Country Rock Music In The 1970's

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In the 1950’s country rock was an unknown genre to many mainstream audiences and with the emergence of rockabilly artists in the late 1960’s country rock grew and continued to grow in popularity during the 1970’s through the 1990’s because of style, sound, and the new way country rock audiences perceived it. Country rock from the 1950’s to the 1990’s has been perceived similarly and differently by its audiences over time because of it’s original country sound and its similar rock sound. Country rock and classic country are two separate things. Classic country gets it roots from a combination of early 1900’s western music and mainstream country music. Classic country gained popularity when played on the radio with a “honky-tonk” sound. Nashville, …show more content…

Today’s mainstream country is similar to country rock during the 1970’s through the 1990’s. Today mainstream country artist like Carrie Underwood and Florida Georgia Line have similar classic country sound but also rock feel to their music. Country rock in the 1950’s appealed more to white males than any other race due to the lack of black country rock musicians, with the only exception being Ray Charles, who produced a successful country rock album in the 1960’s. Many rock artists in the late 1960’s and 1970’s became aware of country rock because of Gram Parsons who incorporated emotional lyrics that told a story with a guitar added to his music. Gram Parsons influences many country rock bands and artist like the Eagles, Neil Young, and Poco who were some of the popular rock country artists of the early …show more content…

In the 1950’s country rock and rock in general was a new style of music that was unheard of, with artist like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Jerry Lewis. In the 1970’s the Eagles country rock sound became very popular and when country rock faded in the mid 1970’s, bands like R.E.M. and Los Lobos became popular in the 1980’s because of their songs sounded similar to the country rock songs in the 1950’s and 1970’s. In the 1980’s and 1990’s country rock audiences were any race that enjoyed a country and rock sound that was popular during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Many different forms of country rock came because of the country rock era, with outlaw country singers like Willie Nelson and alternative country singers like Dave Alvin that is similar to country

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