Southern Fried Rock Top 10

CCR is 100% from California. And they should be at the top of the list at number 1 if youre going to leave them there anyway.

I <3 MC wrote:

Who are they and how would you rank them?

Mine:

1. ZZ Top

2. Reverend Horton Heat

3. Skynyrd

4. James Gang

5. Doobie Bros

6. CCR

7. Allman Bros

8. Fabulous Thunderbirds

9. Georgia Satellites

10. Black Crowes

I knew that, but their style is SFR. And you don't get to tell me how I rank my favorites, go do your own.

Its hard not to Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers 1 and 2. Also don't forget Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels Band. Most importantly however is a modern day band The Drive-By Truckers. They have released several masterpiece albums. If you haven't listened to their Southern Rock Opera then you are doing yourself a disservice.

Drivin' and Cryin'.

In no particular order...

Allman Brothers

Drive By Truckers

Marshall Tucker Band

Whiskeytown

Skynyrd

The Band

Widespread Panic

North Mississippi Allstars

CCR

Steve Earle

Where's 38 Special?

1. allman bros. band

2. the doobie bros.

3. lynyrd skynyrd

4. marshall tucker band

5. blackfoot

6. zz top

7. stevie ray vaughan and double trouble

8. charlie daniels band

9. the black crowes

10. pure prairie league

Kevn Kinny wrote:

Drivin' and Cryin'.

You must be from Atlanta. I saw them several times growing up (they sort of morphed from a sort of raucous almost-punk bar band with "Scarred but Smarter" to a more twangy rock outfit later. I talk about them around Yankees and they have no clue who they are - one of the few bands that had a hit radio-played song in one city that didn't get play elsewhere. "I'm Goin' Straight to Hell" was like a fratboy anthem in Atlanta but my New Yorker wife is very knowledgeable about music - both good and pop drivel - new little about them. I bet "Straight to Hell" would have been a top ten single in the Atlanta market only, I guess.

I saw the Black Crowes play when they were Mr. Crowe's Garden and waited in line for Drivin' and Cryin' tickets with Cris Robinson at the Cotton Club for an all ages show when I was 17 or 18.

fmr wrote:

In no particular order...

Allman Brothers

Drive By Truckers

Marshall Tucker Band

Whiskeytown

Skynyrd

The Band

Widespread Panic

North Mississippi Allstars

CCR

Steve Earle

Where you from?

James Gang? mid-west, not southern fried at all

Doobie Bros? pure CA, not southern fried at all, despite "Black Water"

Ah, The Band. Good call. I like Whiskeytown also.

1. Allman Brothers

2. Marshall Tucker Band

3. Lynyrd Skynrd

4. Charlie Daniels Band

5. ZZ Top

6. Atlanta Rhythm Section

7. The Outlaws

8. Dickie Betts and Great Southern

9. Elvin Bishop Band

10. Wet Willie

My Morning Jacket

Virginia

Grinderswitch has to be mentioned here as well.

If you really like this great music you may enjoy reading about Phil Walden of Capricorn records. Google Phil Walden or Tom Dowd.

Can't argue with that list!

Molly Hatchet

kinda weird how you can the "southern rock" label, and be from canada (the band), california (doobies), england (foghat), or elsewhere.....i guess it's kind of like most of the blues-rock bands being from the other side of the pond.....

Bo Bice