Country Rock

[Plum]

Many eons ago I was "allowed" to mix rock/rockabilly/folk/new country/old country/country western altogether on an all night country show in L.A.--It was like an "underground rock" format (now I'm REALLY aging myself!) only it was Country! I could play album tracks as long as I mixed them in with the "hits".
Linda Ronstadt-The Eagles-Conway Twitty-Johnny Cash-Elvis-Dolly Parton-George Jones-Hey it all worked and it was a lovely overnight thing! A decade after that we had a format in LA called Classic Country and even though it was structured we were mixing all kinds of music. It worked really nice. My job was to keep decent ratings at night in the times we wern't playing Lakers or Kings games. It worked because it was different! It would be nice if the Bull or Eagle did something like that.

 

[trusty]

Seems that your playlist was deeper than the "Crock" format just recently discussed (http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,67006.0.html). Rock & Roll in the South began as a heavy mix of country & R&B - hence "rockabilly".

I mean, it's there; might as well use it, and I think it would be more than a novelty (Listen for the banjo on "Take It Easy".) However, it might be hard to sell.

 

[andyfrom88]

Did someone mention rockabilly?

-Rev. Andy