Agasaurus Tex said:

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Do you have to be a band from the south to be considered a southern rock band or is it the type of music they play?

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Type of music is the most important thing.

Burdizzo said:

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Does Atlanta Rhythm Section qualify as Southern Rock because Georgia Rhythm has always been a favorite of mine.

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Your question prompted me to dig into ARS a bit and I learned that the reason they recorded "Spooky," released in 1979, is because band member J.R. Cobb and producer/manager Buddy Buie had recorded it earlier with the Classics IV.

I always wondered why a southern rock band would record a pop classic like that, although it sounds great in both versions.

Don't Misunderstand Me is a great, forgotten song.

Im not the most well versed but give me Blue Sky.

Cowboy - Kid Rock

Aust Ag said:

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Don't Misunderstand Me is a great, forgotten song.

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Yeah the band had these four former Lynyrd Skynyrd members who survived the plane crash

Gary Rossington - guitar - had severe injuries and steel rods in leg and arms
Allen Collins - guitar - nearly had his arm amputated his injuries were so bad but they saved it
Leon Wilkeson - bass guitar - declared dead at ths scene and later resuscitated
Billy Powell - keyboards

plus Dale Krantz on vocals who had been a .38 special backup singer and would later marry Rossington and they had two kids.

and Barry Lee Harwood who had recored with Lynyrd Skynyrd a few times on mandolin and guitar.

the drummer Derek Hess was recommended by Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer) after he had a bad motorcycle accident when the band started after surviving the plane crash with minor injuries.

They seemed jinxed really from the get go.... Rossington had another accident and broke his leg, Collins wife died just a year later and he often would not show up at gigs his depression was so bad. He later had another accident that killed his girfriend and left him nearly paralyzed.

Later incarnations like The Allen Collins Band and Rossington Band also fell flat until the members reuinited as a Skynyrd-tribute band in 1987, which would evolve into a full-fledged Skynyrd re-formation with the youngest Van Zant brother Johnny on lead vocals.

All my favorites have been listed so I'll throw in a band that mentions most of the bands on the above list.


Gator Country- Molly Hatchet

IJones23 said:

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All my favorites have been listed so I'll throw in a band that mentions most of the bands on the above list.


Gator Country- Molly Hatchet

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Gator Country is my favorite rather than the frequently mentioned, as was here, Flirtin' With Disaster.

The guitar riff, bass line...pure awesomeness. I snuck that one (and other Southern rock jams) into the musical rotation at the Dry Bean without ole Don knowing.

Gator Country
Boogie No More
Dreams I'll Never See

Bounty Hunter


Flirting' With Disaster

Aust Ag said:

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I was thinking (probably best for another topic), but what is the greatest Southern rock song actually about the South? And it can't name a state in the title of the song.

Would it be The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band?

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Gimme 3 steps. Redneck bar, dancing with someone else's woman and a .44. It checks all the boxes.

IJones23 said:

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Gator Country
Boogie No More
Dreams I'll Never See

Bounty Hunter


Flirting' With Disaster

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Fall of the Peacemakers

Gives me chills to this day every time I hear it.

Chain Lightning - .38 Special
Take the Highway- Marshall Tucker Band

And,yes, I know they're not from the south and it's not a Southern rock song but
Nantucket Sleighride is my favorite Mountain song.

Great movie

Anyone remember this one from Black Oak Arkansas?

Aust Ag said:

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lb sand said:

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Mississippi Queen by mountain yet.
Every time it comes on I crank the volume to 11.

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Great song, but Mountain are from…NEW YORK CITY!

Get a rope.

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Black Betty by Ram Jam is also southern rockish by a NYC band

TXAG 05 said:

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Ballad of Curtis Loew.

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This is a great song. "Freebird" is the ultimate Southern Rock song to me tho. While we're on Skynyrd, "Same Ole Blues" is an extremely underrated/underplayed song too.

G Martin 87 said:

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Any other fans of Government Mule? Soulshine gets my favorite vote.



Our church's praise band performed Soulshine when Greg Allman passed, with my son playing the full intro on keys. Special morning for sure.

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Saw them live years ago and they were amazing. Their live version of "Cortez the Killer" is one of the best rock songs of all time imo.

shreveport meets greenwich village

Rex Racer said:

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And for mine, I'll go with "If I'd Been The One" by .38 Special.

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100% Agree

Is there no love in this discussion for Uneasy Rider?

Well at 2am and drunk from the Chicken, Harry's and a quick stop at the Dry Bean I bought this CD set among others. It was always a fun surprise when these showed up.

Burdizzo said:

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Is there no love in this discussion for Uneasy Rider?

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Okay somehow I missed this post earlier.

"Uneasy Rider" was one of my favorite songs as a kid. "I reached out and kicked ol' Green Teeth right in the knee."

I've always felt "Uneasy Rider" was one of the first rap songs. LOL

He let out a yell that would curl your hair
Before he could move I grabbed me a chair
And said "Watch it folks 'cause he's a thoroughly dangerous man.
You may not know, but this man's a spy
He's an undercover agent for the FBI
And he's been sent here to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan."
He was still bent over holding onto his knee
But everybody was looking and listening to me
And I laid it on thicker and heavier as I went.
"Would you believe this man has gone as far
As tearin' Wallace stickers off the bumpers of cars
And he even voted for George McGovern for president
He's a friend of them long-haired hippie-type pinko f&gs
I betcha he's even got a commie flag
Tacked up on the wall inside of his garage.
He's a snake in the grass, I tell you guys
He may look dumb, that's just a disguise
He's a mastermind in the ways of espionage

Is anybody listening to Dexter & the Moonrocks? Maybe not technically "southern rock" by the strictest definition, but definitely some southern rock influence. They're from Abilene.