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Originally Posted by Bulldog
Well, pinpointing the the original of any sub-genre is always gonna be difficult. To me, as I said in the review, the first album to come up with an across-the-board mix of country and rock was Sweetheart Of the Rodeo. Sounds like I should probably hear Music From Big Pink sometime though.
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BIG PINK doesn't sound like "country music" to me, it sounds like music made in, for, by and of "the country," ie the sticks. (I'm from them myself and I feel I can testify) ... It just isn't urban music, is all, regardless of genre or influences.
SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO sounds urban to me - not so much as the Burrito Bros (and I'm not saying they are or are not from the city or the country in the case of either band, just how the music strikes me) but definitely not like music made in the backwoods.
I don't mean to state a preference, tho I do have one, just to observe a genre vs culture/environment disparity ...