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Post by IRON BALLS on Jul 31, 2006 11:59:36 GMT -5
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Post by Pete on Jul 31, 2006 12:05:45 GMT -5
ZZ Top but I think they might be a blues rock band from the south not necessarily a southern rock band. .38 Special or Lynyrd Skynyrd if ZZ Top don't count. If Black Stone Cherry puts a out a couple of albums they could easily take the top spot for me. They're off to a hell of a start.
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Post by jimmccormick3 on Jul 31, 2006 12:37:20 GMT -5
Lot of great southern rock & a lot of mixed styles. Any of these bands are faves of mine:
ZZ Top
Blackfoot
Raging Slab
Cry of Love
Molly Hatchet
Point Blank
Screaming Cheetah Wheelies
Of course there is Skynyrd & the Allman Brothers. For something a little different, Little Feat & Les Dudek.
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Post by Warpig on Jul 31, 2006 13:52:02 GMT -5
Lynyrd Skynyrd The 70s Version  |
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Post by Rush862 on Jul 31, 2006 14:34:13 GMT -5
I would say Skynyrd...
If the Allmans are considered a Southern band, then they get the nod over Skynyrd...
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Post by MrAce on Jul 31, 2006 16:45:18 GMT -5
It's a toss up between Skynyrd, .38 Special and ZZ Top.
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Post by onering on Jul 31, 2006 18:48:35 GMT -5
Blackfoot followed by Point Blank
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Post by Scott on Jul 31, 2006 18:59:16 GMT -5
I like a lot of Southern Rock, but old Skynyrd has no equal...for me anyway. And, I find myself i ntrigued by Pete's question... WAS ZZ Top a "Southern Rock" band? Sometimes all the labels and categories confuse my weak mind. (Sh*t, it's all rock-and-roll.) I KNOW Skynyrd is considered "Southern", and .38 Special...but, does there have to be a Van Zant in the band to be Southern Rock? But, isn't Skynyrd considered Country these days? I'm just not sure anymore...  Jesse, clear this up...please.  |
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Post by rickyc on Jul 31, 2006 19:26:48 GMT -5
Pre-crash Skynyrd is quite possibly the best live band ever.
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Post by duojett71 on Jul 31, 2006 19:33:50 GMT -5
Early ZZ Top....first 6 albums. The Outlaws, BlackFoot and 70's Skynyrd
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Post by Speedy on Aug 1, 2006 9:55:07 GMT -5
Ha Ha! Labels suck!! I agree with that.
I wouldn't consider ZZ Top "southern rock". They arrived on the scene before the term was really coined.
Allmans and Skynyrd are considered "southern rock". They too arrived on the scene before the term was really coined.
Not until you had the many bands signed after the success of Allmans and Skynyrd did we get the term southern rock.
I actually consider these bands more of a Heavy Metal Country. They really have much more in common with country than rock. Sorry if that offends some fans.....but I am just as big a fan no matter what the roots are.
Since you stated who's your FAVE....instead of who is the BEST.....I will pick Blackfoot.....barely edging out Molly Hatchet(old days of course). Blackfoot was one of the first shows I ever saw. Also they were especially nice to us kids, sitting and BSing with us for a couple hours. Sure...I know, they were on the road in Hicksville and bored.....but they could have been dicks and sat in their air conditioned Trailer. Ric, Jax, Charlie, and Greg all treated us with respect. Besides I really like their music.
If you said who is BEST Skynyrd wins by a mile. They are far and away the band who made the term southern Rock a necessity.
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Post by Frank on Aug 1, 2006 12:46:19 GMT -5
MOLLY HATCHET
BLACKFOOT
38 SPECIAL
LYNYRD SKYNRD
STILLWATER
ATLANTA RYTHMN SECTION
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Post by jimmccormick3 on Aug 1, 2006 13:08:46 GMT -5
Ha Ha! Labels suck!! I agree with that. I wouldn't consider ZZ Top "southern rock". They arrived on the scene before the term was really coined. Allmans and Skynyrd are considered "southern rock". They too arrived on the scene before the term was really coined. Not until you had the many bands signed after the success of Allmans and Skynyrd did we get the term southern rock. I actually consider these bands more of a Heavy Metal Country. They really have much more in common with country than rock. Sorry if that offends some fans.....but I am just as big a fan no matter what the roots are. Since you stated who's your FAVE....instead of who is the BEST.....I will pick Blackfoot.....barely edging out Molly Hatchet(old days of course). Blackfoot was one of the first shows I ever saw. Also they were especially nice to us kids, sitting and BSing with us for a couple hours. Sure...I know, they were on the road in Hicksville and bored.....but they could have been dicks and sat in their air conditioned Trailer. Ric, Jax, Charlie, and Greg all treated us with respect. Besides I really like their music. If you said who is BEST Skynyrd wins by a mile. They are far and away the band who made the term southern Rock a necessity. I agree some southern rock bands sounds like contry/rock now, but back then? In the 70's? No. Country was still country & southern rock was heavier, though influenced by country, blues, gospel, even a little R&B. My friends & I called Skynryd Southern rock in the 70's, the term has been around a long time. Blackfoot is still heavier than todays country rock. Southern rock today has become many things, from the Allmans & Skynyrd all the way to heavies like Raging Slab & the even heavier Clutch, can be categorized as southern rock for the 21st century. |
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Post by Speedy on Aug 1, 2006 18:21:49 GMT -5
I agree some southern rock bands sounds like contry/rock now, but back then? In the 70's? No. Country was still country & southern rock was heavier, though influenced by country, blues, gospel, even a little R&B. My friends & I called Skynryd Southern rock in the 70's, the term has been around a long time. Blackfoot is still heavier than todays country rock. Southern rock today has become many things, from the Allmans & Skynyrd all the way to heavies like Raging Slab & the even heavier Clutch, can be categorized as southern rock for the 21st century. I am old too....Ha! I don't really remember the term southern rock until after all the Skynyrd clones started. Before that the term was unecessary. Skynyrd sounded country in the 70's to me. |
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Post by rtbuck on Aug 1, 2006 21:58:29 GMT -5
Blackfoot
Skynyrd
Outlaws
Molly Hatchet
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Post by Jesse on Aug 3, 2006 15:14:05 GMT -5
Molly Hatchet
Blackfoot
Outlaws
Charlie Daniels Band
Marshall Tucker Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
ZZ Top
Probably in that order
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Post by DreamTide on Aug 4, 2006 8:08:25 GMT -5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Molly Hatchet
38 Special
Outlaws
Doc Holliday(danger zone&modern medicine albums sucks!)
Blackfoot
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