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
Some good 'uns

Heartsfield
Dan Fogleberg (early)
Dr. John
Don Williams
Leon Russell
John Fogerty/Creedence Clearwater Revival
Batdorf & Rodney
Elvis

'Yall come back now, Ya hear?
jond hit the nail on the head

I forgot Wilco, Gillian Welch and Uncle Tupelo

also Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco, New Riders of the Purple Sage

Acknowledging that Pmarcian already mentioned the New Riders, I will be more specific and recommend the New Riders of the Purple Sage's first LP, "NRPS," which includes not only the immortal "Henry," but songs like "Glendale Train" and "Portland Woman." Not to mention Jerry Garcia on the pedal steel.
Buddy Miller-Universal House of Prayer (or anything w/his name on it)

Mary Gauthier- Mercy Now

Ray Charles- the Complete Country & Western Recordings

Waylon Jennings- Waylon Live (Expanded)

Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Growl

Tony Joe White, Best of / (also) The Heroines

Delbert McClinton - Cost of Living

Dan Penn - Do Right Man

Kris Kristofferson - Silver Tongued Devil and I / Me & Bobbie McGhee (contains four stone hits: title track, Help Me Make It Through the Night, Sunday Morning Coming Down, For the Good Times . . . how many debuts top that?)

Nick Lowe - the Impossible Bird

A lot of this, of course, has as much to do w/unvarnished soul as it does with country or rock (and roll) . . . the best of it falls through the cracks we know as genres or radio formats! (The Beatles, I Don't Want To Spoil the Party, George's guitar break on ALL MY LOVING, among other Fabbers) . . . caught me in an expansive (dig this) mood.

dc