In the first era of rock & roll, while country music was a clear part of the DNA of rockabilly and many other white rock sounds, there were few things considered less hip than what was still widely known as hillbilly music, and rock & roll was what the hepcats liked, even if they lived below the Mason-Dixon line. It was with the rise of folk-rock that rock musicians who appreciated the soulful, emotionally honest approach of the best country music gained an audience, and by the mid-’60s, a new breed of rockers were paying open homage to classic country music, though it would take Nashville much longer to reciprocate. By the mid-’70s, the Eagles were stars and most country-rock had become laid-back to the point of being lethargic, and it became easy…

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