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Many, many great "country songs" have been written and performed by otherwise straight rockers. Let's post some examples to show that you don't have to wear sequined clothing or wear your hair in a Beehive to put out some straighforward country music. (Caveat--let's leave out the Southern Rockers, such as Marshall Tucker/The Eagles, et al.--everyone knows that they played a modified country/rock already). I'm talkin' about stuff like this:
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Permalink Reply by Gail Manchester on July 29, 2012 at 7:07pm Aaron Copeland was proud or rolling in his grave..although this piece is also the theme song for the Nebraska Beef Council.."Beef !! It's what's for Dinner!"
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Permalink Reply by Gail Manchester on August 6, 2012 at 7:57pm
From the Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams..
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Permalink Reply by Gail Manchester on September 19, 2012 at 5:15am
The guitar that just weaves through the melody has a great country feel as well as the rhythm and lryics. "Time has told me You're a rare find, a troubled cure for a troubled mind"
Permalink Reply by Julie Jurrjens on September 25, 2012 at 9:12am Here's a twofer: Dillard and Clark's "Why Not Your Baby"
I suppose it's arguable that this pairing is more country than rock, but here's the same tune ably covered by Velvet Crush some decades later:
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