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Southern Rock

 
 

Description of Southern Rock

 
Early 1970s rock from the American South, Southern Rock is epitomized by the blues-based guitar lyricism of the Allman Brothers (from Macon, Ga.) and the hard-edged, Honky-Tonk-tinged rock of Lynyrd Skynyrd (from Jacksonville, Fla.). Also important are the Charlie Daniels Band, the Marshall Tucker Band and Wet Willie. While most of this genre's original groups have disbanded or moved to the county fair and resort circuit, their legacy lives on in southern-fried acts like the outrageous Nashville P*ssy and Boogie Rock act the Black Crowes.
 

Southern Rock Key Tracks

 
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1. Comin' Home Delaney & Bonnie
2. Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. Flirtin' With Disaster (Live) Molly Hatchet
4. Green Grass And High Tides The Outlaws
5. Rock My Soul Elvin Bishop
6. The Devil Went Down To Georgia Charlie Daniels
 

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Southern Rock Key Artists

 
.38 Special

Wild-eyed Florida boys
whose southern-fried arena
rock spawned hits such as
"Hold On Loosely." Lead
singer Donnie Van Zant is...

Black Oak Arkansas

Southern boogie band best
known for the hit "Jim
Dandy." They spent the
majority of their career in
Lynyrd Skynyrd's shado...

Blackfoot

A Southern rock cross
between Skynyrd and
AC/DC, Blackfoot straddled
the 1970s and '80s with a
heavy boogie hybrid.

Dickey Betts

Longtime guitar player for
the Allman Brothers Band,
Dickey Betts has been
releasing solo records since
1974. That's Betts singing...

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Southern rock band Lynyrd
Skynyrd rose to
prominence in 1973
epitomizing regional pride
and stressing cocky, boist...

Molly Hatchet

Best known for "Flirtin' With
Disaster," Molly Hatchet
played an almost pop metal
version of Southern rock.
The band was named afte...

The Allman Brothers Band

This long-running,
significant rock band
traffics in purist bluesiness,
countrified boogie and
jazz-influenced superjam...

The Marshall Tucker Band

Southern rockers best
known for the simple radio
gem "Can't You See" and the
absolutely perfect "Heard It
In a Love Song." Unlike mo...

The Outlaws

The Outlaws were a '70s
Southern boogie band of
longhairs who sounded like
the Eagles crossed with the
Allman Brothers.

Wet Willie

You still hear Wet Willie's
southern rock staple, "Keep
On Smilin'," on the radio
now and then. Formed in
Mobile, Alabama, in 1970,...

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