RIP Southern Rock

[Shoeless Joe]

It's a couple of days late, but RIP Southern Rock.

Oct. 20 1977 when Ronnie Van Zant (along with Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines) died in the plane crash.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Absolutely an incredible American band.

I could listen to any one of their albums from start to end, over and over again (and have).

I'm not sure any band came right out of the chute as polished as they did on their first album. A remarkable achievement. Maybe the greatest debut album in rock history.

 

[Boom_70]

Absolutely an incredible American band.

I could listen to any one of their albums from start to end, over and over again (and have).

I'm not sure any band came right out of the chute as polished as they did on their first album. A remarkable achievement. Maybe the greatest debut album in rock history.

Lynyrd Skynyrd had a pretty good debut album too.

 

[yournamehere52]

Nice band, but I prefer The Allman Brothers.

 

[Double Down]

Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley **** Jack Daniels all over this R.I.P thread.

 

[BYH]

Jackyl says suck it.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Jackyl says it suck.

 

[Blitz]

Jackyl says it suck.

 

[Azrael]

You've still got Molly Hatchet.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Jackyl says suck it.

Jackyl says "**** me gently with a chainsaw."

 

[TigerVols]

Jason and the Scorchers say **** Lynyrd Skynyrd.

 

[Huggy]

Jason and the Scorchers say **** Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Loved those guys, "Absolutely Sweet Marie" has to be among the greatest Dylan covers ever. I could listen to "Broken Whiskey Glass" and "My Kingdom For A car" 10 times a day.

Huge Skynyrd fan and my fave album is still probably their live one, One More From The Road, one of the great live albums of all time. Great stuff on there like "Gimme Three Steps", "T For Texas", even the beat-it-to-death version of "Free Bird".

My late cousin saw them open for The Who on the Quadrophenia tour and said they blew Townshend and company off the stage. He was still shaking his head 20 years later that any band on the planet could do that to The Who.

Oh yeah, I dig the Allmans too.

No love for Wet Willie?

 

[beardpuller]

I remember where I was -- in my dorm room at UNC-Charlotte -- when I heard about the plane crash.

RIP the Caldwells and the Marshall Tucker Band, as well. And the hell with those clowns touring now, pretending to be the Marshall Tucker Band.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Today is the anniversary of Duane Allman's death.

 

[YGBFKM]

Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley **** Jack Daniels all over this R.I.P thread.

I like this.

 

[Boom_70]

Today is the anniversary of Duane Allman's death.

I will eat a peach in his memory

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

I'm a huge fan of Southern rock.

Never got to see The Allman Brothers with the original lineup. I was 14 when they recorded Live at the Fillmore East. But over the years I've seen them more than 15 times, most recently at Jazz Fest in New Orleans in the spring.

They can still jam their asses off, and Derek Trucks, Butch's nephew, does bring a sense of verve and energy to an otherwise obviously aging band.

They had to get rid of Dickey Betts, and they did.

Gregg Allman still has a great voice, the rhythm section still kicks ass, and Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes complement one another just as Dickey and Duane did back in the day.

I'm with beardpuller on Marshall Tucker. Once upon a time, they were a great band. Had a very distinct sound, and a driving style on stage. The guys passing themselves off as the Marshall Tucker Band these days are not fooling anybody. At least half of the original members, I believe, are deceased.

Skynyrd was very good live, though only saw them two or three times.

Wet Willie, Molly Hatchet, Elvin Bishop, the Outlaws, they're mostly just footnotes.

But if you get the deluxe edition of "Live at Fillmore East," check out the last track. It was Elvin Bishop on stage with the Allman Brothers doing an interesting rendition of "Drunken Hearted Boy." As legend has it, while the sun was coming up.

 

[Boom_70]

I'm a huge fan of Southern rock.

Never got to see The Allman Brothers with the original lineup. I was 14 when they recorded Live at the Fillmore East. But over the years I've seen them more than 15 times, most recently at Jazz Fest in New Orleans in the spring.

They can still jam their asses off, and Derek Trucks, Butch's nephew, does bring a sense of verve and energy to an otherwise obviously aging band.

They had to get rid of Dickey Betts, and they did.

Gregg Allman still has a great voice, the rhythm section still kicks ass, and Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes complement one another just as Dickey and Duane did back in the day.

I'm with beardpuller on Marshall Tucker. Once upon a time, they were a great band. Had a very distinct sound, and a driving style on stage. The guys passing themselves off as the Marshall Tucker Band these days are not fooling anybody. At least half of the original members, I believe, are deceased.

Skynyrd was very good live, though only saw them two or three times.

Wet Willie, Molly Hatchet, Elvin Bishop, the Outlaws, they're mostly just footnotes.

But if you get the deluxe edition of "Live at Fillmore East," check out the last track. It was Elvin Bishop on stage with the Allman Brothers doing an interesting rendition of "Drunken Hearted Boy." As legend has it, while the sun was coming up.

No love for Charlie Daniels? Outlaws?

Dicky Betts now on his teeth instead of red guitar

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

Funny you mention that Boom.

Charlie Daniels' tribute to Southern rock included a reference to Barefoot Jerry, which was a Tennessee band of some regional renown during my days at WKU.

Always found it interesting that Charlie threw some love in Barefoot Jerry's direction.

They weren't around much longer after that tribute, but a couple of their albums are pretty solid.

 

[Huggy]

Funny you mention that Boom.

Charlie Daniels' tribute to Southern rock included a reference to Barefoot Jerry, which was a Tennessee band of some regional renown during my days at WKU.

Always found it interesting that Charlie threw some love in Barefoot Jerry's direction.

They weren't around much longer after that tribute, but a couple of their albums are pretty solid.

Always wondered who Barefoot Jerry was.

To me the last great southern rock band were the Georgia Satellites.