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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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tostadosunidos
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Los Lobos, when they're in the mood, is a fine country band.  Such tracks as "One Time, One NIght in America" and "Evangeline" qualify.  Also worth checking out is their cover of the Dead's "Bertha."
Several tracks on Judy Collins' "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" give Buddy Emmons room to shine on steel guitar--notably "Poor Immigrant," "Someday Soon" and "Bird on the Wire."  That stuff goes straight to my heart.
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tostadosunidos
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I like Heybale, a local Austin band with some veteran sidemen from the likes of Merle and Johnny Cash bands.  But I'm not sure if the "rock" part applies.  Certainly the guitarist is virtuosic and loud, so maybe so.
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tostadosunidos
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bdp24, yes, we get spoiled here.  Redd is guitarist in Heybale.  He tears it up no matter who he's playing with.  Until recently we had (lap steel guitarist) Cindy Cashdollar living here and they sometimes appeared together.  Add in Hot Club of Cowtown, Junior Brown, mandolinist Paul Glasse, pianist Floyd Domino and so many others and it makes for quite a feast for the locals to partake of.  Oh, and we've got Bill Kirchen living here again.  He and Redd make an impressive Tele-duo.  This makes me realize I need to get out and hear more live music. 

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