Don't be so tough on Hee Haw! Without Buck Owens we'd have no Dwight Yoakam! Buck Owens created the Bakersfield sound and didn't the Beatles do a Buck Owens song? And who could pick better than Roy Clark?
Gram Parsons was a pioneer, he liked both country and rock and tried to make music that would appeal to both audiences. The Flying Burrito Brothers set the tone, others quickly followed...Pure Prairie League, Seals and Crofts....Townes Van Zandt was another pioneer
>>According to Susanna Clark, Van Zandt turned down repeated invitations to write with Bob Dylan.[30] Dylan was reportedly a "big fan" of Townes and claimed to have all of his records; Van Zandt admired Dylan's songs, but didn't care for his celebrity.[30] The two first met during a chance encounter outside a costume shop in the South Congress district of Austin, Texas, on June 21, 1986.[30] According to Johnny Guess, Dylan later arranged another meeting with the songwriter. The Drag in Austin was shut down due to Dylan being in town; Van Zandt drove his motorhome to the cordoned-off area, after which Dylan boarded the vehicle and requested to hear him play several songs.[31]
In May and June 1990, he opened for The Cowboy Junkies during a two-month-long tour of the United States and Canada, which exposed him to a younger generation of fans.[1] As a result, he wrote the song "Cowboy Junkies Lament" for the group, with a verse about each respective member of the band.
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