Country Rock
Country rock is rock music played with the instruments, harmonies and songwriting of country music.
A rock rhythm section sits under pedal steel guitar, twangy lead guitar and close vocal harmonies. It came together in California in the late 1960s, when rock musicians such as the Byrds and Gram Parsons began recording country material, and the Eagles made it a huge commercial success in the 1970s. It is smoother and more rock-based than outlaw country from the same years.
Artists it is known for: The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Eagles, Linda Ronstadt.
- Family
- Country
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- California, late 1960s
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 7%
About 5,900 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have country rock among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Country Rock artists
Treaty Oak Revival
Eagles
Bob Dylan
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Steely Dan
Lynyrd Skynyrd
America
George Strait
Dexter and The Moonrocks
Jim Croce
The country rock artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.