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EU-only two CD set in digipak with comprehensive booklet. Volume 6 - 1973 The leading edge of the country rock scene was shifting from Los Angeles to Austin. In March 1973, Crawdaddy magazine highlighted the Austin for the first time. Pretty soon, everyone was catching on. In September, Billboard devoted a full page to Austin, calling out Willie Nelson, Doug Sahm, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Billy Joe Shaver. The original standard-bearers of Country Rock, the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, had lost their way, but their guru, Gram Parsons, made two of the finest LPs of any era. Parsons' work is the cornerstone of our last two volumes. But we detour to Austin to catch Doug Sahm, Jerry Jeff Walker, the Lost Gonzo Band, and Willie Nelson. We gather the best of the era's country rock from Nashville, New York, San Francisco, and all points in-between. Here are the era's greatest recordings and the stories behind them. Album Tracks 1. Sahm, Doug and Band - (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone 2. Nelson, Willie - Shotgun Willie 3. Parsons, Gram - That?S All It Took 4. Delbert & Glen - California Livin? 5. Zandt, Townes Van - Pancho & Lefty 6. Walker, Jerry Jeff - Gettin? By 7. Bare, Bobby - Ride Me Down Easy 8. Shaver, Billy Joe - Old Five and Dimers Like Me 9. Cale, J.J. - If You?Re Ever in Oklahoma 10. Wilson, Hank - Roll in My Sweet Baby?S Arms 11. Clark, Gene - Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky (Aka Rough and Rocky) 12. Earl Scruggs Revue, the - Salty Dog Blues 13. New Riders of the Purple Sage - Lonesome L.A. Cowboy 14. Band, the - Crying Heart Blues 15. Goose Creek Symphony - (Oh Lord Won't You Buy Me a) Mercedes Benz 16. Roberts, Rick - Glad to Be Goin? 17. Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Country Girl 18. Borderline - Please Help Me Forget 19. Linde, Dennis - Burning Love 20. Little Feat - Roll Um Easy 21. Hicks, Dan
