Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards on the country-rock pioneer who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26

Despite his tumultuous lifestyle, Gram Parsons delivered transcendent music with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and his own Fallen Angels ...

The biggest country song of every year in the '70s, ranked by Billboard data

Using Billboard's Hot Country Songs charts, Stacker identified the most popular song of each year by selecting those that ...
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‘70s Country Music Icon Dies at 83: ‘A True Legend With a Voice To Match’

‘70s Country Music Icon Dies at 83: ‘A True Legend With a Voice To Match’ originally appeared on Parade. It all started in the 1940s, on a humble farm outside of Monroe City, Missouri, where a ...
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4 Country Albums From the Late 70s That Should Be Required Listening for Every Country Music Fan

These four country albums all came out in the late 70s, and should be required listening for every country music fan.
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5 rock musicians who experimented with '70s country — and nailed it

Country and rock have been bedfellows since the '50s, but these '70s artists, from Jerry Garcia to Neil Young, blended the genres to create pure magic.
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3 Country Artists From the 70s That Are Still Relevant Today

As the years pass, so much changes. But thankfully, not everything shifts and remolds in our worlds. Sometimes things like good music stand the test of time. Not only that, sometimes those stalwart ...
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Country music star from ‘60s and ‘70s dies after long battle with dementia

Melba Montgomery, a country music songstress known for her duets, died at the age of 86. The singer’s most notable duets came alongside George Jones, Gene Pitney and Charlie Louvin during the ‘60s and ...