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Old 08-08-2011, 07:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default It's Southern Rock Week!



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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals. Although it is unknown from where the term southern rock came, "many people feel that these important contributors to the development of rock and roll have been minimized in rock’s history."
Top 5 Southern Rock Releases as rated by RYM users:

1) Lynyrd Skynyrd - (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) (1973)
2) The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
3) Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping (1974)
4) The Allman Brothers Band Idlewild South (1970)
5) Little Feat Dixie Chicken (1973)
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