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This alphabetical list of country rock bands and artists covers a wide variety of subgenres. The year following the artist's name is the first year of the artist's musical career. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
- The Allman Brothers – Ramblin’ Man. More than any southern band, the Allmans distilled the very essence of American music into their freewheeling sound.
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – The Ballad Of Curtis Loew. The most beautifully observed of all Ronnie Van Zant’s story songs, this highlight of Second Helping spins the tale of a vagrant musician idolised by a 10-year-old boy, pulled together from strands of the frontman’s childhood in Jacksonville.
- The Rolling Stones – Dead Flowers. On the Stones’ 1971 masterpiece Sticky Fingers were two great country-influenced songs: love-and-death ballad Wild Horses, and the swinging, stinging Dead Flowers, the bitter tale of a socialite and a junkie.
- Neil Young/Waylon Jennings/Shooter Jennings – Are You Ready For The Country. Originally written by Neil Young, and featured on his classic 1972 album Harvest, this song was picked up by outlaw country singer Waylon Jennings for his 1976 album of the same name, his more overt country version giving him a big hit.
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- The Outlaws. The Outlaws was a Southern rock band that also incorporated elements of country and hard rock into their music. The band was formed in 1972 in Tampa, Florida.
- Buffalo Springfield. Buffalo Springfield was a country rock band that formed in 1966 in Los Angeles, California. The band featured some of the most talented and influential musicians of the genre, such as Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, and Jim Messina.
- Zac Brown Band. Zac Brown Band is a country rock band that emerged in the 2000s, becoming one of the most successful acts of the genre. The band’s music blends the traditional elements of country music with the influences of rock, pop, reggae, and folk.
- New Riders of the Purple Sage. New Riders of the Purple Sage, or NRPS, was a country rock band that emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in 1969.
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