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For the '70s cup, I collected some Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd as possible entries and I was hiking through the park near my place and one of the songs came on. In the '70s, Skynyrd was as big a band as any in my neck o' the woods and were up there with any band, including Zeppelin and the Stones as far as popularity. I thought it was okay, but never fell in love with it as much as some of my friends. Talk about a music that's much more tolerable when stoned.
Anyway, I don't think we've talked it about it much here on BCB, especially since it was so major during the '70s. Of course, there were the Allman Bros, who started it off, but there were a bevy of bands during the mid to late '70s who were big in this genre. Below are some samples, but were and are you a fan? I could have done without it, to be fair and wouldn't have really missed it if it never existed.
That stated, one of the best concerts I've ever seen is the Outlaws at Stanford's Frost Amphitheater, but part of that was the day, the friends and the pot.
Anyway, I don't think we've talked it about it much here on BCB, especially since it was so major during the '70s. Of course, there were the Allman Bros, who started it off, but there were a bevy of bands during the mid to late '70s who were big in this genre. Below are some samples, but were and are you a fan? I could have done without it, to be fair and wouldn't have really missed it if it never existed.
That stated, one of the best concerts I've ever seen is the Outlaws at Stanford's Frost Amphitheater, but part of that was the day, the friends and the pot.
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My kinda shit...
Not sure if ZZ Top should be included or not, but love them too.
Not sure if ZZ Top should be included or not, but love them too.
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Matt Wilson wrote:My kinda shit...
Not sure if ZZ Top should be included or not, but love them too.
They kinda split the difference in my high school world. I thought about including them.
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I bought an Outlaws CD with a rattlesnake on the cover, but apart from "Ghost Riders in the Sky", I didn't think much of it, and ended up trading it. Prefer the Joe Meek produced 60s Outlaws.
Country rock is quite a narrow genre. I love the cosmic country of Gram Parsons and Byrds, and I like the Eagles, too. Allman and Skynyrd, sure. Poco, Burritos. Haven't dug that deep.
Country rock is quite a narrow genre. I love the cosmic country of Gram Parsons and Byrds, and I like the Eagles, too. Allman and Skynyrd, sure. Poco, Burritos. Haven't dug that deep.
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GoogaMooga wrote:I bought an Outlaws CD with a rattlesnake on the cover, but apart from "Ghost Riders in the Sky", I didn't think much of it, and ended up trading it. Prefer the Joe Meek produced 60s Outlaws.
Country rock is quite a narrow genre. I love the cosmic country of Gram Parsons and Byrds, and I like the Easgles, too. Allman and Skynyrd, sure. Poco, Burritos. Haven't dug that deep.
I'd also put Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen loosely in that genre.
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GoogaMooga wrote:Country rock is quite a narrow genre. I love the cosmic country of Gram Parsons and Byrds, and I like the Eagles, too. Allman and Skynyrd, sure. Poco, Burritos. Haven't dug that deep.
The Sloopster seems to be calling country rock what most of us would probably called Southern Rock. Your choices (except for the Allmans and Skynyrd), I'd put in the former category, and make sure to specify if I was talking about the Henry Paul/Hughie Thomasson Outlaws or the Waylon and Willie group of the same name.
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Aren't you talking about Southern Rock here, John?
Seems to me most bands you mention here fall into that category.
Country Rock I'm thinking Poco, Burritos, et al.
Seems to me most bands you mention here fall into that category.
Country Rock I'm thinking Poco, Burritos, et al.
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Very much of its time. I can’t imagine playing any of it now, except for the Allman Bros. Nu country is basically southern rock crossed with Journey.
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Muskrat wrote:GoogaMooga wrote:Country rock is quite a narrow genre. I love the cosmic country of Gram Parsons and Byrds, and I like the Eagles, too. Allman and Skynyrd, sure. Poco, Burritos. Haven't dug that deep.
The Sloopster seems to be calling country rock what most of us would probably called Southern Rock. Your choices (except for the Allmans and Skynyrd), I'd put in the former category, and make sure to specify if I was talking about the Henry Paul/Hughie Thomasson Outlaws or the Waylon and Willie group of the same name.
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pig bodine wrote:Nu country is basically southern rock crossed with Journey.
It is. Guys like Chris Stapleton are really just "southern" rock.
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I very recently came across Stillwater's first album.
A fine piece of Southern Rock.
Released on the Capricorn label (Allman Bros) just before they went under. So I guess it wasn't properly advertised at the time.
I think they only made two albums.
A fine piece of Southern Rock.
Released on the Capricorn label (Allman Bros) just before they went under. So I guess it wasn't properly advertised at the time.
I think they only made two albums.
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I prefer country rock by some distance.
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pig bodine wrote:Very much of its time. I can’t imagine playing any of it now, except for the Allman Bros. Nu country is basically southern rock crossed with Journey.
Yep.
Southern Rock is the worst. I give the Allmans and the Black Crowes a free pass, but outside of that you can keep it.
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LeBaron wrote:I prefer country rock by some distance.
Sorry about the switcheroo.
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Thought of one more band - New Riders of the Purple Sage; got a few of their albums, and at least the first two are worth a listen. Think Jerry Garcia guested on one of them.
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I rather like a bit of southern rock these days. A little goes a long way for me, but it's a lot better than I thought in my younger, more prejudiced days.
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Walk In My Shadow wrote:I very recently came across Stillwater's first album.
A fine piece of Southern Rock.
Released on the Capricorn label (Allman Bros) just before they went under. So I guess it wasn't properly advertised at the time.
I think they only made two albums.
But their unreleased version of "Tiny Dancer" is a thing of legend.
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Muskrat wrote:Walk In My Shadow wrote:I very recently came across Stillwater's first album.
A fine piece of Southern Rock.
Released on the Capricorn label (Allman Bros) just before they went under. So I guess it wasn't properly advertised at the time.
I think they only made two albums.
But their unreleased version of "Tiny Dancer" is a thing of legend.
Aside from the Allmans... I could take it in small doses - a song here, a song there - but I wasn't and am not a fan, really.
ZZ Top, as noted, seemed apart from the pack, for whatever reasons. Sense of humor, propulsion - something like that. They had their own pose, too, in a sense; they made a big deal about being Texan, but not about being Southern.
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To me, the Allmans pretty well define the genre. But I love the Marshall Tucker Band, and -- once I saw them live -- grew to appreciate Skynyrd.
Other contenders: Black Oak Arkansas, BR5-49; Kentucky Headhunters; and (from Tulsa) the Tractors.
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...and, the oft-underrated
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