[Afternoon Tea]

Originally Posted by papermario13689

I can respect that there were some heavily country-inspired songs from those two artists, but I'd place those two artists under the swing/rock genres.
It's actually interesting what people consider country, which is quite a wider range than everyone thinks.

I've had people think this famous Dire Straits song was country, but it's actually closer to rock.

I agree, but again both contributed in creating Rockabilly, which is a mix of Country, Rhythm, Blues, ect. They took major influence from Country music stars, like Hank Williams which is why they sound so country.

A great example would be these two albums




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Also that is Such a Good song! It does sounds like country, but it does lean closer to Rock.

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Paul McCartney - Heart of the Country
This song sounds Country, but is classified as Rock, and alot of the Songs in this album 'Ram' Sounds Country, but is classified as Rock.