COUNTRY-ROCK

COUNTRY-ROCK (c. 1968) Country-rock is the granddaddy of today's progressive or new country. In the 1960s many rock acts were rediscovering the joys of real country music, as opposed to the watered-down pop sounds that were coming from Nashville. Even The Beatles helped point the way, in their recording of BUCK OWENS'S hit Act Naturally. (Remember, Liverpool is a seaport, and country music came across the ocean on many merchant ships, so that HANK WILLIAMS was as big an influence on John Lennon…