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re: How would you rank the first generation of Southern Rock bands?
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:35 pm to wilceaux
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:35 pm to wilceaux
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This brings up a good question. What defines a Southern Rock band? Do they have to be from the southern U.S., or is defined by the music they play?
It's both a regional and stylistic brand of music.
The bands were all greatly influenced by either folk, country, blues, or bluegrass (usually several of those genres). The majority of bands typically employed multiple guitarists and their song lyrics dealt with blue collar subject matter.
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Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:36 pm to Spaulding Smails
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Caught Up in You, and Hold on Losely are fricking southern rock classics.
Great to listen to driving down the interstate with the top down. LOUD!
I still don't understand some of you who think what someone LIKES equates to anything other than what they like.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:37 pm to Spaulding Smails
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2008, I think.
But my dad saw them with me, and he saw them in Baton Rouge way back when they were popular and he said it wasn't much better
Well of course they wouldn't sound as good circa 2008. The majority of those groups no longer have more than a couple of the original members still playing with them.
I think they are gritty and heavy, but they are definitely a few steps behind most of their predecessors (e.g. Outlaws, Blackfoot, Marshall Tucker Band, etc.) when it comes to songwriting.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:40 pm to wilceaux
quote:True "Southern Rock" (the genre of the '70s) is simply screeching, bombastic redneck metal, perfectly personified by Molly Hatchet and "Flirtin' With Disaster".
Bands like The Band and Little Feat are not from the South, but I think an argument can be made that they play in the genre of Southern Rock, particularly Little Feat. The Band would probably fall more into Americana (whatever that is, lol).
Yesterday, Journey/Styx/Boston/Kansas, today Redneck Metal. It's like the demons of my childhood refuse to die...
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:43 pm to saint amant steve
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Well of course they wouldn't sound as good circa 2008.
See, normally this would be the case, but Marshall Tucker Band opened for them and their show was surprisingly pretty good. But that's what I would expect from a mid to lower top tier Southern Rock band
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:46 pm to saint amant steve
Listen up you old cheesedick
Old southern rock fricking sucks. Its just what had to happen so we could have the incredible artists that we do now
1. Kings of Leon
2. Drive By Truckers
3. Lucero
4. Kid rock
Are better than anything of your list. That shite is for old terds that still listen to classic rock radio
Old southern rock fricking sucks. Its just what had to happen so we could have the incredible artists that we do now
1. Kings of Leon
2. Drive By Truckers
3. Lucero
4. Kid rock
Are better than anything of your list. That shite is for old terds that still listen to classic rock radio
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:48 pm to Spaulding Smails
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See, normally this would be the case, but Marshall Tucker Band opened for them and their show was surprisingly pretty good. But that's what I would expect from a mid to lower top tier Southern Rock band
Their music certainly lacks the depth of their peers, but they still have a few quality songs.
What makes them difficult to enjoy at times is the vocals of Danny Joe Brown. He's not exactly a high-quality singer.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:49 pm to Burt Reynolds
Do you even better than ezra?
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:53 pm to Burt Reynolds
Can someone give us a new wave southern rock tiers?
I'd have to think Kid Rock, Jason Isbell, Zac Brown Band, Whiskey Myers, and Lucero would be ranked highly
I'd have to think Kid Rock, Jason Isbell, Zac Brown Band, Whiskey Myers, and Lucero would be ranked highly
Posted on 10/29/14 at 5:00 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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No doobie brothers?
In what way do the Doobie Brothers constitute as southern rock?
Posted on 10/29/14 at 5:34 pm to saint amant steve
1. ABB - I just don't see how there's any debate about this.
2. Widespread Panic - I know the MB as a whole hates this band but for the life of me I don't know why.
3. Little Feat - How did you manage to leave this one off the list?
4. Gov't Mule - They're southern and they're rock; I'm just not sure if they're southern rock.
5. CCR - I'm torn as to whether this is actually southern rock also.
6. The Radiators - They actually remind me of Little Feat in some ways.
7. Big Daddy Love - Maybe more bluegrass than rock but they're definitely southern.
8. Outlaws - GG&HT is such a great song but it's awful how they never gave a bit of credit to James Brittain for the lyrics. Hughie Thomasson took full credit for writing that.
9. 18 South - Not sure if they're even still around anymore.
10. Drive By Truckers - Maybe more country or alt. country than southern rock.
CDB & MTB, I'll give them credit for putting out some good music but I just never really cared for them.
The rest of that, Molly Hatchet, .38 Special, etc. were all crap. ZZ Top isn't even SR in my opinion. Definitely not southern and more blues than rock.
2. Widespread Panic - I know the MB as a whole hates this band but for the life of me I don't know why.
3. Little Feat - How did you manage to leave this one off the list?
4. Gov't Mule - They're southern and they're rock; I'm just not sure if they're southern rock.
5. CCR - I'm torn as to whether this is actually southern rock also.
6. The Radiators - They actually remind me of Little Feat in some ways.
7. Big Daddy Love - Maybe more bluegrass than rock but they're definitely southern.
8. Outlaws - GG&HT is such a great song but it's awful how they never gave a bit of credit to James Brittain for the lyrics. Hughie Thomasson took full credit for writing that.
9. 18 South - Not sure if they're even still around anymore.
10. Drive By Truckers - Maybe more country or alt. country than southern rock.
CDB & MTB, I'll give them credit for putting out some good music but I just never really cared for them.
The rest of that, Molly Hatchet, .38 Special, etc. were all crap. ZZ Top isn't even SR in my opinion. Definitely not southern and more blues than rock.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 5:43 pm to MountainTiger
Is Alabama southern rock?
Posted on 10/29/14 at 5:43 pm to saint amant steve
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1. Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. Allman Brothers Band (musically superior but I prefer Skynyrd's overall body of work)
That doesn't make sense.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 5:45 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:I would lean this more towards country but I do enjoy me some Alabama
Is Alabama southern rock?
Posted on 10/29/14 at 5:55 pm to Thurber
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That doesn't make sense.
The musicianship of the Allman Brothers members is superior, but Lynyrd Skynyrd has a greater overall song quality.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 5:56 pm to CaptainPanic
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I would lean this more towards country but I do enjoy me some Alabama
I was just coming to say the same thing. They are commercial country if anything.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 6:03 pm to Burt Reynolds
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Kid rock
I like him but he writes stuff that ends up on truck commercials for crying out loud.
Not "quality" stuff.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 6:05 pm to MountainTiger
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MountainTiger
The majority of the bands you listed are not part of the first generation of southern rock.
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4. Gov't Mule - They're southern and they're rock; I'm just not sure if they're southern rock.
Of course they're southern rock. Warren was a member of ABB and the majority of their songs adhere to the southern rock ethos.
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ZZ Top isn't even SR in my opinion. Definitely not southern and more blues than rock
So Texas isn't part of the South?
They certainly are very bluesy, but songs like "Tush", "La Grange", and "Beerdrinkers and Hellraisers" are definitely part of the southern rock catalog.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 6:15 pm to saint amant steve
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The majority of the bands you listed are not part of the first generation of southern rock.
Then you should have defined what you meant by 1st generation. If you're going to limit the list to bands from the 60's & 70's then there's only one band on it.
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So Texas isn't part of the South?
No.
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They certainly are very bluesy, but songs like "Tush", "La Grange", and "Beerdrinkers and Hellraisers" are definitely part of the southern rock catalog.
Disagree
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 6:21 pm to MountainTiger
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Then you should have defined what you meant by 1st generation.
I would expect people to exercise their brains and determine that bands which emerged post-1990 obviously wouldn't be lumped in with those from the '70s.
Two decades difference is at least a generation apart, particularly in musical evolution.
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No.
How is Texas culturally not akin to the rest of the South?
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Disagree
I'll accept your disagreement if you can make a solid case for why ZZ Top's sound does not relate to southern rock. Their music is a derivative of blues and country, and both are considered influences of southern rock.
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