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roots-rock en · NOUN

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  1. (uncountable) A genre of popular rock music influenced by Americana and roots music.
    • […] door finds him or herself a millionaire superstar and gradually tax avoidance seems more important than roots rock. 1977, Marxism Today, volumes 21–23, London: Communist Party of Great Britain, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13:
    • They are favored by most blues, jazz, country, and roots-rock guitarists. 1980, Will Schmid, Hal Leonard Guitar Method, complete edition, Winona, Minn.: Hal Leonard Pub. Corp., →OCLC, page 140:
    • Doug [Clifford] was the well-known drummer in Creedence Clearwater Revival throughout their phenomenally fruitful existence as one of America's first genuine roots-rock bands. 2006, Bob Cianci, Great Rock Drummers of the Sixties Revised, 2nd edition, Milwaukee, Wis.: Hal Leonard Pub. Corp., →ISBN, page 192:

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roots rock alternative lexicographic

wikipedia: Chris Isaak