Rob, if you don't let her listen/react to 'Whipping Post' by the Allman Brothers, you're honestly cheating her out of hearing one of the greatest songs ever written, Southern rock or otherwise. Also, with Lynyrd Skynyrd, you really have to listen to 'Saturday Night Special', 'That Smell', and 'Call Me the Breeze'. All big time bangers.
This song was based on a REAL experience of the lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt. He came tearing out the back door of a popular bar in Jacksonville, FL because he was dancing with a woman (her name really was Linda Lou) and had no idea she was married. Her husband came in and it wasn't a pretty scene. And yes.....the husband DID pull out a gun and point it at Ronnie.
This is a rabbit hole of Southern rock ... their backstop is one of nothing but obstacles.... excellent music ...the ballot of Curtis Lowe is a MUST ...
Southern Rock! You have Molly Hatchet, Allman Brothers, .38 Special, Georgia Satellites, Kentucky Headhunters, ZZ Top, and the Marshall Tucker Band to name a few suggestions.
Southern Rock can be a deep & varied experience. Besides Lynyrd Skynyrd there is The Allman Brothers Band (arguably the originators of Southern Rock), The Marshall Tucker Band, The Charlie Daniels Band, Wet Willie, Grinderswitch, The Outlaws, Black Oak Arkansas, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, and Atlanta Rhythm Section, to name just a few. Other groups of a similar vein such as ZZ Top, Little Feat , Jimmy Buffet, and Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
A Parrothead (Jimmy Buffet fan) here, he's awesome though what he describes as Gulf & Western has a bit more Carribean influence than most Southern Rock artists. Bit mellower, more comical & philosophical, his backup band, the Coral Reefers, tend to have a large repitoir
@@theodoreritola7641 Even if you didnt have someone with a cowbell in the studio with you there would STILL be cowbell on the track, the '70s were wild.
“Call me the Breeze” (JJ Cale) is one of their bigger hits and is upbeat with a great lead guitar and piano solo! Not to mention all their other songs requested. “You Got that Right” is another great one!
Plenty more Skynyrd: "Call Me the Breeze"--with killer guitar AND piano solos--"Sweet Home Alabama" "That Smell" "Saturday Night Special" "What's Your Name"
Lynyrd Skynyrd never recorded a bad song. One of a few bands that touted the 3 lead guitar format. The story line of the song was from a real life experience with the band at a bar. It went down pretty much like the song says. But after they left, Ronnie started thinking about it and wanted to go back to fight the guy. Instead, they talked him into immediately going to write a song about the event, which turned into, "Gimme Three Steps".
Southern rock legends. It's the triple guitar that gives them most of their distinctive sound. That Smell, Gimme Back My Bullets, and of course Sweet Home Alabama for more.
Georgia Satellites is another southern rock band from the 80's, "Keep your hands to yourself" & "Battleship Chains" are two of their most well know songs.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the best Southern Rock bands ever to grace this earth. And yes, Sweet Home Alabama is one of their all time classics. Ed King (rest his soul) came up with the iconic opening guitar work for that song off the cuff when he walked into their recording studio (nicknamed “Hell House” because it had no a/c) and heard Gary Rossington playing a few cords. He picked up his Fender Stratocaster guitar and just played what came naturally, and the rest is history! Another classic southern rock band you need to check out, if you haven’t already is the Allman Brothers Band. They have so many classics, but I would suggest 2 songs for starters - Blue Sky (which reminds me of driving through the country on a warm sunny day) and the other being Midnight Rider.
You guys have gotta treat yourselves to They Call Me The Breeze. It's got everything y'all love. Killer guitar licks, keyboards, and yes, Amber gets her horns !!! Give it a shot.
Free Bird is probably the band's most hyped song, but I've always thought Breeze was the real gem in their catalog. Simply stunning guitar and keyboard solos!!
04:41 ahhhhhh finally reactors who actually get the humor in this song. Every other reactor I have seen is either not paying attention or simply don't get it. Props to both of you. The last line in the third verse especially, always makes me smile. "And you could hear me screaming a mile away As I was headed out through the door" The mental image of Ronnie flying out the door while screaming is hilarious.
My personal favorite of the fun songs even though he’s looking down the barrel of a 44 magnums “ the most powerful handgun” as Dirty Harry used to say 😝 😆.
If I remember the story correctly as told by Ronnie, it was Ronnie and Gary Rossington coming out of a bar in Atlanta together and saw a pretty girl with a small, not so pretty fella. Gary 'wolf-whistled'. Fella turned around and told Gary to do it again. Gary obliged. Fella pulled a gun, pointing it at the two of them, shaking so badly he probably wouldn't have hit them, girl yelled/screamed, fella looked at girl and yelled at her, Ronnie and Gary both decided at that moment it would be a good eye-deer to haul ass. Ronnie said he learned a lesson that early morning, that no matter how puny the other fella may be, that gun he pulled was awful dayummed big lookin down the barrel.
When you ask for bluegrass, Alison Krauss is one of the best. Even though she plays bluegrass primarily, she also has paired up with Robert Plant for some interesting music. They won Grammys for the raising Sand album.
Billy Strings has to be explored in the Bluegrass genre. Depending on the song, the band ranges from traditional bluegrass, to jam band, to heavy metal bluegrass. Billy is awesome as are the rest of his band mates. Maybe start with "Meet Me At The Creek".
If you want more Skynyrd you have to do "The Ballad of Curtis Loew"! This was a great reaction video, then again they all are. It's cool how y'all are just so likable.
I live in Jacksonville. Can’t go anywhere without a Skynyrd story from locals. Legendary. They’d rehearse in a shack with no air conditioning, but plenty of mosquitoes and snakes.
My great aunt taught English at Lee, she knew Skinner….. she taught a bunch of places though.. Lee, Fletcher, DuPont (when it was still a high school). She taught at JU too. Anyway, she just kinda rolled her eyes about the coach. I don’t think she was too fond of him
back when they were just getting started (long before the name) they used to practice in my grandmothers garage in Oceanway, right next to the school on Florida Ave. my uncle Herb played Guitar as well and knew them from school which is how the use of the garage was secured. sadly the garage and the house are long since gone, but one of my uncles has an 8MM tape of them playing in that garage when they were teens. no sound sadly.
From what I understand, this song was based on a true story. The writer wasn't concerned about taking a beating, it was the gun and the threat that "this might be all for you". On another note, your southern Rock journey MUST include Molly Hatchet's "Flirting With Disaster". EDIT: I remember seeing an original LIVE version of this and it wasn't, "Mister, I didn't even kiss her!" That version was, "Mister, I didn't even 'stick' her!" Which, I suppose you could say, was the raunchy version. Bluegrass suggestion for you? "In the jailhouse now" by Tim Blake Nelson and the Soggy Bottom Boys, from the "O Brother, where art thou?" soundtrack.
I love when Amber's really into it, and she's like, "don't talk to me right now!" Del McCoury Band, Alison Krause and Union Station, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ricky Scaggs, Krueger Brothers, Emmylou Harris (!), start with those. I'd google their top three hits.
I'd like to add one more artist/band to that excellent list...that band would be Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers. Specifically Hot Burrito #1 and, %he Dark End of the Street. Keep up the good work.
If I am not mistaken this was a true story. Yes they are the epitome of Southern Rock! Freebird, Sweet Home Alabama and all of their songs. The Allman Brothers Band Marshall Tucker Band. When their plane crashed it was such a tragedy. CCR is swamp Rock
"What's Your Name", "Sweet Home Alabama", "38 Special", and"They Call Me The Breeze" are also great songs by them. For more Southern Rock check out Allman Brothers, 38 Special, or Molly Hatchet. 😃
@smileytaxi he called the Skynyrd song "38 Special", I believe he was referring to the song Saturday Night Special. But yeah, I love Skynyrd......38 Special, not so much.
Haven't seen you guys do Sweet Home Alabama yet or have I just missed it. Must hear Skynard.! Love your channel. I was born in 55 and lived through all this.
I needed this tonight ❤ I lost my Dad in October, & he's the one who got me hooked on Lynrd Skynrd.....its been a struggle through the holidays...but y'all reminded me of mine & his good times!
Great southern rock band from the 60's-80's. They had lots of great songs such as "Sweet Home Alabama", "Free Bird", "Simple Man", "That Smell", "The Ballad Of Curtis Loew", "What's Your Name" etc. After releasing five studio albums & one live album, the band's career was abruptly halted on October 20, 1977, when their chartered airplane crashed, killing Van Zant, Steve Gaines, & backup singer Cassie Gaines & seriously injuring the rest of the band. Lynyrd Skynyrd reformed in 1987 for a reunion tour with Ronnie's brother Johnny Van Zant as lead vocalist.
Lynyrd Skynyrd never disappoints and it's always a joy to see you fall in love with all this new music for you. You are correct Jay, they do sing "Sweet Home Alabama". Some other great ones you need to hear of theirs are "Gimme Back My Bullets", "That Smell" and "Saturday Night Special". They also have done some Christmas music as well. Look up "Christmas Time Again". For some CCR songs: "Have You Ever Seen the Rain", "Lookin' Out My Back Door" and "Down On the Corner". Amber, you have mentioned before that you've seen 'O Brother, Where Art Thou', there are some songs from that fitting the style you are looking for that you could introduce to Jay. "I'll Fly Away" by Alison Krauss and "Big Rock Candy Mountain" by Harry McClintock. I don't believe you have reacted to any Southern blues yet. From 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' there is the song "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" by Chris Thomas King, also check out Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" and "Lonesome Road Blues" by Muddy Waters.
After the band's tragic plane crash in 1977, the group "38 Special" had some family connections to Skynyrd, though their music no longer had the Southern Rock influence. Still they had a number of good songs: "Caught Up in You" "Back Where You Belong" "Teacher, Teacher" "Hold on Loosely" "Rockin' Into the Night"
Ronnie Vanzant - Original Front man for Skynyrd Donnie Vanzant Guitarist for 38 Special Johnny Vanzant Younger Brother to the other 2 - Current Front man for Skynyrd
So many great songs from this legendary band, really can't go wrong. Another great storytelling song is "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe". Musically I think you both will love "Call Me the Breeze". Please don't make us wait 6 months to hear more Skynyrd, such a great band.
Just now seeing this video. Love the reaction. I'm a old fashioned country boy from the mtns of NC and I love y'all. At the first of this song he said I was cutting a rug at a place called The Judd. Cutting a rug means dancing... In case anyone doesn't know. We have funny ways of wording things in the south
This was actually based on a real story where lead singer Ronnie Van Zant had while visiting a biker bar. 38 Special is band you should react to. They have somethng in common, not only are they two southern rock but 38 Special has Ronnie's brother Donnie Van Zant as a member. Molly Hatchet is also another band popular in the 70s and 80s (one of my very favorites). Molly Hatchet also came out of Jacksonville, FL, the same as Lynyrd Skynyrd. Charlie Daniels and Marshall Tucker are also ones you should listen to. Fun Fact: the band Lynyrd Skynyrd name is in homage to a gym teacher they knew in high school who would always complain about the band members and their long hair.
My great aunt taught at Lee High School with him. I remember him doing commercials for selling real estate at the beaches, when I was little. Apparently, the Jug was on Len Turner Rd (I think)… yes I’m from Jax
"I Know A Little". This song is quick and very boogie woogie. You will love this. The piano riff alone is classic. Billy Powell, the piano player, was classically trained, but Van Zandt never knew it until after he joined band. Also, an oldie, but goodie, Call Me the Breeze.
Watched a documentary on them a few months ago. They were perfectionists. They had a house by a river where they created. By the time they got to the studio the entire song was polished and they were ready to record. Had to be a producer's dream! 😆
@@stevenstephens3339 thanks. The only bar I knew on the West side was The Beer Witch, and that was because a friend of my parents owned it. I only went there once, and that was to clean and scrape a bunch of chairs, and tables. My step dad believed that my brother and I were slave labor… and would volunteer our help frequently. We didn’t have any say in the matter and didn’t get paid for our time……..
Growing up in West Virginia, I was exposed to a lot of Southern Rock and some country that had a rock sound. Try Marshall Tucker Band, Molly Hatchet, Hank Williams, Jr., Waylon Jennings and Charlie Daniels. They’re all incredible!
This song was inspired by a real life experience of Ronnie Van Zandt (RIP), at a biker bar in Jacksonville, FL (their hometown). Place is called The Pastime (aka the jug) and is still open for business
My absolute favorite southern rock band is .38 Special. "Hold On Loosely", "Back Were You Belong", Caught Up In You", 'If I'd Been The One" & You Keep Runnin' Away" are just a few of their hits.
Another southern rock band, Molly Hatchet. Songs to listen to are, "Flirtin' With Disaster ", "Dreams I'll Never see", and " Satisfied Man". They have more.
One of my favorite bands...seen them so many times...didn't know if you knew but the original band (Lead singers brother took over) they all died in a plane crash...you can look it up to get the full story...
Yes, Lynyrd Skynyrd is the pinnacle of Southern Rock and Roll but they have a lot of company. The Allman Brothers are probably second in line (in my mind) followed pretty closely by Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels, Elvin Bishop, ZZ Top, Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot.
One of my top 10 favorite bands of all time. Here's a handful of some of their best songs, some well known and others more obscure. 1. That Smell 2. Gimme Back My Bullets 3. The Needle And The Spoon 4. Mr. Saturday Night Special 5. Tuesday's Gone 6. The Ballad Of Curtis Loewe
Amber, if you want some bluegrass check out Jim Frable. He has been bluegrass artist of the year, performed st Dollywood. Hechas a version of dueling banjos thats just incredible. Its him dueling himself. He went to the same high school as I did( IN MICHIGAN). I graduated with his younger sister and we are friends on facebook.
Love this song!! My mama's name was Linda Lou and us kids always used to tease her with this song. What's Your Name is another good song by them. Great reaction!! 🙂
Hey Jordan and Amber, in case you're wondering about where Lynyrd Skynyrd got their band's name from: They named the band after one of the High School coaches, Leonard Skinner, that a lot of the members had when they were students at Robert E. Lee High School in Gainesville, Florida
I seriously love you guys so much lol you have no idea the amount of joy I get out of watching you both experience the music I grew up on for the first time :) Thank you for bringing happiness into my life!
The guitar sounds so great because there are three of them playing in unison! That's right, three guitar players 'harmonizing' together. It was epic to see them live! I saw them in mid-seventies and had a ticket to see them again in late 77., but their plane crashed and tragically ended the band. YES, they wrote Sweet Home Alabama...and they do it the best!
So many great Lynyrd Skynyrd hits. This is one of my favorites though. "Call Me the Breeze" is another one. "Simple Man" is fantastic. You can't help but love it. "Saturday Night Special" is good rocking. "Ballad of Curtis Lowe" is good bluesey stuff. "Free Bird" is an absolute Rock Anthem, but you've already done it. "Sweet Home Alabama" was one of their biggest hits. It has anthem status too.
OK, this is 2 years old so maybe you won't see it but, just in case. For Southern rock check out "Green Grass and High Tides" The Outlaws, "Another mans woman" Atlanta Rhythm Section, and many many songs by Grand Funk Railroad (Try "Im your Captain"). For bluegrass you're gonna have to embrace some gospel, which is fine with me. Try, "Rock Of Ages" by Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers (seriously amazing vocal harmonies as acapella), "Come On Believers", Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, "Ring the Bell" Gibson Brothers, "Life's Railway to Heaven" Russ Taft (the last is not strictly bluegrass but has a great harp line and harp is what I used to play in gospel and bluegrass bands).
I was introduced to the music of Skynard in 81 at a Christian summer camp. Loved them ever since. Call Me The Breeze was our song when we hit the road!
Bluegrass - Rocky Top by Osborne Brothers. Blue Moon of Kentucky by Bill Monroe Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Flatt and Scruggs Wayfaring Stranger by Emmylou Harris Meet me by the Moonlight by Stanley Brothers This is one my favorite songs from them. It’s so funny. 🤣🤣🤣 Also, 100% a true story. For more great songs from them check out: Call me the Breeze, That smell, and Saturday Night Special. Studio versions. They had 4 guitarist I think, amazing band. As a Southern Rock fan, I love CCR, but I have to say they are fake Southerners. They’re not really from the south, but there was a big following at the time, and they adopted the sound. They’re from California, not the Louisiana, or the bayou. Still, a great band.
One of our favorite kitchen dancin songs. Thank you for correcting the pants. A lot of ppl are confused and calling flair bell bottom and there is a big difference. Love y'all!!
If you do “ Call Me the Breeze” please do the studio version, live versions sound guys push the guitars and drums forward and pull back the piano plus “live” versions don’t have the horn section. This song and “Ballad of Curtis Loewe” are my two favs. 🤘😎✌️💕
Love seeing you guys rockin out to Skynyrd! It is a joy to see younger folks enjoying the music I grew up with... the days where the artist had to have real talent to succeed.
I just listened to your latest Blues reaction and RU-vid decided to put this in my feet again after a year. I'm just listening to your commentary and I thought it was interesting Amber when you said, well we didn't hear as much country but I did hear bluegrass. Check out the crazy down-home really super Southern acoustic thing of theirs, it's not really Bluegrass but it's closed it borrows a lot from it it just throw some hillbilly in there and some other stuff. And it is actually not there song it's a much older one. But it's called Mississippi Kid.
They should check out the man who created the bluegrass genre before they get into the new stuff. Here's Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4syA9aNnNa0.html
Your so right Groovy....Ive listened to every other Bluegrass band I see suggested here....And this band and this song are the top. No offense to any of the other suggestions....but if you don't like this band?.... You don't like music.
Hot dang another New Grass Revival fan. I have every record they ever released a well as most solo project and collab by every member from their conception to what they are doing currently.
@@mikedrake6662 nothing wrong with the new stuff, but the pioneers of the genre like Bill Monroe, The Osborne Brothers, Lester Flatt, and Earl Scruggs deserve their credit. Don't ignore them.
Lynyrd Skynard was actually their High School PE Coach / Teacher who the band was named after ! The Ballad of Curtis Loew is my favorite Skynard song. Thanks guys you rock =)
If I'm remembering right they did a photo shoot with him before he passed away. They named the band as kind of nose-thumb at him, but he had a good sense of humor about it.
Skynyrd are the best. I'd recommend listening to, The balled of Curtis Lowe. That is an AMAZING Skynyrd song. Great reaction vid & best wishes from us in the UK.
I was in a kinda crappy mood today. Saw this song on the playlist, and remembering Amber's reaction to the three steps part, went to it and sure enough, it lifted me partly out of the bad mood. You kids are so precious.
OMG you would JUST ADORE the Avett Brothers, from the mountains of my beloved North Carolina ‼️ Especially their old stuff. They are STEEPED in old mountain bluegrass! 💜💙💖
This LITERALLY happened to me a few months before this song came out!!! I swear this happened to me, and yes, “ I was screamin’ as I was headin’ towards the door..” To this day, I remember Jack Armstrong with a sewer pipe with a trigger below it aiming it at me! I am grateful God protects the obliviously stupid!!!.😎👍👍👍
Love your reactions to this song. You asked for some Bluegrass suggestion and I have two for you, both by Steve Martin (the comedian) and the Steep Canyon Band. The songs are Pretty Little One and Me and Paul Revere. Both are story song and I'm betting you'll like them.. I think I suggested this under another video by mistake.
Fun to watch you guys enjoying this song. You nailed what it was all about. Great reaction to Gimme Three Steps. One of my favorite Skynyrd songs. Keep smiling guys.
I spent my teenage years in Florida and southern rock was my jam. More Skynyrd? Definitely Sweet Home Alabama. Also Call Me The Breeze and Tuesday's Gone. All excellent.
I was looking at your pics in the background, namely Barry. It brings to mind you ought to listen to “Guilty” with Barry Gibb and Barbara Streisand!! Beautiful!!
Before Kenny Rogers became a solo artist, he was with The First Edition. It was during the Vietnam War and he sang a song RUBY (DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN). It was about a returning wounded vet and his wife. They did some great music, but you never hear much about it on these reaction videos. Take a listen...you guys are my faves!
Skynyrd, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, Allman Brothers, Kansas are all in my Southern Rock collection. Great reaction glad y'all enjoyed, hope to hear more on the Southern Rock music
the Eagles, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Pure Prairie League, Blackfoot, Jackson Browne, Kentucky Headhunters, Marshall Tucker Band, the Outlaws, Georgia Satellites, Ram Jam, Steve Earle
Skynyrd primarily went with 3 lead guitarists, that was their sound. Loved allot of there music, it males you want to move. Sweet Home Alabama was them, and a great song. Was a response to Neil Young's Southern Man, another good song,
Fun fact for you about Sweet Home Alabama and the Neil Young reference. If you listen very carefully to your left speaker, right after Ronnie sings “I heard Mr. Young sing about her” you’ll hear very faintly Al Cooper (who produced the album, and a musician himself) sing the words “Southern Man” in a Neil Young sound alike voice. I heard an interview with Ed King who mentioned this. I couldn’t believe after hearing this song for over 40 years I had never picked up on this!
If you want Blue Grass, react to Earl Scruggs and Friends playing “Foggy Mountain Breakdown.” It is a fabulous instrumental with many famous musicians contributing to the arrangement. Earl Scruggs reinvented the banjo. He is the Babe Ruth of Bluegrass music.
