Editing Country rock (section)

===Origins===
[[File:Gram Parsons.jpg|thumb|right|[[Gram Parsons]] in 1972]]
Country influences can be heard on rock records through the 1960s, including [[the Beatles]]' 1964 recordings "[[I'll Cry Instead]]", "[[Baby's in Black]]", "[[I Don't Want to Spoil the Party]]", and their 1965 recording "[[I've Just Seen A Face]]", the Byrds' 1965 cover version of [[Porter Wagoner]]'s "[[A Satisfied Mind|Satisfied Mind]]", or [[the Rolling Stones]] "High and Dry" (1966), as well as [[Buffalo Springfield]]'s "Go and Say Goodbye" (1966) and "Kind Woman" (1968).<ref name=Bogdanov2002C-Rock/> According to ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music'', the Beatles' "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party", their cover of the [[Buck Owens]] country hit "[[Act Naturally]]" and their 1965 album ''[[Rubber Soul]]'' can all be seen "with hindsight" as examples of country rock.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Kingsbury|editor-first1=Paul|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York, NY|year=2012|isbn=978-0-19-539563-1|page=106}}</ref>

Former TV [[teen idol]] and [[rockabilly]] recording artist [[Ricky Nelson]] pioneered the Country Rock sound as the frontman for his Stone Canyon Band and recorded the 1966 album ''[[Bright Lights and Country Music (Rick Nelson album)|Bright Lights & Country Music]]'' and the 1967 album ''[[Country Fever]]''. Bassist [[Randy Meisner]] joined briefly in 1970 after leaving [[Poco (band)|Poco]] and before joining [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]].

In 1966, as many rock artists moved increasingly towards expansive and experimental [[psychedelia]], Bob Dylan spearheaded the back-to-basics [[roots revival]] when he went to Nashville to record the album ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'', playing with notable local musicians like [[Charlie McCoy]].<ref name=Wolff2000/> This, and the subsequent more clearly country-influenced albums, ''[[John Wesley Harding]]'' (1967) and ''[[Nashville Skyline]]'' (1969), have been seen as creating the genre of [[country folk]], a route pursued by a number of, largely acoustic, folk musicians.<ref name=Wolff2000>K. Wolff, O. Duane, ''Country Music: The Rough Guide'' (Rough Guides, 2000), p. 392.</ref>

Dylan's lead was also followed by the Byrds, who were joined by [[Gram Parsons]] in 1968. Parsons had mixed [[country music|country]] with [[Rock music|rock]], [[blues]] and [[Folk music|folk]] to create what he called "Cosmic American Music".<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1217687|pure_url=yes}}|title=Gram Parsons Archive, Vol. 1: Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969 review|last=Leggett |first=Steve |work=AllMusic |access-date=March 21, 2010}}</ref> Earlier in the year Parsons had released ''[[Safe at Home]]'' (although the principal recording for the album had taken place in mid-1967) with the International Submarine Band, which made extensive use of [[pedal steel]] and is seen by some as the first true country-rock album.<ref name=Bogdanov2002C-Rock/> The result of Parsons' brief tenure in the Byrds was ''Sweetheart of the Rodeo'' (1968), generally considered one of the finest and most influential recordings in the genre.<ref name=Bogdanov2002C-Rock/> The Byrds continued in the same vein, but Parsons left before the album was released to join another ex-Byrds member [[Chris Hillman]] in forming [[the Flying Burrito Brothers]]. The Byrds hired guitarist [[Clarence White]] and drummer [[Gene Parsons]], both from the  country band [[Nashville West]]. The Flying Burrito Brothers recorded the albums ''[[The Gilded Palace of Sin]]'' (1969) and ''[[Burrito Deluxe]]'' (1970), which helped establish the respectability and parameters of the genre, before Parsons departed to pursue a solo career.<ref name=Bogdanov2002C-Rock/>