I'm not at all good at classifying music but I love to discuss it! I had a period some years ago when I checked out the history of the Byrds members through the years. I've always loved the Byrds! Just now listening to Lover of the Bayou, which is a bit different from the rest but very acrid (? Never sure if I use the right word...) You ain't going nowhere is my favourite. It was too long ago I listened to this tape!!!

From a friend who is most of all a country-fan I borrowed a CD with the Desert Rose Band and recorded. (Chris Hillman played with them) I just love Love reunited, One step forward and From a distance. Soooo… does somebody know if that is Folk rock? Or is it Country rock? Or is that the same thing???

I don't at all like (common) country as much as folk music but I'm not always sure where country ends and folk (rock) starts... Still I usually hear a big difference. I checked out Gram Parsons homepage now as he was mentioned here and it says "the worlds first and most outrageous Country Rock musician." But he's also mentioned here where folk rock is discussed.

Where are the bounds (?) between these different music styles? It's so interesting to discuss. And I guess I have some answers in my Rock Dictionary, which I read a lot when I was "researching". It's very nice to look in it again and it doesn't matter that it's from 1990 as all great stars were dead already then... ;-) Well, at least many of them...

My dictionary says that Gram Parsons band from 65 "The International Submarine Band" was the first real Country Rock group but before that he played in the folk music inspired group The Shilos.

Berit