Folk Rock

Folk rock is a sub-genre of country music, derived from a fusion of Country and Rock in the 1960's and early 1970's. Musicians recorded rock records using country themes and vocal styles with additional instrumentation, though still very guitar based.

Bob Dylan is infamous for his work with Folk Rock, along with artists like Emmylou Harris, the Eagles and the Doobie Brothers. "Folk rock influenced artists in other genres, including The Band, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Rolling Stones and George Harrison's solo work. It also played a part in the development of Southern rock." - B. C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine (2002)

"Rock and roll has often been seen as a combination of rhythm and blues with country music, a fusion particularly evident in 1950s rockabilly." - B. Horner and T. Swiss (1999) and there has been cross-pollination throughout the history of both genres, however, the term country-rock is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians of the late 1960s and early 1970s who began to record rock records using country themes, According to John Einarson "From a variety of perspectives and motivations, these musicians either played rock & roll attitude, or added a country feel to rock, or folk, or bluegrass, there was no formula". J. Einarson (2001)