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Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues and is focused generally on electric guitars and vocals. Author Scott B. Bomar speculates the term "Southern rock" may have been coined in 1972 by Mo Slotin, writing for Atlanta's ...
- The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1969) Written by guitarist Robbie Robertson – a Canadian enthralled by the mythical south – and sung by Arkansas-born drummer Levon Helm, Dixie tells the story of the end of the Civil War from the point of view of an southern soldier: beaten and tired, overtaken by the march of progress.
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird (1973) The track that, more than any other, defined the southern rock genre. The beginning of the song is almost a power ballad, as Ronnie Van Zant asks the immortal question ‘If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?’
- Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin’ Man (1973) One of the pioneering southern rock bands, it was the Allman Brothers’ mix of blues, country and jazz that forged their overall sound.
- Little Feat – Dixie Chicken (1973) Little Feat’s landmark third album saw Lowell George writing some of the best songs of his career and the band developing an oozy, denser sound that suited them perfectly.
Apr 4, 2018 · The 80s saw the rise of REM, an Athens, Georgia quartet which crossed into the pop mainstream after being championed as an indie outfit. They showed many of the tropes of Southern rock, as did ...
- Ian Mccann
- Allman Brothers Band
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- Ozark Mountain Daredevils
- ZZ Top
- The Black Crowes
- Potliquor
- Hank Williams Jr.
- Michelle Malone
- Molly Hatchet
- Black Oak Arkansas
If you’re looking for the beginnings of Southern Rock, there may be no better place to start than the Allman Brothers. Formed in Jacksonville, Florida by the brothers Allman, they were the catalyst for numerous other bands to introduce their own southern-ness to rock. There’s Duane Allman and his sinuous slide guitar solos, brother Gregg Allman hun...
Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, and Gary Rossington formed a band in 1964 and, by 1970, had finally settled on the name of a teacher from Rossington’s school – Leonard Skinner. The group’s debut album under that name, Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd came out three years later. It featured “Free Bird” and “Simple Man,” two of the biggest Southern ...
A genuine bunch of mountain-dwelling hippies, The Ozark Mountain Daredevilscould play anything from folk and bluegrass, to straight-ahead pop and fist-wavers like their regional hit “If You Wanna Get to Heaven” (which of course involves raising a little hell). Their peak-era albums were finely polished in the studio by star English producer Glyn Jo...
ZZ Top always stood apart musically from the rest of the Southern rock crowd, as a stripped-down blues-rock trio who were never into long jams. They stood apart even more once they got into synthesizers. But the “little ol’ band from Texas” always wore their Southern roots as a badge of honor, including locally-slanted songs like “My Head’s in Miss...
Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson picked up the Southern rock banner in the 90s and waved it proudly, revitalizing the genre with an Otis Redding cover (“Hard to Handle”) and a stack of solid albums including the classic Southern Harmony and Musical Companion. In later years they’d make a few personnel shifts and go off in a rootsier, jam-based dire...
If ever an album lived up to its title, it was Louisiana Rock ‘n Roll, the third and best album from this Baton Rouge band in 1973. They seemed to have it all, including a raunchy guitar sound, a Jerry Lee-style piano pounder, a few touches of deep soul, and some ace covers. (Their “Born Under a Bad Sign” arguably beats Cream’s). But despite relent...
Most of the major Southern rockers nodded toward country music; Hank Jr. was the first major country figure to nod back, tearing down a lot of country/rock boundaries in the process. 1975’s Hank Williams Jr. and Friendswas his breakthrough, fusing the spirit of his father’s music with the electricity and rebel spirit of Southern rock (and some of t...
If Southern rock had been a little more fashionable in the early 90s, this Georgia native could have been the genre’s first female superstar. Her one major-label album, Relentless, showed her as a gutsy singer with boundless energy; around that time she teamed with an all-star cast (three Heartbreakers and two Georgia Satellites) for “U.S. Blues,” ...
If one lyric line can sum up the greatness of Southern rock, a sure contender would be “Flirtin’ with disaster, y’all/Damn sure you know what I mean!’ Anthemic songs like that one and “Beatin’ the Odds” were their stock in trade, featuring gritty vocals from Danny Joe Brown and, later, Jimmy Farrar. Flying the flag for the genre, the group paid tri...
Arguably the wildest of the lot, Black Oak Arkansas featured three shredders who played lead guitar all the time and a raving maniac of a frontman in Jim Dandy Mangrum, with his unearthly croak of a singing voice. The lyrics were equally steeped in whacked-out spirituality and a “back to the earth” ethos which included plenty of free love. Hit sing...
Aug 15, 2023 · Southern rock began in 1973 and lasted through the early 1980s, when a new southern rock sound, more punk- than country-influenced, emerged in Athens, Georgia, with R.E.M., Pylon, and the B-52s. Three things are important to this definition (one I’ll never be 100% satisfied with). The musicians stayed in the South.
Aug 27, 2020 · Features. Classic Rock. The epic story of The Outlaws, and why southern rock still matters. By Dave Ling. ( Classic Rock ) published 27 August 2020. While the Allman Brothers Band are retired and Lynyrd Skynyrd are preparing to follow suit, one of their contemporaries continue to stick to their path: The Outlaws.
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When the outlaws leave nashville and southern sons reclaim the blues, Southern Rock is born.
