@@Lost-xl6im Say WHAT!!!??? Freebird was done than done again, dbl tracked. Who GAF about 'technially difficult. If ii GAS i'd just listen to Joe Pass.
@@Lost-xl6im The scale he uses is not what matters, it’s his phrasing and vibrato that makes him great. Besides, he typically blends the minor and major scales a la Eric Clapton
.38 Special, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Molly Hatchett, Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie, Charlie Daniels Band....the best of the best following LS and ABB. Southern Rock heaven.
Dont forget little feat southern rocker is what i became it started in 3rd grade with beatle music THEN mom got csn first record i started to bloom vocal wise we. We're a music family my brother Johnny was in a great band his second band toured with Janis AND big brother n.holding co. I twisted mom to get me a acustic it did it .by teaching myself took a spell led zepplen ll came out i got electric then got into a robin trower cover band derek was amazing he really culd play robin's licks i played bass learning more guitar chops lots of zepplen Hendrix trower then Marshall Tucker came to play i meat toy tommy i loved them man allman brother s. Band sealed the deal of course lynyrd skynyrd first record took me to a hole different sound that was all i listen to and all southern rock bands i got really good God. Bless all these southern cats i THANK god for giving me the gift to play like my southern rock icons long live southern rock my rebel heart won't give my confederate flag off my ampeg svt bass amp no offense peace to you all keep the songs of the south alive when COVID dies i want to do a cruise thing like the ones that thay do it's gota be simply keep southern rock alive cruise anyone dig that??
Don’t forget The Outlaws, The Johnny Van Zant Band, Pure Prarie League, ZZ Top, Blackfoot, Black Oak Arkansas, all from the 70’s. Best time ever to be a Southern Rock music fan and to have seen these bands live in concert. 🔊
Have a listen the Jonny Jenkins album Ton Ton Macoute where members of the Allmans backed him in the studio. Outstanding. There are 2 volumes of Duane Allman recorded music called An Anthology. All his guest spots and some ABB cuts. Also outstanding.
Yes, it's incredible! I hope you've heard Bozz Scaggs' cover of Fenton Robinson's 'Loan Me a Dime' (with Duane on guitar). If not, please give it a listen. You'll thank me! :)
Great video. Outlaws were also huge and so talented, and you have to include ZZ Top in the mix. Southern rock was the soundtrack of the 70’s as much as the Stones, Who and Zeppelin. Typical bands on FM radio KMET in Southern California in the mid 70’s: Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Allaman Brothers, Skynyrd, Outlaws, Yes, ZZ Top, Genesis, Queen, Black Sabbath, Mountain, Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher, Molly Hatchet, UFO, Blue Oyster Cult, and more...what an incredible era of unique bands with true musical talent.
I stayed in Atlanta until 79 then onto LA. Same early-Mid 70's playlist but you have to add the local and/or southern talent, plus lots of blues. Elvin Bishop, Mothers Finest, Marshall Tucker Band, Charlie Daniels Band, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Blackfoot, and Little Feat. We were tuned into these bands about 6-8 years before they went national.
@@bbb8997 I've seen Jimi. Johnny Winter and too many to list but Rory Gallagher in Vancouver in the late 70's is my favourite concert. Rory was on stage tapping his foot before he even plugged in what a night. :-) Peace
Same here for me, but I was on the other end of the state (around the Sacto-area during that time), listening to KFRC 610 AM out of Daly City (Bay Area) & KZAP FM. Don't forget Foghat, Poco, AeroSmith, the MIGHTY VH Bro's, Bo Diddley, Uncle Ted, aka "da NUGE", Toto, Kansas, Frank Zappa, the Dead , the Stones, Clapton, Starship, Journey, .38 Special, Rossington-Collins, Marshall-Tucker Band, Alvin Lee, etc ... The list goes on & on!! What a Blessed time to be alive & coming of age!!
What an absolute Gem ! This is one of the best things ever put together on Southern Rock. Proud to be from the South. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting. Good Vibes 👣
That first album is still one of the best rock albums of all time. As usual the bean counters are not visionaries, but the people got it big time . But this was new
I'd love to see a "Southern Rock PT II". Southern rock is blazing it's way back with the subtlety of a bulldozer. Y'all need to check out bands like Preacher Stone, Whiskey Myers, Cadillac3 and the like. BUT, first and foremost...BLACKBERRY SMOKE! Look them up...buy their records and DVD's...call your local stations and demand airtime. These bands are being ignored just like the great southern rockers of the 70's. It was the people like us that brought those bands to the forefront, and it's gonna take we the people to bring it back. And trust me...it's out there!!
I forgot to say this thanks for posting these bands. Otherwise, we would ever have heard of them unless they played locally. I am just speaking for myself regarding local
Into all that bands you mentioned. Superb every one of them, hard too see them having same legacy as the one and only ABB tho. But hope they all have massive success.
I like all music; I haven't found a genre yet that hasn't put out some great music. I will never forget discovering how great Lynard Skynard is, long after that awful crash, and just playing their stuff over and over. People of all ages love this music. It never goes out of fashion. After a day of fun at the river with people in their early 20's on up, "Simple Man" began playing, and everybody began singing this great song. We all knew the words, and for the duration of the song we shared the same feelings. Southern Rock is alive and well in Texas.
Starre LaBell IT makes me feel so good to know their are so many Skynyrd fan's out there. I grew up with all the band & lived 2 houses below Billy Powell @ Green Cove Springs, Fla. I live on lake Asbury & they would ski on the lake & would be white as ghost because they partied all night & slept all day. LOL You have a good day Starre LaBelle & ROCK & ROLL FOREVER. Larry USMC SEMPER-FI VIET NAM 1969-1970 FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Super interesting history lesson. I am from the south and a rocker, but had no idea of the start of southern rock. I love that expression that one of the record executives said about nothing is going to come out of the South. I’m happy that he didn’t know what he was talking about.
Road my bike 400 miles to KC to see Allmans and Marshall Tucker, Tucker cancelled and ABs played for over 3 hrs. Then saw Skynyrd, Van Zandt dedicated Free Bird to Skydog, all in the early 70s, I was hooked, still am. Saw LS a few years back, they are so tight and still one of, if not, the best Rock Band to see live. ABB, the kick started the whole thing.. those 2 bands, how can you not get a groove going listening to that music
just two more cents worth, ;) i think Toy Caldwell is somewhat overlooked in the bigger sense. "under-rated" barely covers it. what a talented singer/song writer and guitarist. definitely one of my earliest influences. even changed my tastes in music. the 1st time i heard _Can't You See?_ ...epic... cheers to good old Caldwell and long live Southern Rock!
Toy Caldwell was as good as any player and singer. The way he picked and strummed was very unique and very melodic. Such a soulful singer as well, yes, he is very, very under-rated.
He was one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet, too. I got drunk with him one night, and after talking with him for 5 minutes, it was like he was your best friend. What a mega talent!
I like how they played drive by truckers at the end just shows that their are still lots of great southern bands still playing some bands to check out black berry smoke whiskey myers, The Cadillac Three, shovels and rope and hogjaw
When I was in high school in 1970, Idlewild South came out. We had a record store at the school and nobody wanted the album. So i bought it. And I've loved the Brothers ever since. In Summer 2021 I saw the Allman Betts band at Saratoga. It was surreal, to hear some of the great hits live, which I never thought possible. And who was the main attraction...??? It was Skynyrd.
Great documentary!! However, not to mention great southern rock bands toward the end of that era, such as The Outlaws & Hatchet doesn’t finish the story!!
Derek and the Dominos will always be at the top of my playlist, i respect other work ny Eric especially Cream and I grew up from my father and brother on groups like Rush and Pink Floyd and the Doors who all when interviewed admit to being influenced or atleast loving southern blues and jazz rock. In high school I ended up seeing Steely Dan twice between 2002 and 2004 which got me thinking more about music because my interest of all music kinda fell off the planet for a few years as I took up photography and was all about that. When soul searching I went to my inner home and realized music kept me alive inside and went back to the one song I always associated FM radio with. "Layla" which made me research Eric more and all the old blues covers he did with the Dominos and with Cream and was confused how the sound on Layla really came up even knowing so much of it was Duane. It hit me that I needed to see how much was Duane on most tracks of the Layla album and sometimes you have to just listen to understand. I never would have picked up an Allman bro's CD before but I quickly realized that so much of what I liked hearing on the radio was in fact ABB. They are played on my mp3 player just as much as anyone else and Duane and ABB made me rediscover music. Researching music and studying film production and doing video work attracted me to the idea of music documentaries, too late because Classic Albums already existed who has excellent films, i can watch music documentaries over and over. This one twice in the past month, Tom Dowd "Language of Music" is another great documentary, WATCH IT, you will see more of Duane and the brothers on it as Tom Dowd produced Eric Clapton bands like Cream and Derek and the Dominos, Allman Brother Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and countless others, he was from NYC but loved the south and the music there so much which is why he moved from Atlantic down to Criteria.
Jeff Costlow Sounds like a cool documentary! I'll definitely chk it out! Clapton is one of my favorites too. I was mesmerized when I saw him play in New Orleans a few yrs back. ~Definitely the best show I've ever seen!
+Jeff Costlow Hi Jeff. Please come and join a brand new Marshall Tucker Band Facebook page. Come and contribute your opinions. Keep the memory alive. Thank you!
Jimmie Rodgers was before any of em - there ain't a better live song , in my humble opinion , than the Lynyrd Skynyrd version of Gimmie a T for Texas T for Tennessee - When Ronnie says " Sounds like Roy" it's all that I can do not break rite down and cry - I went to Wilson Pickett:s funeral here in Louisville - I had the honor of opening the door for Little Richard - He said " Thank You , young man -" I was truly awe struck because of the moment and the significance of his contributions - Thank You , Lord -
This was a docu on the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd; I thought it was supposed to be about southern rock in general?...there's soooo much more to southern rock than these two groups. I myself wanted a glimpse of the Outlaws yeah!
Amen. I loved ABB and Skynyrd, but the Outlaws were my favorite. Saw them 5 times in the 70’s. Saw them open for Boston when More Than a Feeling was a huge hit, and the Outlaws totally blew them away with their powerful and tight music. Boston had a good light show and smoke bombs as I remember...lol
Why? They were just a LS cover band until the crash, and I KNOW this. They were playing at the Other Place on Arlington rd in Jax Fl when they got their deal.
@bigpapastovepipe5157 Hey, there's a lot of musicians in California with Southern roots, so I wouldn't completely questions some of them's "Southern card". That boogie came from somewhere.
In basic training at Fort Leonard Wood 1977 my bunk mate was crying l ask him why he said lanyard skinner was in a plane crash I told my drill Sargent he called both of us to his office he made my bunk mate do 20 push ups and told me to do 40 push ups for not knowing who Lanyard Skinner was.
wow...I am stunned by all the negativity here for this documentary. What great music depicted here....yes southern history has its ugliness...but isn't music the glue that brings people together despite bigotry, racism, prejudice, and ignorance. Long live the Allmans, MTB, Skynyrd....and yes BOA, Molly Hatchet, The Outlaws, and all the current bands like Blackberry Smoke, Zac Brown and others I haven't heard about but have an open mind to...CARPE DIEM!
I live about as far north as one can; in northern Minnesota. I just could not imagine life without ALL the music that came from the south that included these great bands and all the players and styles that came before: blues, country, bluegrass, gospel, soul, jazz and rock and roll. I can tell anyone from the south that there were/are racists and bigots all the way up here too. The Scots and French were the first non-natives and when the Swedes and Germans came they hated them, their religion, culture and yes, their music. The northern Europeans and Americans practiced a policy of genocide just outside my front door about 150 years ago. I just couldn't imagine life without the music from the south. Ever had to listen to a Shottish (Swedish Polka)?
love the diatribe Andy Wolf...so spot on with the immigration history...so the Scots gave us Big Country (RIP Stuart), the Germans gave us Nina Hagen and the Scorpions, and the Swedes gave us hello you fool welcome to the joy ride (name of band?) not to mention Abba and the French gave us...the Statue of Liberty. Carpe diem
Curtis Lowe The Scots did give us many of our American melodies: bluegrass in particular. There is a Swedish rocker named Michael Rikfors and he is good. He replaced Graham Nash in the Hollies. He sang "He Ain't Heavy, He's My brother" He's on you tube and he rocks pretty good. I'd go see him but Sweden would be the mother of all road trips; being that it is my motherland. Also, Kraut Rock is great if you like Pink Floyd kinda music. My point was that while the south has the stigma of slavery and segregation, hatred and racism they are like everyone else. I noticed watching the last summer Olympics that America was the only country with diversity; Asians, Caucasians, Africans, Europeans, Latins, and on and on. No other country had this kind of diversity. If there was no racism in the north I wouldn't recognize the "N" word, but I hear it all the time, unfortunately.
Andy Wolf saw or read something re Scottish music and the influence on blue grass. The author said the fiddle was a recreation of bagpipes. any thoughts?
Anything is imaginable. They are totally different instruments and I don't notice much likeness in sound; however, a sitar is nothing like a bagpipe and more like a fiddle but a sitar reminds me very much of a bagpipe. Both have that monotone droning noise underneath the melody. A fiddle does not have that characteristic. What seems likely is that the fiddle is used as a substitute for a bagpipe.
I remember these day's. True magic was happening. Great time for leaving home, joining the Army & this thing called a co-ed barrack's. I'm still trying to make it up to God for all that partying.
hats off to Gary Rossington he will be truly missed a real FREE BIRD southern rock will be like the wooly mamouth or the tyranasouras rex if we keep loosing all our southern rock band members MARK COOPER 3 - 7 - 2023
Ronnie told Ed King that he's the worse bass player he's ever heard?? Are you crazy?? Ed played all the bass parts on their debut, "Pronounced". Those bass lines are iconic, especially on "Poison Whiskey".
Wrong Bands! Right Bands? Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Poco, Pure Prairie League, Heartsfield, J D Blackfoot, Dan Fogelberg, Gypsy, Loggins and Messina, Atlanta Rhythm Section, etc. etc. etc. and the band that started the genre Mason Proffit. That was Real Country Rock!!
When Duane called Greg to come sing in this new band Greg was on his way to college to become a dental surgeon. True. Greg said he would do it for two years. If it didn't take off he'd go back to college. He never made it back to college.
What I learned from this is the capacity for people to hold onto senseless notions as if they are unassailable truths. "No rock band could successfully emerge from the South". Are you kidding me? Why the heck not? Every type of music that Rock has at it's roots originally came from the South.
Gary said when the plane crashed it was on fire and that isn't true. The pilot dumped the fuel when he realized they were going down so the plane wouldn't blow up on impact. He saved a lot of lives by doing that.
Great peanut farmer but the second worst president we ever had. God bless the fact that he pointed out 1 defect in his heritage and turned the segregation thing around some. The bands are part of my youth and many memories come with each song. This is a great story !
Gregg was one good looking dude. Could of been a number one heartthrob if he’d gave a fuck... Respect for sticking to the music. Derek and dominos and live at filmore part of my favourite albums. The world and music lost a genius he seemed such a force and was only beginning wouldn’t of had to have led zeppelin so popular, not that I was around born in 1986 in south London but his music still touches 😎✌️
I always felt like Delaney and Bonnie, not the Allman Brothers, started Southern Rock. They, too, recorded in Muscle Shoals. But even then---you had others who played what I would consider Southern Rock, even though they weren't necessarily from the South---The Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Buffalo Springfield, the Flying Burrito Brothers. And lest I forget--Johnny Winter was going about the same time as Delaney and Bonnie
@@impalaman9707 Do you mean southern in origin or Southern Rock? BTW I'm a great Delaney, Bonnie & Friends fan. A great band that has been undervalued by the general public.
Best Southern Blues Rock: The Southern Boys Band(Southern Pride) Alabama Best Southern Country Rock : The Johnathon East Band Alabama Best New Southern Rock: Automag Band North Carolina
Great. FE ruled for me in '71 but all in for EAP ;) First real GF in '72 when i was 15. We were gonna name our kids Duane and Melissa. Didn't happen. I turned 60 on May 28, '17. Greg died the day before,,,,,,.,,60th BD dinner planned,,,cancelled by me. Regrets ? yes and no. Happy to see EC with Derek Trucks when i turned 50. It was like Layla all over again.
It’s deeply concerning to me that you can aim to do a thorough treatment of southern rock, but you decide to leave out Atlanta Rhythm Section. How’s that?
Oh man. There are times when Ronnie Hammond is the only thing I can hear ARS is one of a kind band. I like all the stuff. A rock n roll alternative & champagne jam were the albums most rockers knew about. RH. Had a voice like no other. 😂 ❤
Nice, but very limited in its focus. The Byrds early melded rock and country music. Then about the same time as the Allmon Brothers band was emerging so we're the Doobie Brothers and ZZ Top. Also on the smoother California side Poco emerged in '68 laying the ground for the Eagles, Firefall, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Little River Band, etc.
Actually, Duane Allman's solo on the end of Hey Jude by Wilson Pickett has been credited by some as the creation of southern rock, thus making him "the FATHER" of southern rock.
Ronnie VanZant, a remarkable man with a remarkable talent. Mr. Vanzant provided the music of our time. Not a man to write down lyrics instead committing to memory every song he performed. Ronnie certainly delivered great Southern Charm along with his mastery of vocals. Ronnie Vanzant, an outstanding human being an exceptional artist gone too soon.
Ronnie was a lot more thoughtful than y'all. He would most likely have taken the flag down sooner. Besides, he thought "Southern Rock" was a gimmick cooked up by MCA. It's funny af how poorly understood Ronnie / Skynyrd are, often by "fans." RVZ, not only progun control, outright hated firearms.
Ronnie said, if it's not worth remembering it's not worth singing. Amazing he never wrote anything down. Another fact. All the solo's Free Bird they were all written and played the same every night. No improvisation. I think by doing this, Ronnie ensured his songs would live on, Even if they have been living to many new fans in a cover band. Pretending to be Skynyrd.
Ya me too…! Living in the moments of a time so full of joy we don’t even know it, until we do. It’s so sad to think what they were doing we were robbed of further magical Melodie’s. I have to be so grateful of Their gift to us & know it’s our cultures madness merged into a subconscious surreal experience exuded guitars & poetic profoundness. Miss ya Ronnie, Stevie, Cassie Dean 🧡🧡🧡🧡
It’s hard to believe that Gary is the only member left from the band. Rick Medlocke was a early member but left. I swear Jacksonville Fl. was a real hotbed of talent in the late sixties and early seventies.
@@jaray7710 I said original members Bob Burns was the original drummer not Artimus. Bob left because he was having mental health issues and they brought Artimus in. He was a excellent player for sure.
Southern Rock is a term used by Yankees to describe Rock and Roll from the South. As Gregg Allman said, calling Rock from the South Southern Rock is like saying Rock Rock"
There are a lot of idiots that don't understand that R-N-R was born in the South,from white kids listening to the blues and gospel music. How damn dumb can a yankee be?
From Africa to the bayou to the Miss to St. Louis and Chicago and Detroit, to the east and west and across the Atlantic and back again in the form of progressive rock and all the other forms out of the 60s and 70s. Music is magical.
I am overcome with all the nemories that come rushing back to my mind. I was so blessed and lucky to be hired to Capricorn Studio as receptionist, assistant to Johnny Sandlin and all around good go-for. Yes i met all of these lovely gentlemen. It's the small things that were really special. A glass full of Crowne Royal at work, on my birthday, supplied by Charlie Daniels. VIP passes to Marshall Tucker from M.T. Paul Hornsby my friend, never to busy to show me his latest project. Paul i want to tell you Tucker, always gave one hell of a live performance! Johnny Sandlin's recollections of Duane Allman. And his optomistic and kind encouragement. Richard Betts and his great smile. Humble and happy to meet and shake hands with my parents downtown Macon on one chance night, Gregg Allman's laugh and crazy sense of humor. He had a blunt way of relaying the truth of a matter. Gary Rossington's aense of adventure. Spurred on by Ronnie Van Zant. Ronnie had an aura of a legend in the making. I had never heard of them, until the day they came in to make Gimme Back My Bullets. Ronnie was there for me in an unsavory situation. And yes his persistence was strong. He was not a quitter. Like i said so many memories. I could not cover here without writing a book, lol They are in my heart ❤ forever. Who wrote and who is singing the beautiful song i hear while describing the Skynyrd plane crash? My goodness, that is one lovely great song! I love it!! Is that Johnny VZ?
Jolene Loveland That song is "Angels and Fuselage' by the band Drive-By Truckers. It's the last song on their album titled SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA. The entire album is a concept album on Lynyrd Skynyrd and Southern Rock in general. Another song on the album is titled "Ronnie and Neil" which is about the relationship b/w Ronnie Van Zant and Neil Young. Other tracks are titled "Greenville To Baton Rouge", "Shut Up and Get On The Plane", "Cassie's Brother" etc...
Ivan, I'm late to the game. You stole my thunder! But thanks for setting Jolene straight on the facts. Shout out to drive by truckers from one old dog who drove equipment truck for both the Allman's, and Skynyrd. Peace
@@matthewtobin8 what a great time to be young and travelling across America by truck with the Allmans and Skynyrd. You must have had a blast. The Allmans were the soundtrack of my youth up here in the frozen wastelands of Canada, I was too young to see them in the 70s (my parents did though) but from the early 90s on they played in Ontario and upstate New York yearly and I never missed a show. Cheers
@@buckodonnghaile4309 thx for well wishes! If you like music before your time. The great white north has made some awesome stuff. The guess who, bro, Jeff healey, and of course my favorite Rush. Stay happy, and healthy, drink lots of moosehead beer!
I am from South Dakota. North yes. Am i a yankee? Nope. Besides Ronnie declared me an honorary Georgia Peach. That was kind of him. I miss all of them so much! And thank you for letting me know about the Drive By Truckers! I've heard of them here in Colorado, but had no idea that song was one of theirs. Thank you again!
In the case of Skynyrd and The Allmans and many other bands the producers and record companies always think they know best .Thank god for the mavericks like Ronnie Van Zant, Duane Allman and Phil Walden. Who have visions and won't compromise .But Cooper deserves credit for getting behind them
Where is Black Oak Arkansas. They were the first ones who started this sound with three guitar players. They were the best of the Southern Rock,better than Lynyrd Skynyrd!
+Supernaut70 Thank you for the info...Know anything else about old as well as new southern rock....Just love rock.....music...Everyone is looking for new bands....
