You won't hear anyone doing a Robert Plant in country and, by the same token, you won't hear a Jim Reeves in rock and roll.Ģ. There are comparatively few technically good rock singers (Don Henley is a definite exception). The first 'boogie' was performed in a country song.ġ. Several country singers are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as 'early influences' on the advent of rock and roll. Rock began as a blend of country, R&B, and blues. And what is on Rock radio is.I don't know. But, what's on country radio today is 'rock'. You'll get an occasional steel guitar in a country song, maybe some fiddle. To answer your question without all my opinions: Their isn't a difference anymore. AC/DC put out a new album last year, and it was a solid Rock 'n Roll CD, but it didn't blow me away.

Is there an honest rock artist out there? I haven't heard any rock since John Cougar's 'Jack and Diane'.

But, she is not country, and I am honestly sick of turning on the radio and hearing her nonstop.but, she and RF sell records so that'll never change. I like Taylor Swift for what she is: a cute, sweet, teenage girl who writes ditties that all the teeny boppers like. Today, while it has gone a little bit more back to traditional country, I still consider it soft rock with the conglomerates running country radio and cramming drivel like 'Rascal Flatts' and other slick, gimmicky, over produced hair and makeup bands/artists down our throats.

While in the early eighties country turned more popish and slick, it went full blown 'Rock/Pop' in the nineties.

Soft country rock