Best Country/Rock - Poll

Sorry I didn't give more specific examples in my first post. If I were going to recommend a beginner's library of great country rock, it would have to include the following, specifically:

The International Submarine Band – Safe At Home
The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
Buck Owens – The Buck Owens Collection
The Jayhawks – Rainy Day Music, Blue Earth, and Hollywood Town Hall
Rank and File – Sundown and Long Gone Dead
The Silos – Cuba
Steve Earle – Copperhead Road and El Corazon
Rosanne Cash – Interiors and Kings Record Shop
Jimmie Dale Gilmore – After Awhile and Spinning Around the Sun
Joe Ely – Honky Tonk Masquerade
Neil Young – Comes A Time
Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Kasey Chambers – The Captain
The Old 97s – Fight Songs
Jo Carol Pierce – Bad Girls Upset By the Truth
Neko Case – Blacklisted
The Blasters – American Music
Trailer Bride – Whine de Lune
Drive-By Truckers – Decoration Day
The Bottle Rockets – The Brooklyn Side and 24 Hours a Day
Jason and the Scorchers – Fervor
Elvis Costello – Almost Blue
Gary Allan – Tough All Over
Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again

These are in no particular order, hardly comprehensive, and lean too heavily on alt-country (sorry, but I could never get much into the Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt/Wilco branch of the tree). Sorry for repeating what's already been mentioned...

dcisok, waltersalas - thanks! I now have a shopping list.

I was wondering how far down I was going to have to go before somebody mentioned the early-mid 70's influences of the NRPS and even moreso The Dead. They are the closest definition of country rock I can think of. The Marshall Tucker band would also fall right in line.
As far as current day stuff, there is a band called Railroad Earth which is a country/bluegrass/rock band. These guys are GREAT both live and on their new live CD called ELKO, and the quality of the recording is definately worth the shot. I ran the whole disc through twice on Sunday after seeing them live on Sat. night. The disc sung like a bird on my 3 month old MBL/Tara Labs setup. Really sweet.

Gosh, tough to figure out what does or doesn't fit in the definition. But a couple I feel the need to include:

Chris Whitley -- "Living With the Law" and "Dirt Floor" are my favorites. Chris passed recently, and will be sorely missed.

Also, two local-type blues/country/folkey singer-songwriters I have to (and frequently do) recommend who are, for my money, among my all-time favorites, anytime, anywhere, any genre. Really. Danny Schmidt and Paul Curreri. No, you might not have heard of them and you won't find their stuff just anywhere. But all the details you need are on the sites and, I promise, well worth your time. (And there should be samples to listen to on both.)

Bonnie Raitt
The Mavericks
Atkins/Knopfler
Leann Rimes