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Best Country/Rock - Poll

I recently started picking up more and more music I would loosely describe as "country/rock". A couple of recent purchases (namely Jackson Brown "Solo Acoustic", and Gene Clarke & Carla Olson "So Rebelious a Lover") caused me to look for a "Best Country/Rock" thread for more ideas. I couldn't find one, so I'm starting one here.

General guidelines
1) Don't hang up on what is country rock. If you think it is, ok.
2) Identify particularly well recorded , but don't leave anything off if it's good.
3) No limit or minimum - name your favorites.

Here are some of my my favorites in no particular order:
(* = excellent recording)

Gene Clark: "No Other" * and "White Lightening" *
Gene Clarke @ Carla Olson "So Rebelious a Lover"
Jackson Brown "Solo Acoustic" *
Willie Nelson "Stardust" SACD *
Neil Young "Prairie Wind" *
Cowboy Junkies - most all of their stuff, but especially "One Soul Now" , "Lay it Down" , "Mile From Our Home". "Trinity Sessions" *
bdgregory
gordus
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Geez Walter! How can you mention Gram and not EmmyLou??? I'd toss Buffalo Springfield into your fine collection too... and Johnny Cash's - The Man Comes Around.
pmarcian
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It's hard to categorize "country/rock". Some of those mentioned would more accurately be described as "folk/rock". Either way it's my favorite genre of music. Dave Alvin comes to mind immediately since I just saw his acoustic show. Not many people can claim the pedigree of the Blasters, X, Knitters, and his solo stuff. Even won a Grammy for Public Domain. Robert Earl Keen, the Byrds, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, The Band, Lowell George and Little Feat, and new stuff like the Duhks and Waifs (foreign versions of American folk/country). It's nice to see Gram Parsons and Townes Van Zandt get some play lately and a couple of movies/documentaries about them. Now that you brought it up I'm going to dig out the Poco, Pure Prairie League, and New Riders records.
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audiotomb
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lucinda williams - essence
lucinda williams - world without tears
mary chapin carpenter
gram parsons
sticky fingers stones
chet atkins
acoustic neil young
gram
early eagles
edesilva
768 posts
 
Steve Earle.
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jond
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Gram Parsons is the gold standard, his stuff with and without the Byrds is classic. Also classi are the albums by Uncle Tupelo, particularly No Depression. There are many other great performers, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, the Waifs, early Wilco, Dave Alvin, Rodney Crowell, the Dead, and that list merely scratches the surface. Picking up the Rhino release Gram Parsons Anthology, a super two disc set. Go on from there and have fun, and happy listening!
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