Talk:Southern rock
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[edit] Sweet Home Alabama
Also Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" (1973), why widely perceived as a 'redneck anthem'...also makes it clear that not all white southerners approved of George Wallace's views.
How so? It's pro-Wallace, contrasting Wallace, who had run for president, to Nixon, then involved in the Watergate scandal. Josh Cherry 16:23, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Given that Ronnie Van Zandt said, "We wrote Alabama as a joke. We didn't even think about it-the words just came out that way. We just laughed like hell, and said 'Ain't that funny'..." I think it is a bit presumptuous to say it is either pro- or anti-Wallace.
- OK, so do you agree that the article shouldn't say that it makes it clear that not all white southerners approved of George Wallace's views? Josh Cherry 16:51, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Sorry I forgot to sign my previous post. Yes, I would agree with that. Holford 20:39, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- OK, so do you agree that the article shouldn't say that it makes it clear that not all white southerners approved of George Wallace's views? Josh Cherry 16:51, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
I've completed the cleanup requested of this article. Wasted Time R 20:20, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Blues Rock, Country Rock and Southern Rock
Discusion below copied from Talk:Country rock:
Is there any meaningful difference between "country rock" and Southern rock? Tuf-Kat 06:12, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)
- Yeah. Country rock is a lot more country. Gram Parsons is country rock, Lynryd Skynyrd are Southern rock. They don't sound all that similar. Naturally there's a crossover : Little Feat, Commander Cody et al. Country rock tends to be song and vocal based -- country songs with a rockier arrangement, Southern Rock are mainly rock songs with a countrified arrangement and harmony. Southern rock thinks nothing of filling entire sides of a double album with instrumental jams (Hey, the Allman Brothers Band, this means YOU!)
Southern Rock is arguably a fusion of country rock with blues rock, with a lyrical emphasis on Southern culture. Of course, all three subgenres are diverse and tend to overlap. Heck, the Marshall Tucker Band was countrier than most of what gets played on country radio these days. Just my 2ยข. Archola 01:03, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Tom Petty
Do 'Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' deserve to be listed in this article? It sounds like Southern rock to me and he is from Gainesville, FL.
- I'd say not - he shows trace influences, but only in random moments and I'm not sure how influential he's been in turn (on that subgenre, I mean). I think it's probably a case of his being from the South, so his music is accidentally Southern-flavored at times, but it's not his 'thing' to do Southern Rock.
- No. Petty is hard to categorize, and he is featured in Heartland rock, but Southern rock is a real stretch. Wasted Time R 23:34, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] ZZ Top
Someone reverted my edit back to: One notable exception was Texas' ZZ Top, who had started in 1970 and were the final band mentioned in "The South's Gonna Do It". I corrected that it wasn't the last band mentioned in the song, "The South's Gonna Do It," because Wet Willie and CDB (that counts too) were mentioned after. Didgepenguin
- "Final band mentioned" means here it was the last band in the song that we're discussing in this article, not that it was the last band in the song's lyrics. Wasted Time R 18:42, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
- That cant be- unless it's written incorrectly. If what your saying is true, it should say: "One notable exception was Texas' ZZ Top, who had started in 1970 and were mentioned in "The South's Gonna Do It". It is an odd sentence anyway, one not worth the confusion. Didgepenguin
- I've changed the wording in the article, see if it's clearer now. Wasted Time R 17:10, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
During a 2006 Clearwater, Florida ZZ Top concert Billy Gibbons was heard to say "The same three guys...right here...The same three cords...right here...And we been doing it for 35 years". Karstdiver 05:44, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Notable Bands?
I restored mentions of Marshall Tucker as a continuing southern rock group and Dickey Betts & Great Southern as a new southern rock group. Both were removed by someone saying they are "non-notable". A band with MT's history and perserverance is certainly notable. And if the Greg Allman/Allman Brothers band is notable then a band formed by the former lead gutarist (Betts) is also notable.
During a 2005 St. Petersburg, Florida Ribfest concert I heard Dickey thank the audience for "comming out and supporting southern rock".
A band's notablity is subjective but the above reasons for restoring MT and Betts' should pass even a broad definintion of being notable or not. --Karstdiver 01:48, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Allman Brothers Band at Wanee Music Festival 2007
The Allman Brothers Band is scheduled to play the Wanee Music Festival, Live Oak, Florida on 13,14-April-2007. See http://www.waneefestival.com/wanee_bands.html Karstdiver 00:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Death and Texas
DaT is stated as a southern metal band, but they have no wiki page and the link sends you to a King Of The Hill episode... Yeah... (-Kid. 17:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC))
