Eagles
California country-rock perfected on a desert highway.
The Eagles braided Laurel Canyon harmonies, country pedal steel, and rock muscle into the defining California sound of the 1970s. 'Hotel California,' 'Take It Easy,' 'Desperado' — these aren't just hits, they're the connective tissue between Gram Parsons' Cosmic American Music and the FM dial. Glenn Frey and Don Henley wrote like screenwriters; Bernie Leadon and Don Felder played like a band that had memorized every Burrito Brothers record.
- Gram Parsons
- Linda Ronstadt
- Jackson Browne
- The Flying Burrito Brothers
- Linda Ronstadt
- Jackson Browne
- Joe Walsh
- JD Souther
Pull the thread
USA · 1944 — 1997
Townes Van Zandt
The patron saint of the kitchen-table songwriters.
USA · 1953 — present
Lucinda Williams
Louisiana made audible.
USA · 1978 — present
Sturgill Simpson
Walked into Nashville with a haircut and an attitude.
USA · 1991 — present
Tyler Childers
Appalachia, unfiltered and unembarrassed.
USA · 1988 — present
Sierra Ferrell
Sings like she found the songs in a creek bed.
USA · 1984 — present
Charley Crockett
Keeps the bones, throws out the gristle.
USA · 1979 — present
Jason Isbell
Wrote 'Southeastern' and meant it.
USA · 1983 — present
Margo Price
Outlaw country with a working-class spine.