Tuesdays Gone.

Followed close by several Whiskey Meyers songs.

Whipping Post

Don't kick me out of the Entertainment Board for this, but…………. Sweet Home Alabama!

I play in a band. I once told the other guys I would play Sweet Home Alabama on repeat for a four hour bar gig, if they were willing. Didn't happen, but I woulda.

To have a deeper answer, I'll also add Blue Sky by the Allman Brothers. I love Southern Rock!



Walk along the river,
sweet lullaby
They just keep on flowin',
they don't worry 'bout where it's goin', no, no

Ballad of Curtis Loew.

La Grange.

Fortunate Son

They Call Me the Breeze

(Among so many others)

Keep Your Hands to Yourself- Georgia Satellites.

Heard It In A Love Song

Flirting With Disaster

"Train" by Blackfoot
"Flirtin''' w/ Disaster" by Molly Hatchet
"My Maria" by B.W. Stevenson (did not know he was from Oak Cliff ... wonder iff the Vaughan brothers had any run-ins w/ him)

Caught Up In You- 38 Special

Scotts Tot said:

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Well as I feel that they have been the pinnacle of the genre, I'm compelled to go with an Allman tune but there are so many...

Blue Sky

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Kind of incredible that they are both widely recognized as the origin of southern rock and considered by many to also be the pinnacle. Southern rock was first coined in reference to their blend of roots rock, blues, gospel and that slide guitar sound.

I always tell people Southern Rock was born in 1969 with the Allman Brothers Band and that was also the best it ever was. Not that there hasn't been great music in the genre since but I'm pretty much of the opinion that they nailed it right out of the gate.

I'll take Whipping Post as the greatest ever personally and say the live version from Live at Fillmore East in 1971 was the pinnacle.

Deep cut..


Another fav

bam02 said:

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Do y'all consider Creedence to be Southern Rock?

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I do. Do you not?

Statesboro Blues. The Allman Brothers are a southern rock group and so much more.

I'll go -

simple man - skynyrd
Carl Perkin's Cadillac - drive by truckers
Sometimes salvation - black crowes
Midnight rider - allman bros.
Willin' - little feat

Simple Man is an absolutely perfect representation of southern rock and blue collar lifestyle
I would add Like a Rock as well.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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Scotts Tot said:

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Well as I feel that they have been the pinnacle of the genre, I'm compelled to go with an Allman tune but there are so many...

Blue Sky

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Kind of incredible that they are both widely recognized as the origin of southern rock and considered by many to also be the pinnacle. Southern rock was first coined in reference to their blend of roots rock, blues, gospel and that slide guitar sound.

I always tell people Southern Rock was born in 1969 with the Allman Brothers Band and that was also the best it ever was. Not that there hasn't been great music in the genre since but I'm pretty much of the opinion that they nailed it right out of the gate.

I'll take Whipping Post as the greatest ever personally and say the live version from Live at Fillmore East in 1971 was the pinnacle.

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Yea it seems like there has been some debate as to whether the Allman Brothers or Skynyrd were the kings of southern rock, which is laughable to me. Skynyrd was an unsophisticated redneck attempt at what the Allman Brothers were doing, and they never got close. The Allman Brothers could run circles around Skynyrd musically.

bam02 said:

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Chipotlemonger said:

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bam02 said:

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Do y'all consider Creedence to be Southern Rock?

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I do. Do you not?

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I do. I guess my hesitation was the California thing that HNIC mentioned.

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CCR went more southern in my opinion later as that became more popular.

Some people called their sound swamp rock and it had a little more country and rockabilly influence with that cajun sound versus what the Allman brothers did which was roots rock, blues, gospel and that slide guitar sound.

And yeah the California thing - most people don't even know they were not from anywhere near Louisiana. And certainly not "southern".

But neither was Neil Young - hell he is Canadian. His early music too was more country/folk rock but he leaned into southern rock after The Allman Brothers.

There is room for them all - but The Allman Brothers really originated it and perfected it imo.

A lot of good ones already mentioned. A couple more:

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets, Double Trouble
Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides

Scotts Tot said:

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Skynyrd was an unsophisticated redneck attempt at what the Allman Brothers were doing, and they never got close.

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Woah, understand the respect for the Allman Bros but disagree with the minimization of Skynyrd.

Claude! said:

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A lot of good ones already mentioned. A couple more:

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets, Double Trouble
Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides

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green grass high tides,, only the 21 minute live version



ccr - i heard it through the grapevine is another great one, also ramble tamble

Favorites. I have favorites.

However, I do enjoy listening to this one quite often



The lyrics never stopped making me smile.

Though I'm nearing 30 years with my wife, whenever she starts pestering and whatnot

Quote:

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I'm gonna find me
A hole in the wall
I'm gonna crawl inside and die...

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Quote:

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Gonna climb a mountain
The highest mountain
I'll jump of, nobody gonna know

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Blackfoot "highway song" for me is perfect southern rock song.

It's slow and vocal based to start and then it goes right into classic fast southern guitar work with a lead and army of guitars. It's also long. Southern rock needs to be long. It's not a radio tune.

Allman Brothers. Lynyrd. An army of guitars and they play forever.