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Country rock

Index Country rock

Country rock is a subgenre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock and country. [1]

105 relations: Abbey Road, Acoustic guitar, Act Naturally, Alison Krauss, AllMusic, Almost Blue, Alternative country, Baby's in Black, Bass guitar, Bernie Leadon, Blonde on Blonde, Bluegrass music, Blues, Blues rock, Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Buffalo Springfield, Burrito Deluxe, Bustin' Out, Butch Hancock, Charlie Daniels, Charlie McCoy, Chris Hillman, Country folk, Country music, Country pop, Cowpunk, Craig Fuller, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Desperado (Eagles album), Drum, Eagles (band), Electric guitar, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, First National Band, Folk music, Folk rock, George Harrison, Gram Parsons, Grateful Dead, Guitar, Heartland rock, Hotel California (Eagles album), I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, I'll Cry Instead, International Submarine Band, Jim Messina (musician), Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, ..., John Fogerty, John Wesley Harding (album), Linda Ronstadt, List of country rock albums, List of country rock musicians, Michael Nesmith, Nashville Skyline, Nashville West, Neil Young, Netherlands, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Outlaw country, Pedal steel guitar, Piano, Poco, Popular music, Porter Wagoner, Progressive country, Psychedelia, Pure Prairie League, Raising Sand, Rhythm and blues, Richie Furay, Ricky Nelson, Robert Plant, Rock and roll, Rock music, Rockabilly, Rolling Stone, Roots revival, Roots rock, Rotterdam, Rubber Soul, Safe at Home, Southern rock, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Teen idol, Texas country music, The Band, The Beatles, The Beatles (album), The Beau Brummels, The Blue Ridge Rangers, The Byrds, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, The Dillards, The Doobie Brothers, The Everly Brothers, The Flatlanders, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Gilded Palace of Sin, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones, Two Lane Highway. Expand index (55 more) »

Abbey Road

Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records.

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Acoustic guitar

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification (see electric guitar).

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Act Naturally

"Act Naturally" is a song written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison, originally recorded by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, whose version reached number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Country Singles chart in 1963, his first chart-topper.

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Alison Krauss

Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Almost Blue

Almost Blue is an album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions.

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Alternative country

Alternative country (sometimes alt-country, insurgent country, or Americana) is a loosely defined subgenre of country music and rock music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music and pop country music.

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Baby's in Black

"Baby's in Black" is a song by the Beatles, co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bernie Leadon

Bernard Mathew Leadon III (pronounced led-un; born July 19, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles.

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Blonde on Blonde

Blonde on Blonde is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in mid 1966, on Columbia Records.

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Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music named after Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter Bill Monroe's band, the Bluegrass Boys 1939-96, and furthered by musicians who played with him, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt, or who simply admired the high-energy instrumental and vocal music Monroe's group created, and carried it on into new bands, some of which created subgenres (Progressive Bluegrass, Newgrass, Dawg Music etc.). Bluegrass is influenced by the music of Appalachia and other styles, including gospel and jazz.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Blues rock

Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements of blues and rock.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) professionally known as Buck Owens.

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Buffalo Springfield

Buffalo Springfield was a Canadian-American rock band active from 1966 to 1968 whose most prominent members were Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Richie Furay.

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Burrito Deluxe

Burrito Deluxe is the second album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in May 1970 on A&M Records, catalogue 4258.

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Bustin' Out

Bustin' Out is the second album by American country rock band Pure Prairie League, released by RCA Records in 1972 (see 1972 in music).

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Butch Hancock

Butch Hancock (born July 12, 1945 in Lubbock, Texas), is a country/folk music recording artist and songwriter.

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Charlie Daniels

Charles Edward Daniels (born October 28, 1936) is an American multi-instrumentalist, lyricist, and singer, known for his contributions to Southern rock, country and bluegrass.

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Charlie McCoy

Charles Ray McCoy (born March 28, 1941 in Oak Hill, West Virginia) is a Grammy-winning American session musician noted mainly for his harmonica performance, but also for his skill on a wide variety of instruments.

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Chris Hillman

Christopher "Chris" Hillman (born December 4, 1944) is an American musician.

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Country folk

Country folk as a genre label is a rather nebulous one, but one that has been employed often at least since the mid-1970s.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Country pop

Country pop is a fusion genre of country music and pop music that was developed by members of the country genre out of a desire to reach a larger, mainstream audience.

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Cowpunk

Cowpunk (or country punk) is a subgenre of punk rock that began in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and California in the early 1980s.

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Craig Fuller

Craig Lee Fuller (born July 18, 1949) is an American musician and songwriter.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival (often referred to as Creedence or CCR) was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s which consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford.

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Desperado (Eagles album)

Desperado is the second studio album by the American band the Eagles.

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Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.

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Eagles (band)

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971.

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Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals.

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Elvis Costello

Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), better known by his stage name Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, author, television presenter, and occasional actor.

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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician.

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First National Band

The First National Band or Michael Nesmith and The First National Band was a short-lived American collaborative band, led by former Monkee Michael Nesmith.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Folk rock

Folk rock is a hybrid music genre combining elements of folk music and rock music, which arose in the United States and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s.

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George Harrison

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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Gram Parsons

Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973), known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist.

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Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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Heartland rock

Heartland rock is a genre of rock music that is exemplified by singer-songwriters Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp.

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Hotel California (Eagles album)

Hotel California is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Eagles, and is one of the best-selling albums of all time.

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I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" is a song by the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.

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I'll Cry Instead

"I'll Cry Instead" is a John Lennon composition credited to Lennon–McCartney, and recorded by the Beatles for the soundtrack to their film A Hard Day's Night.

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International Submarine Band

The International Submarine Band (ISB) was formed by Gram Parsons while a theology student at Harvard University and John Nuese, a guitar player for local rock group, The Trolls.

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Jim Messina (musician)

James Melvin Messina (born December 5, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer.

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Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Jimmie Dale Gilmore (born May 6, 1945) is an American country singer, songwriter, actor, recording artist and producer, currently living in Austin, Texas.

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Joe Ely

Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947, Amarillo, Texas, United States) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll.

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John Fogerty

John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter.

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John Wesley Harding (album)

John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records.

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Linda Ronstadt

Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American retired popular music singer known for singing in a wide range of genres including rock, country, jazz, light opera, and Latin.

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List of country rock albums

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List of country rock musicians

This list of country rock bands and artists covers a wide variety of subgenres.

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Michael Nesmith

Robert Michael Nesmith (born December 30, 1942) is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968).

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Nashville Skyline

Nashville Skyline is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on April 9, 1969, by Columbia Records as LP record, reel to reel tape and audio cassette.

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Nashville West

Nashville West was a short-lived American country rock quartet that was briefly together in the late 1960s.

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Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, (born November 12, 1945), is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, director and screenwriter.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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New Riders of the Purple Sage

New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band.

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, an American country rock band, has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966.

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Outlaw country

Outlaw country is a subgenre of American country music, most popular during the 1970s and early 1980s, sometimes referred to as the outlaw movement or simply outlaw music.

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Pedal steel guitar

The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and levers added to enable playing more varied and complex music which had not been possible with antecedent steel guitar designs.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Poco

Poco is an American country rock band originally formed by Richie Furay, Jim Messina and Rusty Young.

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Popular music

Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.

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Porter Wagoner

Porter Wayne Wagoner (August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007) was an American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour.

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Progressive country

Progressive country is a subgenre of country music developed in the early 1970s.

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Psychedelia

Psychedelia is the subculture, originating in the 1960s, of people who often use psychedelic drugs such as LSD, mescaline (found in peyote) and psilocybin (found in some mushrooms).

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Pure Prairie League

Pure Prairie League is an American country rock band whose origins go back to 1965 and Waverly, Ohio, with singer and guitarist Craig Fuller, drummer Tom McGrail, guitarist and drummer Jim Caughlan, and steel guitar artist John David Call.

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Raising Sand

Raising Sand is a Grammy-award winning collaboration album by rock singer Robert Plant and bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Richie Furay

Paul Richard "Richie" Furay (born May 9, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member who is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin, and Poco with Jim Messina, Rusty Young, George Grantham and Randy Meisner.

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Ricky Nelson

Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American rock and roll star, musician, and singer-songwriter.

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Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Roots revival

A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors.

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Roots rock

Roots rock is rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music.

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Rotterdam

Rotterdam is a city in the Netherlands, in South Holland within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt river delta at the North Sea.

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Rubber Soul

Rubber Soul is the sixth album by the English rock band the Beatles.

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Safe at Home

Safe at Home is a 1968 album by country rock group The International Submarine Band, led by the then-unknown 21-year-old Gram Parsons.

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Southern rock

Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana.

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Sweetheart of the Rodeo

Sweetheart of the Rodeo is the sixth album by American rock band the Byrds and was released on August 30, 1968, on Columbia Records (see 1968 in music).

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Teen idol

A teen idol is a celebrity with a large teenage fan-base.

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Texas country music

Texas country music (more popularly known just as Texas country or Texas music) is a rapidly growing subgenre of American country music.

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The Band

The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1968 by Rick Danko (bass guitar, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboards, saxophone), Richard Manuel (keyboards, vocals), Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals), and Levon Helm (drums, vocals).

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Beatles (album)

The Beatles, also known as "The White Album", is the ninth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968.

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The Beau Brummels

The Beau Brummels were an American rock band.

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The Blue Ridge Rangers

The Blue Ridge Rangers is the first solo studio album by John Fogerty, the former lead singer and lead guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

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The Byrds

The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964.

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The Devil Went Down to Georgia

"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album Million Mile Reflections.

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The Dillards

The Dillards are an American bluegrass band from Salem, Missouri, popularly known for their appearance as "The Darlings" on The Andy Griffith Show.

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The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band from San Jose, California.

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The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers were an American country-influenced rock and roll duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing.

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The Flatlanders

The Flatlanders are an American country band from Lubbock, Texas, United States, founded in 1972 by Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock.

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The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Flying Burrito Brothers are a seminal American country rock band, best known for their influential 1969 debut album, The Gilded Palace of Sin.

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The Gilded Palace of Sin

The Gilded Palace of Sin is the first album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1969.

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The Monkees

The Monkees were an American rock and pop band originally active between 1966 and 1971, with reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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Two Lane Highway

Two Lane Highway is the third album by American country rock band Pure Prairie League, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_rock

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