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Roots rock is a genre of rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music. [1] It is seen as responses to the perceived excesses of the dominant psychedelic and the developing progressive rock. [2]
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Roots rock is "a style of rock music that draws material from various American musical traditions including country, blues, and folk." [1] The term is sometimes used in a broader sense to encompass other genres of Americana, including early rock and roll, country rock, and other related forms.
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Roots rock stretches through the decades: It's in the psychedelic folk of the Grateful Dead and elegant twang of The Band in the ‘60s; the wiry minimalism of J.J. Cale and full-throated choruses of Little Feat in the '70s; the classic songwriting of Tom Petty and earnest hitmaking of Counting Crows in the '90s; the of-the-moment Southern ...
The roots genre is rich with those who’ve been exceptional and defining throughout their career. A listing of these perennial icons can be endless with every artist’s accomplishments being extensive.
By bringing rock back to its roots -- whether that was rock & roll, blues, or country -- the groups managed to sound like a fresh alternative, which brought them critical praise and heavy airplay from American college radio stations.
May 28, 2020 · The Byrds had been recording Bob Dylan songs since they began in 1965 as a folk-rock band, and when Gram Parsons joined and steered them toward a radical, encompassing vision of country-rock, they kept right on recording Dylan tunes.
