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For the geological term, see Country rock (geology). Country rock is a geological term meaning the rock native to an area

Country rock is a musical genre formed from the fusion of rock with country music. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains.

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 Dillards, The Byrds, Gene Clark,The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Neil Young, Michael Nesmith, The Band, Bob Dylan, and The Buffalo Springfield. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Dillard's is also a Department store chain in the United States. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark (born Tipton Missouri, November 17, 1944 - May 24, 1991) was an American The Flying Burrito Brothers was an early Country rock band best known for its influential debut album 1969's The Gilded Palace of Sin. Gram Parsons ( November 5, 1946  – September 19, 1973) was an American Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician Robert Michael Nesmith (b December 30, 1942) in Harris County Texas, is an American musician songwriter Actor, producer The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived but influential Folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, 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 Beatles according to Gram Parsons also were recording songs with a strong country influence like I'll Cry Instead and I Don't Want to Spoil the Party in 1964. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Gram Parsons ( November 5, 1946  – September 19, 1973) was an American Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist " I'll Cry Instead " is a John Lennon composition credited to Lennon/McCartney, and recorded by The Beatles for the Soundtrack to " I Don't Want to Spoil the Party " is a song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney.

The term is also used for those who came after them, such as Barefoot Jerry, Eagles, Little Feat, Linda Ronstadt, Poco, 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. Barefoot Jerry was a Nashville -based Southern rock and progressive Country band active from 1971-1977 Little Feat is an American band formed by Singer-songwriter, Frontman and Guitarist Lowell George and keyboard player Bill Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15 1946 in Tucson Arizona) is an American popular vocalist and Entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety Poco is an American Country rock band originally formed by Richie Furay and Jim Messina following the demise of Buffalo Springfield Pure Prairie League is an American Country-rock band whose roots began between 1964 and 1969 in Waverly, Ohio The Doobie Brothers are an American rock group. They have sold over 22 million albums in the United States from the 1970s to the present The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. Alternative country is a term used to describe a number of Country music subgenres that tend to differ from mainstream or pop country music

Much of modern Country music, such as Big and Rich, is what would have been considered Country Rock a few decades earlier. In fact a Duane Allman interview televised on CMT included his comment that the recipe for rock is "take 4 parts blues add 2 parts country and give it to a poor white boy and you have rock. Howard Duane Allman (November 20 1946 – October 29 1971 was an American, Lead guitarist of the Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band "

Chronological list of key Country Rock albums

List of country rock albums

List of Country Rock artists

Artists that could be considered country rock include:

See also

Outlaw country
Southern rock

Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15 1946 in Tucson Arizona) is an American popular vocalist and Entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety Peter Rowan (b July 4, 1942 Boston Massachusetts) is an American bluegrass musician and composer Sir Douglas Quintet was a rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s Son Volt is an Alternative country group formed by Jay Farrar in 1994 after the breakup of the band Uncle Tupelo. The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band was a Country rock supergroup led by singer-songwriters Richie Furay ( Buffalo Springfield, Poco) Southern Pacific was a Country rock band that ran from 1983 to 1991. Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945 is an American Guitarist and Singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Gene Summers (born 1939 in Dallas Texas) is a rock / Rockabilly singer and entertainer The Tractors is an American Country rock band composed of a loosely associated group of musicians headed by guitarist Steve Ripley. Uncle Tupelo was an Alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994 Shania Twain ʃəˈnaɪə 'tweɪn OC (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, August 28 1965 is a Canadian Singer and Songwriter in the Whiskeytown was an Alternative country band formed in Raleigh North Carolina in 1994 David Wiffen (born March 11, 1942 in Surrey, England) is a Canadian Folk music Singer-songwriter. Wilco is an American rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of Alternative country group Gretchen Frances Wilson (born June 26 1973 in Pocahontas Illinois) is an American Country music artist Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American alt-country / rock Singer-songwriter from Jacksonville Steve Young (born July 12, 1942) is an American Country music singer songwriter and Guitarist, best known for his song " Seven Outlaw country was a significant trend in Country music during the late 1960s and the 1970s (and even into the 1980s in some cases commonly referred to as The Outlaw Southern rock is a subgenre of Rock music. It developed in the Southern United States from Rock and roll, Country music, and Blues
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