Ep. 35 - Cosmic American Music: 70s Country Rock
Publisher |
Amy Lively
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
1970s
History
Music
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Music
Music History
Publication Date |
Dec 04, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:53:45

Gram Parsons called country rock Cosmic American Music; it was a little of this and a little of that, combined into a musical stew that today we call Americana. In the 70s, though, the marriage of rock and country, complete with the steel guitar and perhaps a banjo or two, seemed like an unlikely marriage. The truth is that rock and country share similar roots, but heavily formatted radio was not sure what to do with bands like Poco, The Flying Burrito Brothers, or Pure Prairie League. The DID know what to do with The Eagles, who ultimately abandoned the country in their country rock on the way to selling millions of records. This episode looks at the sub-genre of 70s rock that was considered by some to be too country for rock and too rock for country.

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