What is Country rock?
[[File:Eagles.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|The Eagles (Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit), one of the leading country rock bands}}]] '''Country rock''' is a sub[[genre]] of [[country music]]. It was formed by the wave of [[Rock and roll|rock musicians]] who began to record [[Country music|country]]-flavored [[Recording|records]] in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These [[musician]]s recorded rock records using country [[Theme (music)|themes]].<ref>John Einarson, ''Desperados: The Roots of Country Rock'' (New York: Cooper Square Press, 2001), p. 1</ref> They used vocal [[Musical genre|styles]] and additional [[Instrumentation (music)|instrumentation]], in particular [[pedal steel guitar]].<ref name=Bogdanov2002C-Rock>V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, ''All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul'' (Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2002), p. 1327.</ref> Country rock began with [[Bob Dylan]].<ref>''All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul'', eds. Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine (San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books, 2002), p. 341</ref> It reached its greatest [[popularity]] in the 1970s with [[artist]]s like [[Emmylou Harris]], the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] and [[The Doobie Brothers]]. Country rock also [[influence]]d artists in other genres. This included [[The Band]], [[Grateful Dead]], [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]], [[The Rolling Stones]], and [[George Harrison]]'s solo work.<ref name=Bogdanov2002C-Rock/> It also played a part in the development of [[Southern rock]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Rock music}} {{countrymusic}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Rock music]]