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Best Country/Rock - Poll

I recently started picking up more and more music I would loosely describe as "country/rock". A couple of recent purchases (namely Jackson Brown "Solo Acoustic", and Gene Clarke & Carla Olson "So Rebelious a Lover") caused me to look for a "Best Country/Rock" thread for more ideas. I couldn't find one, so I'm starting one here.

General guidelines
1) Don't hang up on what is country rock. If you think it is, ok.
2) Identify particularly well recorded , but don't leave anything off if it's good.
3) No limit or minimum - name your favorites.

Here are some of my my favorites in no particular order:
(* = excellent recording)

Gene Clark: "No Other" * and "White Lightening" *
Gene Clarke @ Carla Olson "So Rebelious a Lover"
Jackson Brown "Solo Acoustic" *
Willie Nelson "Stardust" SACD *
Neil Young "Prairie Wind" *
Cowboy Junkies - most all of their stuff, but especially "One Soul Now" , "Lay it Down" , "Mile From Our Home". "Trinity Sessions" *
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qdrone
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I'm suprised these were not mentioned:
Grinderswitch
Point Blank
The Dingo's
Arlo Guthrie
and Neil Young/Old Ways and Elvis Costello/Blue.
I will tell you all about Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers. Back in 1970 they were contracted to play a concert at El Camino Real High school in Woodland Hills my alma mater and were busted for possesion of Marijauna. One of the Phys. Ed coaches walked in on a couple of band members getting high in the Special Ed room.
I will never forget standing in the nutrition area watching the Football players threatning to kick Gram Parsons ass for looking so queer dressed in pink from head to toe including a pair of pink shades and a Pink hankerchief around his throat. I never thought he was going to get out there alive. Boy times in Cali have sure changed.
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