Like so much rock ‘n’ roll from the earliest and most formative years, Southern rock took a little bit from here and a little bit from there. Southern rock, distinct from its lighter country rock ...
Growing up in Atlanta in the 1970s and ’80s, “Southern rock” meant a very specific thing: long-haired bands like Molly Hatchet, the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynrd playing extended guitar solos with ...
The definition for southern rock can be a little loose. There are, of course, bands like The Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd who fit squarely in the southern rock category—they were from the South, ...