Roots rock
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Roots rock is a genre of rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music.[1] It is seen as responses to the perceived excesses of the dominant psychedelic and the developing progressive rock.[2] Because roots music (Americana) is often used to mean folk and world musical forms, roots rock is sometimes used in a broad sense to describe any rock music that incorporates elements of this music.[3] In the 1980s, roots rock enjoyed a revival in response to trends in punk rock, new wave, and heavy metal music.[citation needed]
After a further decline, the 2000s saw a new interest in "roots" music. One proof of that is the specific
History
In 1966, as many rock artists moved towards expansive and experimental
Blues rock
The blues boom overlapped, both chronologically and in terms of personnel, with the earlier, wider rhythm and blues phase, which had begun to peter out in the mid-1960s leaving a nucleus of instrumentalists with a wide knowledge of blues forms and techniques, which they would carry into the pursuit of more purist blues interests.[8][9] Blues Incorporated and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers were well known in the London Jazz and emerging R&B circuits, but the Bluesbreakers began to gain some national and international attention, particularly after the release of Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton album (1966), considered one of the seminal British blues recordings.[10] From 1966 to 68, young Englishmen formed blues rock bands such as Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Keef Hartley Band, Ten Years After, and Free. In America, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Canned Heat, and Johnny Winter performed at Woodstock Festival 1969.
Country rock
Dylan's lead was also followed by the Byrds, who were joined by Gram Parsons in 1968. Earlier in the year Parsons had already recorded Safe at Home with the International Submarine Band, which made extensive use of pedal steel guitar and is seen by some as the first true country-rock album.[2] The result of Parsons tenure in the Byrds was Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968), generally considered one of the finest and most influential recordings in the genre.[2] The Byrds continued for a brief period in the same vein, but Parsons left soon after the album was released to be joined by another ex-Byrds member Chris Hillman in forming the Flying Burrito Brothers. Over the next two years they recorded the albums The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969) and Burrito Deluxe (1970), which helped establish the respectability and parameters of the genre, before Parsons departed to pursue a solo career.[2]
Country rock was a particularly popular style in the California music scene of the late 1960s, and was adopted by bands including C.C.R.,
The greatest commercial success for country rock came in the 1970s, with
Southern rock
Although the Southern states had been, as much as anywhere, the birthplace of rock and roll, after the decline of rockabilly in the late 1950s, it was not until the early 1970s that a distinctive regional style of rock music emerged.
Of the acts that followed the Allmans into the emerging genre, the most successful was
Swamp rock
Swamp rock originated in the mid-1960s as a fusion of rockabilly and soul music with swamp blues, country music and funk.[16] The style also drew from beat music, country blues, Cajun music and New Orleans rhythm and blues.[17][18] Part of the early swamp rock scene were John Fogerty & C.C.R., Leon Russell, Dale Hawkins, Tony Joe White, and Delaney & Bonnie.[19]
Heartland rock
The term heartland rock was first used in the early 1970s to describe
Exemplified by the commercial success of singer songwriters
1980s revival
The term "roots rock" was coined during the mid-'80s. A number of key bands were defined as
In addition the alternative country movement, producing such figures as Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, and Uncle Tupelo, can be seen as part of the roots rock tendency.[29][30] The movement began to decline in popularity again in the 1990s but produced some bands like Son Volt, Wilco, and The Bottle Rockets.[31]
After disbanding Dire Straits in 1995, lead singer Mark Knopfler has largely returned to a roots-rock sound across his nine albums.[32]
See also
References
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- ^ R. Shuker, Popular Music: the Key Concepts (London: Routledge, 2005), p. 235
- ^ "GRAMMY AWARDS CATEGORY RULES : American Roots Music Field" (PDF). Grammy.com. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ a b K. Wolff, O. Duane, Country Music: The Rough Guide (Rough Guides, 2000), p. 392
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- ^ T. Rawlings, A. Neill, C. Charlesworth and C. White, Then, Now and Rare British Beat 1960-1969 (Omnibus Press, 2002), p. 130
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- ^ "Southern Rock Meets Texas Blues When Stevie Ray Vaughan Joins Skynyrd For "Call Me The Breeze"". Societyofrock.com. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ Fontenot, Robert (February 24, 2019). "What Is Swamp Rock? A look at this Southern mix of country, funk, and soul". Liveabout. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
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- ^ G. Thompson, American Culture in the 1980s (Edinburgh University Press, 2007), p. 138
- ^ a b c d "Heartland Rock", Allmusic, archived from the original on 13 February 2011
- ^ a b Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (October 8, 2021). "Sam Fender wields a powerful energy in Seventeen Going Under". Financial Times. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ J. A. Peraino (30 August 1987), "Heartland rock: Bruce's Children", New York Times, archived from the original on 12 May 2011
- ^ A. DeCurtis (18 October 2007), "Kid Rock: Rock n' Roll Jesus", Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 14 May 2011
- ^ S. T. Erlewine, "The Killers: Sam's Town", Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 29 April 2011
- ^ Beckmann, Jim (April 9, 2014). "KEXP Presents: The War On Drugs". NPR. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra, S. T. Erlewine, eds, All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues (Backbeat, 3rd edn., 2003), pp. 493, 564, 670, 723
- ^ M. Dutton, True to the Roots: Americana Music Revealed (University of Nebraska Press, 2006), p. 18
- ^ P. Fox, B. Ching, Old Roots, New Routes: The Cultural Politics of Alt.Country Music (University of Michigan Press, 2008), p. 7
- ^ P. Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock (Rough Guides, 3rd ed., 2003), p. 1169
- ^ "New troubadours: Folk, roots rock & Americana". Msn.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
External links
- The dictionary definition of roots-rock at Wiktionary