Editing Folk rock (section)

===Progressive folk rock===
{{See also|Progressive folk}}
In Britain the tendency to electrify brought several progressive folk acts into rock.<ref>E. Macan, ''Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture'' (Oxford University Press, 1997), pp.&nbsp;134–5.</ref> This includes the acoustic duo Tyrannosaurus Rex, who became the electric combo [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]].<ref>B. Sweers, ''Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music'' (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 40.</ref> Others, probably influenced by the electric folk pioneered by Fairport Convention from 1969, moved towards more traditional material, a category including [[Dando Shaft]], [[Amazing Blondel]], and [[Jack the Lad]], an offshoot of northern progressive folk group [[Lindisfarne (band)|Lindisfarne]], who were one of the most successful UK bands of the early 1970s.<ref>N. Talevski, ''Rock Obituaries - Knocking on Heaven's Door'', (Omnibus Press, April 2010) p.289</ref> Examples of bands that remained firmly on the border between progressive folk and progressive rock were the short lived (but later reunited) [[Comus (band)|Comus]] and, more successfully, [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]], who combined folk and rock with elements of classical music.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/renaissance-mn0000887619/biography Renaissance biography] Allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 January 2014</ref>