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Paedantic Basterd 08-08-2011 07:28 PM

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)

Mondo Bungle 08-08-2011 11:20 PM

It's all about Black Oak Arkansas, mang.

Howard the Duck 08-09-2011 06:16 AM

it's all about the ZZ Top, mang and womang

highoctane93 08-09-2011 06:41 AM

im lovin the aerosmith right now =)

Unknown Soldier 08-09-2011 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by highoctane93 (Post 1093899)
im lovin the aerosmith right now =)

Since when are Aerosmith southern rock?

blastingas10 08-09-2011 11:50 AM

The Allman brothers hardly count as southern rock. They can't be defined by a single genre. They're jazz/blues/southern rock. Way more complex than any other southern rock band

Lisnaholic 08-09-2011 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10 (Post 1093991)
The Allman brothers hardly count as southern rock. They can't be defined by a single genre. They're jazz/blues/southern rock. Way more complex than any other southern rock band

Actually, I`d say that the Allman Brothers are the definitive Southern rock band. Using the criteria of the opening post;
> they`re from the southern United States
> they play rock and blues
> they focus on guitar and vocals
> two of their albums are rated in the Top 5 Southern Rock Releases

Sounds like Southern Rock to me !

Unrelenting 08-09-2011 03:53 PM

favorite modern southern rockers


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blastingas10 08-09-2011 04:01 PM

Maybe if you'd dig a little deeper into their music you would understand what i'm saying. No other southern rock band writes a song dedicated to miles davis. They focus on guitar vocals? That band focuses on a lot more than that. Percussion is a huge part of that band. When theyre improvising and turning a song into a 30 minute jam, and there are no vocals for 20 minutes, i'd say theyre focusing on a lot more than vocals and guitar. No other southern rock band incorporates jazz and even eastern indian music(in the derek trucks era) like the allman brothers. They may be the "definitive" southern rock band like you say, but there has not been a southern rock band that is anything like the allman brothers.

Lisnaholic 08-09-2011 04:34 PM

^ Yes, I`m sorry I was so picky about your first post, blastingas10. :)
You are clearly a fan too, and I agree, the Allman Brothers are southern rock plus something that no-one else in the genre delivers.
I love those classic long tracks on Eat A Peach and Fillmore East and have spent years trying to find something as good. Don`t know the later Allman albums so well, though I really like some Gov`t Mule material.
I can also recommend DT`s Soul Serenade. Have you heard it ? There`s only one track that has any vocals, and there`s one track that, yes, is definitely jazz !


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