians that they influenced, such as those in the alternative country movement.

Chronological list of key Country Rock albums

1967

• Feb 1967 Gene Clark: Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers
• Nov 1967 Buffalo Springfield: Buffalo Springfield Again
• Dec 1967 Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding (recorded Oct-Nov 1967)

1968

• July 1968 The International Submarine Band: Safe at Home (recorded July 1967)
• July 1968 Buffalo Springfield: Last Time Around
• July 1968 The Byrds: Sweetheart of the Rodeo (recorded Mar-May 1968)
• July 1968 The Band: Music from Big Pink
• July 1968 Creedence Clearwater Revival: Creedence Clearwater Revival (rec. Oct 1967-Feb 1968)
• Oct 1968 Dillard & Clark: The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
• Oct 1968 The Beau Brummels: Bradley's Barn

1969

• Feb 1969 The Flying Burrito Brothers: The Gilded Palace of Sin
• Feb 1969 Ian Matthews: Matthews' Southern Comfort
• March 1969 Linda Ronstadt: Hand Sown ... Home Grown
• April 1969 Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline
• June 1969 Poco: Pickin' Up the Pieces
• Aug 1969 Dillard & Clark: Through the Morning Through the Night
• Sep 1969 The Band: The Band
• Oct 1969 The Byrds: Ballad of Easy Rider
• Nov 1969 Steve Young: Rock Salt & Nails

1970

• 1970 Rick Nelson: In Concert at The Troubadour,1969 (rec. Dec. 1969)
• Jan 1970 Great Speckled Bird: Great Speckled Bird
• Jan 1970 Brewer & Shipley: Tarkio
• Feb 1970 Grateful Dead: Workingman's Dead
• Feb 1970 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
• April 1970 The Flying Burrito Brothers: Burrito Deluxe
• May 1970 Poco: Poco
• July 1970 Michael Nesmith: Magnetic South
• Sep 1970 Neil Young: After the Gold Rush
• Nov 1970 Michael Nesmith: Loose Salute
• Nov 1970 Grateful Dead: American Beauty
• 1970 Poco: Deliverin'

1971

• 1971 Gene Clark: White Light
• March 1971 New Riders of the Purple Sage: New Riders of the Purple Sage
• April 1971 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen: Lost in the Ozone
• May 1971 Michael Nesmith: Nevada Fighter
• June 1971 The Flying Burrito Brothers: The Flying Burrito Brothers
• Dec 1971 The Byrds: Farther Along
• 1971 Poco: From The Inside

1972

• Jan 1972 Steve Young: Seven Bridges Road
• Feb 1972 Neil Young: Harvest
• Feb 1972 Michael Nesmith: Tantamount to Treason, Vol. 1
• March 1972 Rick Nelson: Garden Party
• March 1972 Pure Prairie League: Pure Prairie League
• March 1972 New Riders of the Purple Sage: Powerglide
• April 1972 Manassas: Manassas
• May 1972 Barefoot Jerry: Barefoot Jerry
• June 1972 Eagles: Eagles
• Aug 1972 Michael Nesmith: And the Hits Just Keep on Comin'
• Aug 1972 Pure Prairie League: Bustin' Out
• Oct 1972 Gene Clark: Roadmaster (recorded 1970-72)
• 1972 Poco: A Good Feelin’ To Know
• Dec 1972 Ian Matthews: Journeys from Gospel Oak

1973

• Jan 1973 Gram Parsons: GP
• April 1973 Ozark Mountain Daredevils: Ozark Mountain Daredevils
• April 1973 Eagles: Desperado
• April 1973 The Marshall Tucker Band: The Marshall Tucker Band
• Sept 1973 Poco: Crazy Eyes
• Oct 1973 Michael Nesmith: Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash
• Nov 1973 Ian Matthews: Valley Hi
• Nov 1973 Gene Parsons: Kindling
• Dec 1973 New Riders of the Purple Sage: The Adventures of Panama Red

1974 onwards

• 1974 Poco: Seven
• 1974 Poco: Cantamos
• Jan 1974 Gram Parsons: Grievous Angel
• May 1974 The Marshall Tucker Band: A New Life
• Sept 1974 Gene Clark: No Other
• Oct 1974 Ozark Mountain Daredevils: It'll Shine When It Shines
• Nov 1974 Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like a Wheel
• March 1975 Pure Prairie League: Two Lane Highway
• June 1975 Neil Young: Tonight's the Night (recorded 1973)
• June 1975 Bob Dylan & The Band: The Basement Tapes (recorded June-Sep 1967)
• Oct 1975 Emmylou Harris: Pieces of the Sky
• Oct 1976 Poco: Rose of Cimarron
• Jan 1977 Gene Clark: Two Sides to Every Story (recorded 1976)
• Jan 1990 Uncle Tupelo: No Depression
• March 1995 Wilco: A.M.
• Sept 1995 Son Volt: Trace

List of Country Rock artists

Artists that could be considered country rock include:

• Alabama
• Allman Brothers Band
• The Band
• Barefoot Jerry
• Elvin Bishop
• Blackfoot
• Blue Rodeo
• Bon Jovi (Lost Highway is based on Country influences)
• Brewer & Shipley
• Buffalo Springfield, one of the first country rock bands, which included the future nuclei of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Stephen Stills and Neil Young) and Poco (Jim Messina, Richie Furay, Timothy B. Schmit)
• The Byrds
• Gene Clark
• Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
• Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - among many other various styles.
• Desert Rose Band
• The Dixie Chicks
• Drive-By Truckers
• Eagles
• Firefall
• Flying Burrito Brothers
• Kinky Friedman
• The Grateful Dead, period from Workingman's Dead to the mid-seventies
• Emmylou Harris
• Roy Head
• Jayhawks
• The Kentucky Headhunters
• Little Feat
• Loggins and Messina
• Meat Puppets
• Marshall Tucker Band
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Ian Matthews
• Rick Nelson, in the latter stage of his career, particularly on songs such as "Garden Party."
• Michael Nesmith
• New Riders of the Purple Sage
• Ozark Mountain Daredevils
• Gram Parsons
• Pure Prairie League
• Poco, a band that, while not so successful themselves, acted as a stepping stone for soon-to-be key country rock stars such as Jim Messina (Loggins and Messina), Randy Meisner (The Eagles), Timothy B. Schmit (The Eagles), and Richie Furay
• Rick Roberts
• The Rolling Stones under the influence of Keith Richards' good friend Gram Parsons on Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, etc.
• Linda Ronstadt in the early years of her career
• Peter Rowan
• Sir Douglas Quintet
• Son Volt
• Souther-Hillman-Furay Band
• Southern Pacific
• Stephen Stills
• Gene Summers
• The Tractors
• Uncle Tupelo
• Shania Twain
• Jimmy Velvit (the original/Dallas, TX)
• Whiskeytown
• David Wiffen
• Wilco, in the early albums
• Neil Young
• Steve Young
• Southbound (band), an Australian band

References ^ Naujeck, Jeanne Anne. "Royalty processing may get a tune-up", The Tennessean, 2004-05-09. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. "His next band, Barefoot Jerry, recorded albums for EMI's Capitol and Warner Bros., then for Monument, which reissued the first two albums and put out several originals."

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