The idea of Country-Rock music , who is your first mind recall?

[OAITW r.2.0]

Country Rock is such a great musical idea.....it pulled great local stuff into the modern era of Rock and Roll.

When I think Country Rock, the first image I get is

The Byrds / Gram Parsons.

But so many others....

The Dead
NRPS
CCR
Flying Burrito Brothers
Linda Ronstadt (with anyone)
Jimmy Buffett
Commander Cody
David Bromberg
Hot Tuna
Alman Brothers
Little Feat
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Eagles

hell, even the Rolling Stones.....

{Ed. note: this appeared in another thread and was tangential to the original OP. Does that make sense? Anyways, I hope this post will add more artists that brought country and Rock together...}

[LakeArenal]

1. Brewer and Shipley, Poco, Pure Prairie League

[ProfessorGAC]

11. The Last 2 You Mentioned Were The 2 I Thought Of

Poco first, then PPL.
PPL played a lot in the college towns south of us. Saw Them a few times before "Amy" broke big.

[msongs]

2. stonewall jackson...Waterloo

the groove is especially nice on the verses...

[tirebiter]

3. Johnny Cash was the first I heard on AFN.

Did you know that The Association intended on being one of the first Folk Rock bands. One of the many reasons to include Jerry Yester and Larry Ramos both of whom were in folk bands previously. Then along came Mary. Their harmonies were remarkable. John and Michelle Philips made them the openers for the 1967 Monterey Pop.

[Beausoleil]

4. Byrds/ GP for me too!

Here are a few others:

Manassas
Matthew's Southern Comfort
Pure Prairie League
Emmylou Harris
Jesse Colin Young / Youngbloods
Loggins and Messina

[Beausoleil]

5. How could I forget

Sir Douglas Quintet / Doug Sahm / Texas Tornados

Oversight on my part!

[quaint]

6. Bonnie Raitt

[Tikki]

7. Anything by Joe South.

Tikki

[The Polack MSgt]

8. I always thought that "Country Rock" was actually the original template

Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee were all hicks playing R&B with country voices and hillbilly licks.

Artists like Ike Turner, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino were black performers from the country doing similar mixing from the opposite side of the equation.

Then when Elvis exploded and later when English kids began playing with American Black music - folks lost sight of that dynamic - Especially when guitar distortion took over as the sound of "Rock"

But the Byrds went back to early country, often stripping the melodies down to a C&W that Ernest Tubbs would've sang

My personal favorites now a days are Steve Earl, Marshall Tucker and of course these dudes

[Bobstandard]

9. Hearts and Flowers

Hearts and Flowers preceded the Byrds and certainly influenced them and others

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[Bobstandard]

10. Here's one that won't come to mind..l

A great country song by a great group from elsewhere on the musical spectrum that, unfortunately, seems to have lead to their breakup.

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