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Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy Angels: The Blissed-Out Birth of Country Rock Vol. 3: 1970
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On the third volume of
's seven-entry country-rock chronicle
, the label moves into 1970, a year that saw a nascent, long-haired Americana gain popularity but also get a bit weirder. Thanks to
's success --
turned heads in 1968, but 1969's
found its way onto the Billboard Top 10, bringing the group to the cover of Time in the opening weeks of 1970 -- there were now hordes of fellow travelers, including hippies like
, trying on overalls for size.
brought in
to play steel on "The Farm," one of the 38 tunes featured on this double-disc set, a collection of songs that also includes two cuts from
's twin '70 releases,
and
. If the San Franciscan hippies were embracing roots, so were the blissed-out Los Angelenos. Led by
, who spent much of 1970 closing out his run with the
, these creatures of the Canyon included
, who was just breaking free from
, and
, continuing the path they started in 1969 -- a journey that can be heard on the second volume of Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy Angels -- but the '70s saw the rise of idiosyncratic singer/songwriters like
,
, along with Nashville rebels
, the latter also seeing success via a cover of "Me and Bobby McGee" from
. A new wrinkle came in the form of the wooly, hard-driving rockers from the south, a breed typified by
but also encompassing
. A lot of the lesser-known names here --
-- fall outside of these parameters, skewing closer to the bright, wide-open sound of
, a feel that might typify how country-rock felt at the start of the '70s: after all the heaviness of the '60s, it seemed like a new day was dawning. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine