roots-rock

alternative roots rock

1. uncountableentertainmentA genre of popular rock music influenced by Americana and roots music.

   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

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   […] 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

   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