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ZACK WHITFORD
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AMERICANWAY
NOVEMBER2015
25
Rockers
Gone
Country
Everybodywants tobea rock
star—except, in thiscase,
rockstars themselves
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THERECOMESATIME
inmostevery
musician’scareerthattheyreleasethat
onealbumthat, forbetteror forworse,
reallythrowsyou fora loop.Andastime
goeson,we’restartingtonoticethat it’s
especiallytrue intherock-to-country
transformation.The latesttopartake?
Aerosmith’sStevenTyler,who’sreleased
“LoveIsYourName” fromhisupcoming
solocountryalbum,andtheEagles’Don
Henley,whoreturnstohisruralEast
Texasrootson
CassCounty
.But ifyou
takea lookback,neitheraretotal
strangerstotwang:Aerosmith’s1994
hit“Cryin’”boastedaclassiccountry
melody,andHenleybroughtarustic feel
toEaglestunes like“Desperado.”
They’realsonot the firstrockorpop
acts tocrossover.TheByrdsgot the
trendrolling in1968with
Sweetheartof
theRodeo
.Thealbumstiffed,but its
country-rock fusion
paved theway for
everyone from the
Eagles toWilco.
Fortyyears later,
DariusRucker
finallyearned
critical successby
leavingHootie&
theBlowfish fora
countrycareerwith
Learn toLive
.And in
2013,SherylCrow
harkenedback toher
small-townSouthern
upbringingwith the
acclaimed
FeelsLikeHome
.
Asmentionedbefore,notevery
crossoverworks.LionelRichie’s
Tuskegee
(2012)wasacommercialsmash
butacritical flop:Didanyonereallyneed
abanjo-fueledversionof“Dancingonthe
Ceiling” featuringRascalFlatts?We’ll
letyoubethe judgeonTylerandHenley’s
newalbums, slated forrelease inthe
comingmonths.
—THORCHRISTENSEN
StevenTyler (top) and
DonHenley
3MUST-HAVE
ROCKER-TURNED-
COUNTRYALBUMS
BOBDYLAN
Nashville
Skyline
JERRYLEELEWIS
TheGoldenCream
of theCountry
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12Golden
CountryGreats
