A twang to part three. This was the era that saw country hit the rock mainstream, through the likes of the Stones. It was also the year that saw the second of the prison recordings that saw his credibility restored. There is a raw energy to these recordings that chimed well with the rock and roll generation.
mp3 Johnny Cash: San Quentin
Townes van Zandt's second and third albums were released in 1969. His second, Our Mother the Mountain, featured some of his great songs, even though he would record many of them again without the somewhat florid arrangements. This though, is mighty fine.
mp3 Townes van Zandt: Kathleen
The Band followed up Music From Big Pink with their eponymous masterpiece, the template for what these days we call Americana.
mp3 The Band: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Johnny Cash sang on the first track, and The Band connection is clear. 1969 was the year Dylan went country with Nashville Skyline.
mp3 Bob Dylan: I Threw it all Away
At the real cutting edge were Gram Parsons' Flying Burrito Brothers with The Gilded Palace of Sin (great title), as country rock edged closer to country itself:
mp3 The Flying Burrito Brothers: Sin City
more to come...
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