re: Long haired hippie redneck freaks -- that is to say, Country-Rock

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J.D. Souther was one of the founders of the Southern California country-rock sound back in the late 60's.

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Let's not go overboard -- he was on the scene, but he was not a major player at the time

And I consider him less a founder of country-rock than a harbinger of the El Lay sound of the '70s (which I don't care for at all)