Rock bands doing Country.

Roland

ZZ Top did a cod country song on Back to The Future III. The film, not an album

EricTheWeary

https://youtu.be/ysCNbUOXfbI


Apparently.

Roland said:

ZZ Top did a cod country song on Back to The Future III. The film, not an album

olafgarten

Jack White has done a lot of country pretty much in all his bands except the dead weather. One I've been listening to recently is Parallel which was a B side but I think it's a cover so not sure if it still counts. 

Jalapeno

Blackberry Smoke's strap line is "Too Rock for Country, Too Country for Rock" - I'd agree, they're something else, but bloody marvellous with it !

PolarityMan

Down is basically country music isnt it?

phil_b

How about country singer does rock

relic245

Led Zeppelin - Hot Dog

Ok technically it's a parody of a county song but IMO does it pretty well.

viz

StefB said:

poopot said:

Kid rock - all summer long

Is that not just Sweet Home Alabama thinly disguised though?

‘cept it’s in G not D

Trude

ELO - Wild West Hero, though it still sounds more like typical ELO than genuine country TBH

Trude

For the Stones I guess we're talking:
Dead Flowers

Dear Doctor

Sweet Virginia
Country Honk

Trude

Would Rocky Rackoon by the Beatles qualify?

MrTee

Clutch. Ish 

gatheredinsong

Are The Lemondheads 'rock' enough? Similar rock level to Gin Blossoms I reckon. 

MagicPigDetective

Pavement - Range Life

Grunfeld

EricTheWeary said:

EricTheWeary said:

I could so you a playlist of reggae covers of country songs and country versions of reggae songs ( might not be a 50:50 balance!). I’d enjoy it anyway. 

...well nobody asked for it but I did it anyway...

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6zYfnY6VP2dheRFgFXueac?si=ZrvJZ5VxQeCgmDiyeP9zXg


it’s a bit middle of the road probably, I think I’m missing something obvious as well but as no one else will ever listen to it probably moot points...

Just to be contrary I'm listening to it.  Like it.  Although Johnny Cash has such a rich and powerful voice that Joe Strummer in that duet sounds like he should be in school or something.

koneguitarist

Grunfeld said:

EricTheWeary said:

EricTheWeary said:

I could so you a playlist of reggae covers of country songs and country versions of reggae songs ( might not be a 50:50 balance!). I’d enjoy it anyway. 

...well nobody asked for it but I did it anyway...

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6zYfnY6VP2dheRFgFXueac?si=ZrvJZ5VxQeCgmDiyeP9zXg


it’s a bit middle of the road probably, I think I’m missing something obvious as well but as no one else will ever listen to it probably moot points...

Just to be contrary I'm listening to it.  Like it.  Although Johnny Cash has such a rich and powerful voice that Joe Strummer in that duet sounds like he should be in school or something.

Johnny Cash was the real thing, poor as hell, joined USAF, as a radio operator was first to announce to west that Stalin was dead. Door to door salesman etc. Then Country Icon. As opposed to Joe the public school boy.

JezWynd

Barrivee

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0II3VVsZ2EQ

Supersuckers do Rock and/or Country shows. I love them either way. 

https://youtu.be/yWQ_l3hL-H0

BTW if anyone can tell me how to embed a video in a comment rather than a link I’d be very grateful!

kin

drive by truckers

fob

Amazed Dire Straits haven't been mentioned. I almost think of their first album as a country album in a subtle way - a sort of understated British take on country music.