Tag: 1970s Country Rock

Live Country Rock Albums From The 1970s

Wikipedia defines country music as…

“Country music is a genre of American popular music that originated in Southern United States, in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, fiddles, and harmonicas. The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term hillbilly music; it came to encompass Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. The term country music is used today to describe many styles and sub genres. The origins of country music are the folk music of mostly white, working-class Americans, who blended popular songs, Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional ballads, and cowboy songs, and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities.”

Country Rock Live Albums Of The 1970s

The Amazing Rhythm Aces Fullhouse Aces High 1979
The Band Rock Of Ages 1971
The Band Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
The Band The Last Waltz 1976
The Band Carter Barron Amphitheater Washington DC July 17th 1976
The Byrds Live At Royal Albert Hall 1971
Commander Cody Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas 1973
Commander Cody Sleazy Roadside Stories 1973
Commander Cody Live from Armadillo World HQ 1973 & Capitol Theatre 1975
Flying Burrito Brothers Authorized Bootleg Fillmore East NY NY Late Show 1970
The Flying Burrito Brothers Last Of The Red Hot Burritos 1971
Grateful Dead Skull & Roses 1971
Grateful Dead Ladies And Gentlemen The Grateful Dead 1971
Grateful Dead Europe 72
Grateful Dead Europe 72 Vol. 2
Grateful Dead Steppin Out With The Grateful Dead England 72
New Riders Of The Purple Sage Live at Veneta OR 8/27/1972
Gram Parsons Live 1973
Old & In The Way Live At The Boarding House 1973
Ozark Mountain Daredevils It’s Alive 1978
Poco Deliverin’ 1970
Poco Live from Columbia Studios Hollywood 9/30/1971
Poco Live 1974
Poco The Last Roundup 1977
Linda Ronstadt Sausalito 73

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The All Time Best Live Country Albums

I don’t have a readers poll to find the best country or country rock live albums of this decade but I do have a poll to find the all time best country and country rock live albums that will help guide you.

What Are The FIVE Best Live Country Rock Albums? (Click on the links to go to the reviews)

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Grateful Dead Steppin Out With The Grateful Dead England 72

Steppin Out With The Grateful Dead England 72 is a live album compiled from the concert performance in England by the Grateful Dead in April & May 1972.

Europe 72 was an extremely successful live album for the Grateful Dead but it excluded many of the classic songs. While these have been picked up on Europe 72 volume 2, the albums lack a concert feel.d

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Grateful Dead Europe 72 Vol. 2

Europe 72 Vol. 2 is a second live album by the Grateful Dead to come from the European tour after the highly regarded Europe 72.

Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux, who produced this 20-track compilation, says he only chose song titles that did not appear on Europe ’72 as a way to complement the original.

“I think this album, coupled with Europe ’72, represents a complete overview of the tour in every way,” he says. “In fact, songs like “Beat It On Down The Line,” “Next Time You See Me” and “Sing Me Back Home” were selected by the Grateful Dead for the first set, but were left off because there wasn’t enough room.”

This has the more psychedelic songs on it like Dark Star.

The European tour of 1972 is a high point in the history of the Grateful Dead but it was also the last time Pigpen was a functioning member and he died the following year.

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Grateful Dead Skull & Roses 1971

Skull & Roses is a live album by the Grateful Dead.

It was recorded in March and April 1971 including the Fillmore east concerts in April 1971 that provided songs for the four CD album Ladies and Gentlemen…the Grateful Dead.

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Flying Burrito Brothers Authorized Bootleg Fillmore East NY NY Late Show 1970

Authorized Bootleg is a live recording by the Flying Burrito Brothers in concert in November 1970.

This show is recorded after Gram Parsons and Chris Ethridge left the Burrito Brothers and they were replaced by Bernie Leadon (The Eagles) and Rick Roberts.

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Grateful Dead Europe 72

Europe 72 is a live album by Grateful Dead which captures the group in concert in Western Europe in April and May 1972.

A second volume of recordings Europe 72 volume 2 has been released in 2011. There is even a release of the complete Europe ’72 shows – all 22 concerts on 73 CDs.

Grateful Dead had released two of their most popular and critically acclaimed studio albums – Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty – which go back to the roots of American music.

This may be too “country” for music lovers primarily looking for guitar improvisations. Most of us are going to find this much more approachable and easier to listen to because of the strong song structures.

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The Band The Last Waltz 1976

The Last Waltz is the live recording of the last concert by The Band before they broke up on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976.

The main concert was recorded at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

The Last Waltz Suite was recorded at the MGM Soundstage.

The album is also the soundtrack to a film of the concert of the same name.

Personally I find it a strange album and prefer Rock Of Ages for a more authentic experience of The Band as a live group. The problem is that so many rock superstars were keen to pay tribute to The Band, the group rather got lost in the mix.

The Last Waltz finishes up as some kind of rock variety show. Interesting but not The Band at its finest.

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The Band Rock Of Ages 1971

Rock Of Ages is the first live album recorded by The Band from shows at the Academy of Music in New York City December 28 to 31, 1971.

I think this is a much better album than the more famous live album The Last Waltz which captured an all-star cast at The Band’s last gig.

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