1766 J. Bartram Jrnl. 62 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (1767) A fine spring of clear water almost big enough to turn a mill, boiling up from under the main body of the country rocks, as all the great fountains do.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxv. 521 For the ninety miles..the ‘country rock’ is entirely of sandstone.

2009 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106 20656/1 The energy needed to partially melt preexisting country rock is provided by juvenile magmatic underplates.

1853 Daily News 11 Jan. 7/4 Still the country rock is composed of a good mixture of lead ore, now going to wash.

1883 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds (new ed.) xxxv. 582 The enclosing rocks, known in reference to the vein as ‘wall rock’, and ‘country rock’, are somewhat more simple in construction.

1901 S. E. White Claim Jumpers ii. 24 Bennington did not even know what country-rock was.

1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. v. 58/2 The country-rock strikes north-westerly.

1955 Billboard 28 May 54/3 Big Moe is vocalist on this country rock and roll side.]

1956 Billboard 22 Sept. 72/3 On flip he has a combination of square dance and country rock with rapid-fire lyrics.

1969 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 7 July a9/1 Rusty Young..is probably one of tho best steel guitar players as far as country-rock music is concerned.

1976 N. Y. Times 19 May 30/5 Chris Hillman..brought his country-rock sextet into the Other End on Monday and Tuesday.

1983 Panama City (Florida) News Herald 13 Aug. 6 a/4 Alice..will be singing a gospel song.., a country rock song by Rosanne Cash and a ballad.

1990 T. Robbins Skinny Legs & All 19 He boogied to country-rock more flamboyantly than any man in east-central Virginia.

2000 Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 Apr. 81 Hopetoun House could hardly be further from most people's idea of a country-rock venue.

2010 D. R. Adams Cleveland's Rock & Roll Roots viii. 111 Eli Radish is considered the first true country rock band in Cleveland.