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Roots

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    Before The Next Tear Drop Falls
    Before The Next Tear Drop Falls
    Emilio Navaira
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    Papa Dukie And The Mud People (Edit) (Radio Single)
    Papa Dukie And The Mud People (Edit) (Radio Single)
    The Subdudes
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    Wicked Game
    Wicked Game
    Chris Isaak

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Description

In the 1980s, rock bands with a taste for the rustic -- with echoes of folk, blues, Rockabilly, or country in their music -- were dubbed "Roots Rock." Playing no-frills music with straight-ahead lyrics, bands like the BoDeans, the Blasters, and Jason and the Scorchers found varying levels of mainstream acceptance for their rural rock. The most recognizable Roots strains in contemporary music can be found in groups as varied as Counting Crows, Cracker, and Wilco. Arguably, the entire Alt-Country movement is a direct descendant of this true blue form.

Subgenres

  • Cajun/Zydeco
  • Swamp Pop
  • Tex Mex