Archive for January 26th, 2010
Southern rock is a category of music that combines rock and roll, blues, and country music. Southern rock mainly focuses on vocals and electric guitars.
Many of the first wave of stars in rock and roll were southerners. Its’ origin can be traced back to the 1950′s with rock and rollers like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, and Little Richard.
The British invasion was responsible for taking rock and roll out of the south and moving it overseas to places like Liverpool in the 1960′s. The Allman Brothers around 1970 were one of the bands credited for bringing rock and roll back to ts roots in the south. Other bands around that time were Wet Willie out of Alabama, and the Marshall Tucker Band from South Carolina.
Another wave of bands in the 70′s were Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot, and .38 Special. You can just hear the rhythm guitars when these bands are mentioned, and how about the guitar solos.