Country rock

Country rock is a combination of contemporary Rock music with a more traditional American style of Country. The basic foundation of country rock is acoustic rhythm guitars with electric lead guitar work, pedal steel guitar, harmonica, snare-active drumming, Close Harmony vocals, falsetto notes and distinctive country rhythms. The genre originated in the mid-1960s to the early 1970s spearheaded by Gram Parsons, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, and Eagles partly as a reaction to the Nashville Sound, which had been perceived as dated, slick, and out of fashion with the young audience. Country rock is closely tied to and heavily influenced by Folk Rock, Roots Rock, and Blues Rock, genres which many popular country rock musicians had played some combination of, including Bob Dylan, The Band, and Neil Young.