Best Southern Rock Band

[Strike For The South]

Skynyrd

[Gawain of Orkeny]

The one that plays solo

[Csargo]

Skynyrd

I guess. : / I'm more of a punk guy myself though.

[Togakure]

Agreed. No contest. But the original Skynyrd.

I've mentioned here before that I met Billy Powell in Kitchener, Canada, when I was playing a show there with Vector. His band at the time, Vision, was playing also. He actually approached me (we went on on the same stage, right after them), and complimented my "octopus-like" handling of four boards and a drum machine. I was in shock and hardly knew what to say, so I told him I practically worshipped his honky tonk piano playing. I mean, this is the Sweet Home Alabama guy for chrissake. He gave me a questioning look, as it was a Christian rock festival. *shrugs* I was just in the band man, all that stuff is fine I guess, but I was there to rock.

[Reverend Joe]

The one that plays solo

Shush, Gawain.

I'm not the biggest fan of Southern Rock, so I'll have to go with



CREEDENCE.

Granted, they're really much more Rockabilly, but you cannot deny that, to some extent, they were Southern Rock. I mean, listen to the live version of "Keep on Chooglin'."

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
The one that plays solo
Shush, Gawain.

Gah no one went for the punch line. So low I cant hear them

Well other than Skynyrd heres one of my favorites.

MOLLY HATCHET [ FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER ] LIVE '83.



Molly Hatchet - Satisfied Man (Solid Gold)

And they certainly have the neatest covers.

[Odin]

The Allman Brothers Band

wasnt CCR out of LA? not that they didnt play southern rock.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

wasnt CCR out of LA? not that they didnt play southern rock

Yes as in Louisiana Actually their from the Frisco Bay area. But their style of music is Louisiana swamp blues . Thus titles like Born on the Bayou, Bayou Country and Mardi Gras, Plus stuff like "good ol' boy". Much of their other stuff was anti war protest songs.

[Odin]

Yes as in Louisiana Actually their from the Frisco Bay area. But their style of music is Louisiana swamp blues . Thus titles like Born on the Bayou, Bayou Country and Mardi Gras, Plus stuff like "good ol' boy". Much of their other stuff was anti war protest songs.

thank god they had Bob Dylan to influence them, eh Gawain?

[King Kurt]

The Allman Brothers Band

Seconded - The Allman Brothers live at the Filmore East is one of those all time classics you can listen to over and over again.

Also - why is Southern rock so dangerous? Skynard with their plane crash, the Allmans seemed to loose a member a year - perhaps that is why there is not many bands about today??

[Gawain of Orkeny]

thank god they had Bob Dylan to influence them, eh Gawain?

Yeah and the Beatles eh Odin

[Odin]

Also - why is Southern rock so dangerous? Skynard with their plane crash, the Allmans seemed to loose a member a year - perhaps that is why there is not many bands about today??

I think its the whiskey, some of those southern boys are hard drinkers.

[King Kurt]

I think its the whiskey, some of those southern boys are hard drinkers.

No I thought they were all good clean living boys - my illusions are shattered

[lancelot]

Skynyrd obviously rules.

I quite liked the Marshall Tucker Band's version of 'The night they drove ol dixie down'

Im not sure if they are southern but Omar and the Howlers have a bit of a southern thing goin on.

Black Crows...? Southern born if not a completely southern style.

And a personal fav that Ive mentioned many times- Texas born Young Heart Attack...got a heavy Zep feel goin on too.

[Bijo]

How is Skynyrd enunciated?

[sky ny-ehrd] ?
[skinyard] ?
[skinyehrd] ?
[Sky Nerd] ?
[sky nehrt] ?
[Skin Nerd] ?
[skinnert] ?

Which one?

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Skin erd

[King Kurt]

I quite liked the Marshall Tucker Band's version of 'The night they drove ol dixie down'

Forgot about them - very passable.

Have also remembered the Georgia Satelites - Nights of Mystery, Every Picture Tells a Story, Hands to yourself, Battleship chains - all quality stuff

Just remembered another person - Steve Earle - arguebly Country and western - but I love Copperhead Road - if you go down this route I would include Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen - or am I getting a bit off topic!!!

[Gawain of Orkeny]

38 Special anybody? ZZ Top?

[Togakure]

For me, both suffer from the "Pat Benatar" syndrome I mentioned earlier--heard their hits way too many times, night after night between sets. ZZ Top songs still bring a smile though. They were a favorite of my favorite woman met on the road, in Las Vegas. She would drag me out and we would dance. Man she could dance. Legs? Oh yeah ...and some.

[Ianofsmeg16]

Some of The Eagles stuff can be classed as southern right?

Take it Easy?

but for most people, if you think 'souther rock' you think Skynyrd..

Pronounced Leh-nerd Ski-nerd =P

[Togakure]

The Eagles have more of an American west flavor. I wouldn't consider their style Southern at all. Maybe rock with a dose of country, in their earlier stuff particularly.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Lol, just before I open the Frontroom I started up Skynard.

Obviously, thet rule.

[t1master]

i always liked the charlie daniels band, turning fiddling music into rock in roll and blues.

[Hosakawa Tito]

The Outlaws (Green Grass and High Tides), Georgia Satellites (Keep your Hands to Yourself), The Band (The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down) one of my favorites. Skynyrd rules all though. Wish I still had their original "Street Survivors" album cover that was discontinued (flames were removed) after the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant in 1977.

[lancelot]

^I think my dad has a copy on tape with the original cover...not quite the same impact as an LP tho...

[Adrian II]

It's a tie between Allman Brothers and ZZ Top. If pushed I go for ZZ Top.

The fact that the bros are Republican or the news that Saddam Hussein was adopted into the band never shook my faith. It's beer drinkin, hell raisin for Adrian II.

[Petrus]

ZZ Top is great for me.

Their 'tres ombres' album with La grange is very high on my list.
This music piece must have been written by an illegal vegetation smoker i think.

I do not know much about others, but creedence clearwater is also an excellent band.