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Progressive country is a subgenre of country music developed in the early 1970s.〔''Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks: The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Music Scene'', Stimeling, Travis David.〕 In the late 1960s and early 1970s, mainstream country music was dominated by the slick Nashville sound and the rock-influenced Bakersfield sound of artists like Merle Haggard.〔''American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3'', Starr, Larry and Waterman, Christopher.〕 A new generation of country artists emerged, influenced by contemporary rock music, singer-songwriters such as Bob Dylan, and the liberal politics of the 1960s counterculture.〔〔 Progressive country was a songwriter-based movement and many key artists had previously seen success writing for other artists in Nashville; writing for themselves, they were more concerned with expanding country music than creating hits.〔 Foremost among these artists was Willie Nelson, who returned to Texas after deciding to focus on performing his own songs. Nelson soon attained a wide following and inspired other artists in Texas and Nashville.〔http://stillisstillmoving.com/willienelson/progressive-country-music-its-creative-energy-seemed-to-be-centered-around-willie-nelson-down-in-austin/〕 By the mid-1970s, progressive country artists entered the mainstream, usually in the form of cover versions by other artists.〔 Progressive country also provided the basis for outlaw country, a harder-edged, more rock-oriented variant that achieved wide success in the late 1970s, as well as cowpunk and alternative country artists in the 1980s through today. ==Progressive country artists== *Willie Nelson *Kris Kristofferson *Ray Wylie Hubbard *Townes Van Zandt *Guy Clark *Tom T. Hall *Bobby Bare *Billy Joe Shaver *Jimmie Dale Gilmore *Butch Hancock *Jerry Jeff Walker] *Pure Prairie League *New Riders of the Purple Sage 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「progressive country」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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