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<title>Kings Of Leon</title>
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<category>Garage Rock Revival</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Although the media pretty much ensured that their music would have the shelf life of a banana by pegging them as the "Southern Strokes," the Kings of Leon's music really owes much more to the latter-day songs of Eddie Vedder than they do to any boogie-rhythmic Southern Rock. Sure, they sport John Fogerty-style bowl-haircuts, boot-cuts and beards, but the actual sound of their recorded music is truly more rooted in tasteful post-grunge pop (more Pearl Jam than Creed). Brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill and cousin Matthew Followill comprise the Kings of Leon, and they did actually grow up in the south under the musical influence of their evangelist father, Leon (hence the moniker). But when you look past how they (and the music media at large) incessantly label themselves up as southern rockers and when you really listen to songs like "Molly's Chambers," "Holy Roller Novocaine" or even the Strokesesque "California Waiting," the guttural growl of the vocals and bent Neil Young and Crazy Horse influences seem to point more toward Seattle in 1992 than the 1970s heartland rock they wear so proudly on their tight-fitting thrift store T-shirts. But this is hardly a bad thing. When bands like Seven Mary Three and Puddle Of Mudd drive the grunge sound into the ground with over exaggerated baritone throat gymnastics and crunchy, new, Guitar Center six-string distortion, the Kings of Leon's music is a breath of fresh air with its toned down soulful vocal yelps and vintage tube-amp guitar tones. And they can write some pretty catchy songs to boot.
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<title>Zac Brown Band</title>
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<category>Americana</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Zac Brown entertained audiences for years as a solo artist, winning people over with his deft flat-picking and original songs. Eventually, Brown added band members John Hopkins (bass) and Jimmy De Martini (fiddle) to form the Zac Brown Band; the trio expanded to a five-piece when Chris Fryar (drums) and Coy Bowles (guitar/organ) joined. The quintet employs an aggressive tour philosophy (often playing upwards of 200 shows a year) and has opened for the Allman Brothers, Willie Nelson, Travis Tritt and Sugarland, among others. Their grassroots approach to music has won them legions of loyal fans throughout the South, especially in Brown's home state of Georgia. The band's self-financed debut, <I>Home Grown</I>, was released at the end of 2005, and the live effort <I>Live From the Rock Bus Tour</I> followed in 2007. <I>The Foundation</I> was released in 2008, producing the Southern celebratory single "Chicken Fried," which made its way to the country charts.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Lynyrd Skynyrd</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd rose to prominence in 1973 epitomizing regional pride and stressing cocky, boisterous hard rock as opposed to the Allman Brothers' more open-ended blues. Their signature song, "Freebird," complete with it five-minute three-guitar attack solo, is easily the most requested live song in existence. When the band broke up in 1977, after Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines died in a plane crash, rock music suffered a tremendous loss.
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The nucleus of what would become Lynyrd Skynyrd first met in high school in their hometown, Jacksonville, Florida. Van Zant, Allen Collins, and Gary Rossington formed the band My Backyard in 1965, eventually joined by Leon Wilkeson and Billy Powell. Their later name immortalized a gym teacher, Leonard Skinner, who was known to punish students who had long hair.
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The band, with original drummer Bob Burns, was playing in Atlanta at a bar called Funocchio's in 1972, when they were spotted by Al Kooper, who was on a tour with Badfinger and also scouting bands for MCA's new Sounds of the South label. Kooper signed Skynyrd and produced its 1973 debut, <I>Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd</I>, adding session guitarist Ed King (late of Strawberry Alarm Clock). The group's initial hook was its three-guitar attack, topping the Allmans' trademark two-guitar leads. Skynyrd first got radio airplay with the lengthy "Freebird." What had been written as a tribute to Duane Allman eventually became an anthem for Skynyrd fans and &#8212; when revived, without lyrics, by the Rossington Collins Band in 1980 &#8212; a tribute to Van Zant.
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The band hooked up with the Who's Quadrophenia Tour in 1973 and acquired a reputation as a live act. Its 1974 followup LP, the multi-platinum <I>Second Helping</I>, also produced by Kooper, reached Number 12. It included another instant Southern standard, "Sweet Home Alabama" (Number Eight, 1974), a reply to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man." But Van Zant often wore a Neil Young T-shirt, and Young later offered the band several songs to record, though they never made it to vinyl.
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In December 1974 Artimus Pyle joined as a replacement for Burns; King quit a month later. The band's third record went to Number Nine, but 1976's <I>Gimme Back My Bullets</I>, produced by Tom Dowd, sold somewhat less. Skynyrd regrouped in October 1976 with the double live <I>One More From the Road</I> (recorded at Atlanta's Fox Theater), which went to Number Nine, sold triple platinum, and featured new third guitarist Steve Gaines, plus a trio of female backup singers, including Gaines' sister Cassie. The band became one of the biggest U.S. concert draws.
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<I>Street Survivors</I>, its sixth LP, was released three days before the plane crash of October 20, 1977. Skynyrd was traveling in a privately chartered plane between shows in Greenville, South Carolina, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when it crashed just outside Gillsburg, Mississippi, killing three members. The rest escaped with injuries. Ironically, the cover of the band's last LP pictured the members standing in flames and included an order form for a "Lynyrd Skynyrd survival kit." There was also a Van Zant composition about death called "That Smell." The LP cover was changed shortly after the accident, and the album (Number Five, 1977) went on to become one of Skynyrd's biggest sellers.
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The next year Skynyrd's <I>First...and Last</I> was released, consisting of previously unavailable early band recordings from 1970 to 1972 (the band had planned on releasing it before the accident). It went platinum, and in 1980 MCA released a best-of called <I>Gold and Platinum</I>.
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That same year a new band emerged from Lynyrd Skynyrd's ashes. The Rossington-Collins Band [see entry] featured three of the surviving members plus female lead singer Dale Krantz. Artimus Pyle, meanwhile, began touring with his Artimus Pyle Band in 1982. In 1986 tragedy struck again when Allen Collins crashed his car, killing his girlfriend and leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Four years later he died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia at age 37.
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To mark the 10th anniversary of the fatal plane crash, in 1987 Rossington, Powell, Wilkeson, and King put Lynyrd Skynyrd back together, along with guitarist Randall Hall and Johnny Van-Zant (the only one of the brothers who hyphenates his surname) on lead vocals. The younger brother of Ronnie and Donnie (.38 Special) was a marginally successful solo artist, releasing five albums from 1980 through 1990. Dale Krantz, by then Dale Krantz Rossington, sang backup for a 32-date Skynyrd reunion tour, which was chronicled on the following year's double live album, <I>Southern by the Grace of God/Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour &#8212; 1987</I>.
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In 1991 the same group (minus Pyle, and with "Custer" on drums) released a new LP, <I>Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991</I>. Both it and 1993's <I>The Last Rebel</I> carried on Skynyrd's musical tradition and were reasonably well received. The band signed with Southern-rock stronghold Capricorn Records and released the one-off acoustic <I>Endangered Species</I> in 1994. Guitarist King left the band shortly after, and new guitarists Rickey Medlocke (formerly of Blackfoot) and Hughie Thomasson (formerly of the Outlaws) were hired as full-time members.
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The 1996 concert documentary <I>Freebird...The Movie</I> captured the original band in its prime, on celluloid and an MCA soundtrack. The group's next albums were released on North Carolina–based CMC International, a label that established a solid market niche reviving the careers of slumping arena-rock acts. Sure enough, a 1997 <I>Behind the Music</I> special on VH1 aired while the band was in midtour supporting the album <I>Twenty</I> (Number 97, 1997), which marked the 20th anniversary of the fatal, fateful plane crash. Wilkeson died of natural causes in July 2001.
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The band soldiered on with new bassist Ean Evans, released a new album, <I>Vicious Cycle</I>, in 2003, and hit the road with only original members Rossington and Powell remaining. In 2004, this version of Lynyrd Skynyrd released <I>Lyve: the Vicious Cycle Tour</I> and performed with country music duo Montgomery Gentry on CMT's Crossroads show. In 2004, Thomasson left the band to reform The Outlaws. That year, Skynyrd was being mentioned by younger acts ranging from rap-rocker Kid Rock to country newcomer Gretchen Wilson. In February 2005, Lynyrd Skynyrd performed a Super Bowl party with the young southern rock band 3 Doors Down, country singer Jo Dee Messina and veterans Charlie Daniels and .38 Special. The smee year the band performed the Hurricane Katrina Music Relief Concert with Kid Rock fronting the band as Van Zant recovered from throat surgery. Later that month, the group performed a Southern rock medley at the Grammy Awards with country stars Wilson, Tim McGraw and Keith Urban. In 2006 the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In September 2007, Thomasson died of a heart attack at his Florida home. The band continues touring as Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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<title>The Allman Brothers Band</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Before assembling the first legendary lineup of the Allman Brothers Band in 1969, Duane and Greg played together in two British-Invasion-style projects called the Allman Joys and Hourglass. Duane decamped to Muscle Shoals where he was exposed to the finest Soul and R&B players around, appearing alongside Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin. These influences fed into the gumbo of sounds that made the Allman Brothers Band's self-titled debut unlike any record that had come before it. At a time when the color line dividing the American South was still something people fought and died over, the Allman Brothers not only integrated blues and soul with swampy, Psychedelic rock and bits of country; they went one step further by including an African-American in their lineup. The twin percussive attack of Jaimoe Johanson and Butch Trucks gave early concert favorites such as "Whipping Post" and "Dreams" an elaborate architecture, which Dickey Betts and the Allmans supplemented with tidy bits of soloing, sharing leads with the poise of a seasoned jazz group. They were one of those rare bands who always sounded better live than in the studio -- <I>Live at Fillmore East</I> being one of those epochal documents (like Johnny Cash's penitentiary performances or MC5's <I>Kick Out the Jams</I>) that captures a certain music at that certain time when it's as near perfect as it ever will be. The live version of "Mountain Jam" featured on <I>Eat a Peach</I> (1972) is still one of the best ways to stretch a jukebox quarter into a half an hour of pure happiness.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Hank Williams, Jr.</title>
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<category>Outlaw Country</category>
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<description><![CDATA[As his name makes clear, Hank Williams, Jr. is the son of country music legend (and Honky-Tonk deity) Hank Williams. Williams Jr. started off singing similar beer joint anthems before finding his own voice in the 1970s outlaw country realm. He can also be credited with taking the outlaw sound up a notch to deliver some gritty southern rock songs. Kid Rock cites Hank Williams Jr. as one of his most obvious influences, along with 2 Live Crew.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>The Black Crowes</title>
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<category>Boogie Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:51 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Funny thing -- when the Rolling Stones play, everybody calls it "rock 'n roll." When the Black Crowes play almost the same kind of music, everybody calls it "retro." Everybody but rock 'n' roll fans, that is. Though the Black Crowes might reverberate certain tones of Classic Rock, they never subserviently imitated their influences (even with the Jam Rock of <I>Three Snakes & One Charm</I> in 1996). Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson formed the band in Georgia around 1984. Chris' Terry Reid cum Rod Stewartesque raspy singing blended with his brother's tone-heavy guitar leads in a familiar setting that had critics hailing them the bastard sons of the Faces. They added to these comparisons by going multi-platinum with a near-perfect cover of the late, great Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle." Over the course of four albums, the Black Crowes experimented with blues, country music, and festival jams only to return to what they do best -- nitty, gritty rock 'n' roll. Despite lineup changes and ambitious pit-stops in different genres, they have enough impressive material for listeners to glean that, at the end of the day, the Black Crowes are just a talented band who wake up each afternoon to chase down another song (before disbanding in 2002). Chris now sings in a project named New Earth Mud with his old guitar player Mark Ford and ex Beachwood Sparks drummer Aaron Sperske.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Cross Canadian Ragweed</title>
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<category>Roots</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Like California's Mother Hips, Cross Canadian Ragweed tour so much that they really don't need that much radio airplay or big money promotion from a huge label to garner popularity. They started off playing country-tinged folk-rock before morphing into a hard hitting and melodious alt country band with songs catchier than cactus needles.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Charlie Daniels</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:45:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[People have a hard time believing that the man who wrote "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" also played on such Bob Dylan albums as <i>Nashville Skyline</i>, <i>Self Portrait</i>, <i>New Morning</i>, and <i>Dylan</i>. Charlie Daniels was known as the long haired country boy with adroit musical skills that were a true gift from the gods of music. In his heyday, Daniels surrounded himself with an ever changing team of exquisitely talented musicians that contributed to his trademark sound: strict country music with an edgy injection of Southern Rock, blues shuffles and Boogie Rock overtones. Aside from making music that would soon pump from the speakers of Bo and Luke's General Lee, Daniels wrote songs that Elvis Presley covered; he played with Leonard Cohen's touring band in the 1960s, and even produced the Youngbloods' album <i>Elephant Memory</i>. Daniels managed to install a set of ethics for his fan-base-turned-subculture when he penned its anthem, "Long Haired Country Boy" with: "People say I'm no good and crazy as a loon / Cause I get stoned in the morning, get drunk in the afternoon. / Kinda like my old blue tick hound I like to lay around in the shade / I ain't got no money but I've damn sure got it made.../ I don't want much of nothing at all but I will take another toke."
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>.38 Special</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Throughout the 1980s, .38 Special churned out hit after hit with their studio-perfected brand of Southern Rock that had checkered sneaker-wearing teenagers speeding through red lights and filling stadiums at an alarming rate. Taking his cue from older brother Ronnie's band Lynyrd Skynyrd, Donnie Van Zant employed a blistering twin guitar boogie attack, then married this down-home sound with arena-ready anthems and overblown production values. The impossibly catchy hooks in rockers such as "Hold on Loosely" and "Caught up in You" are firmly embedded in the public consciousness and can be heard in suburban bars nationwide to this day. For the past ten years or so, .38 Special has been tirelessly touring the country, releasing very few records. Their sound has mellowed with age, easing up on the slick Dodge Ram rock of the past and stripping things down to acoustic ballads akin to Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" in the hopes of attracting an older audience.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Widespread Panic</title>
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<category>Jam Rock</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Like many of today's more successful jam bands, Widespread Panic earned their merit badges through arduous touring. Their music mixes brash southern rock tones with loose and lofty jazz touches that seamlessly merge with boogie-heavy blues riffs, creating songs that take you on earthy journeys into realms of joyous dance frenzy. Although their first single, <I>Coconut Image</I> was cut in 1986, the origins of the band go back four years prior to that when singer John Bell met up with six-string sultan Mike Houser while studying in Athens, Georgia. The duo was soon rounded out by bass man Dave Schools, keyboard player JoJo Hermann, drummer Todd Nance and percussionist Sunny Ortiz. Their debut album <I>Space Wrangler</I> came out two years later following <I>Coconut Image</I>. Although it was released on a little indie label out of Athens (Landslide Records), the production and performance sounds as rich as anything ever cut by Dire Straits. More relentless touring and a healthy, grass roots buzz got Widespread Panic a much-deserved major label deal on Capricorn Records, who released their self-titled sophomore album in 1991. Although playing on the touring H.O.R.D.E. Festival stage for two years in a row is what really thrust Widespread Panic into the limelight. Eight albums under their belt and Houser was forced to leave the band to battle pancreatic cancer. Sadly, it was a battle he lost, passing away in 2002 at the young age of 40. Guitar player and longtime friend of the band George McConnell moved in to play guitar (at Houser's request). McConnell's mid-tour departure in August '06 made way for hired-axeman extraordinaire, Jimmy Herring to finally find a home with Panic. The band continue to tour, record and grow musically, sonically following in the footsteps of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band while nurturing their own unique signature sound that reflects a strong love of elemental music, authentic rootsy rock and innovative arrangements.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>The Marshall Tucker Band</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The key to Southern Rock bands such as MTB, Charlie Daniels Band, and the Outlaws is realizing early on that though they were never fully capable of carrying a whole album of good material, that shouldn't deter you from picking up their greatest hits packages. In the case of MTB, you'll find keepers such as "Can't You See," "Heard It in a Love Song," and "Fire on the Mountain" without having to sort through endless filler. Their early records contain some wonderful grit rock anthems, long hippy-billy jams, and some quality moonlight-and-magnolias fare -- making the two-CD Capricorn retrospective an absolute must for any long-haired southerner. The collection demonstrates that they could keep up with the Dixie Dregs musically, while penning great country-inspired lyrics. Though later their music grew soggy with sweet Southern Comfort nostalgia, in their prime the Marshall Tucker Band deserved their reputation as a Southern Rock institution.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Drive-By Truckers</title>
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<category>Country Rock</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:45:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If the Old 97's weren't R.E.M.-adoring spastic nerds, they might sound a little bit like the Drive-By Truckers from Athens, Georgia. This country rocking quintet writes Americana anthems for the modern day working man and woman. Touched by the hooves of Crazy Horse, these guys have a rich and crunchy guitar tone, sounding like a string of Neil Young's tweed Deluxe amps turned all the way up out in an open hay field. Their music is basted in tangy harmonies and patiently marinated in both southern soul and small town honesty. These songs are powerful and cathartic creations that display unpretentious arrangements and true grit.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Gov't Mule</title>
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<category>Jam Rock</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:16:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gov't Mule mixes 1960s-style, guitar-driven psychedelia with smoking southern rock. It's no wonder they do it so well -- they've started out with guitar virtuoso Warren Haynes, drummer Matt Abts and Allen Woody (now deceased) of the Allman Brothers to power their scorching bottleneck jams, making this more than any old side-project (Haynes was Duane Allman's second replacement on guitar and Woody played bass). After Woody was found dead in his New York City hotel room on August 26th, 2000, Gov't Mule decided to record their next album with Flea, Bootsy Collins and Mike Gordon from Phish filling in, instead of immediately finding a replacement. Gordon made a documentary of the process, originally titled <I> On The Banks,</I>(now called <I>Rising Low</I>) which helped propel Gov't Mule into further appreciation by fathoms of jam rock fans. Andy Hess officially replaced Woody when it came time to tour and the band added keyboard player Danny Louis to their lineup.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Derek Trucks</title>
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<category>Modern Blues</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:48:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Child prodigy Derek Trucks is a fiery guitar slinger whose slow-burn slide style owes a lot to the legends of the blues. Like a younger version of Stevie Ray Vaughan (sans the been-at-the-bottle-too-long growl), Trucks' jams duplicate the dips and twists of Buddy Guy and Al King. A kid no more, Trucks now fronts his own band, a formidable blues unit deeply rooted in Southern Rock soil.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Molly Hatchet</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know about Molly Hatchet you can learn from their first two albums, back when vocalist Danny Joe Brown delivered his throaty drawls on the subjects of whiskey, women and warfare. And gators, of course. They were the third outfit to continue Florida's Southern Rock winning streak, after the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. "Gator Country," off their 1978 self-titled debut, replicated exactly Dickey Betts' molasses guitar delivery, and if the Allman Brothers connection wasn't explicit enough, they threw in a cover of "Dreams" to dispel any doubts. The next album <I>Flirtin' with Disaster</I> really burned the barn down, delivering one shoot-out-the-lights, good ol' boy anthem after another. With the replacement of Danny Joe Brown by bearish Jimmy Farrar in 1980, Hatchet undeniably started to lose their drive. Brown later returned, but by then the dust had already settled on the band's name. They assumed their current status as hirsute has-beens by sporadically recapturing their glory days on outdoor concert stages across the South.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>The Outlaws</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Long of hair and many of mustaches, the Outlaws were one of the many bands fighting the good fight for good ol' boy rock in the '70s. The Florida-based group added a dash of Eagles-style sheen to their heady brew and managed to squeak into the Top-40 in 1975 with "There Goes Another Love Song." Even armed with the occasional triple-lead guitar threat, the group were never able to make a distinctive dent in the more notable big-rigs of Southern Rock. This doesn't mean that the Outlaws were without their fans, for there are plenty who swear by Hughie Thomasson's down-home licks and many people claim that "you had to be there" for one of their live shows in the '70s. As it stands, their recorded legacy is one less of gritty immediacy and more of by-the-books twangy guitars and harmonies.]]></description>
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<title>Ozark Mountain Daredevils</title>
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<category>Country Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ozark Mountain Daredevils' smooth country rock hooks and danceable, Southern Rock boogie rhythms put them in the same boat as The Eagles and Pure Prairie League. Their well written and executed material earned them fans beyond their loyal core following of stick whittlers and frosted hair groupies that found an anthem in the punchline to '70s laid-back party song "If You Want to Get to Heaven". That is, "you've got to raise a little hell."
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>The Lost Trailers</title>
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<category>New Country</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:41:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Lost Trailers earned their stardom the hard way: by hitting the road to perform over 200 live shows every year since they formed in high school. With dreams of becoming the next Alabama, the group -- led by pals Stokes Nielson and Ryder Lee -- began building a dedicated fan base of down-home country music devotees. With its straight-from-the-hip country style, the band soon caught the attention of Willie Nelson, who, after hearing a demo, invited the Lost Trailers to perform at his annual Fourth of July picnic. Influenced by such diverse artists as Willie Nelson and Aerosmith, the Lost Trailers are also fans of Guns N' Roses, Bruce Springsteen and, of course, Alabama -- all bands with distinctive live performance personas.
- Jamie Sanchez]]></description>
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<title>JJ Grey &amp; Mofro</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:34:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Mudcrutch</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:29:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Readymade for a rockumentary, the story of Mudcrutch is a, er, heartbreaker, but has a happy ending: the house band of Dub's Diner in Gainesville, Fla., gambled big and lost, all while launching the career of one of their generation's iconic voices, frontman Tom Petty. Mudcrutch wasn't really Tom Petty's first band (biographers cite the Sundowners and later the Epics), but it may have been the singer's fist shot at the big dance. They formed in Gainesville in 1970 with Petty on bass and vocal duties, accompanied by guitarist and singer Tom Leadon, drummer Randall Marsh and guitarist Mike Campbell. Leadon was replaced by guitarist Danny Roberts and the band added keyboard player Benmont Tench before signing with Shelter Records in 1974. After big success around their hometown, they moved to Los Angeles in 1974, made a lone, doomed single, "Depot Street," and split up in 1975. Petty, Campbell and Tench continued on as the Heartbreakers and the rest, as they say, is history. In 1995, Mudcrutch was credited on Petty's Playback box set. In August 2007, Petty led a reunion, assembling the original band for a proper debut LP, which was issued on Reprise.
- Nate Cavalieri]]></description>
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<title>Blackfoot</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Blackfoot's "Highway Song" remains a dietary staple for any self-respecting consumer of Southern Rock. Rooted in the same fertile Florida loam that gave rise to Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers, these Jacksonville-based blues rockers developed an increasingly heavy sound that eventually established the band as cracker rock's resident metalsmiths. Cutting more grooves than a ten-row tiller, Blackfoot's good ol' boy anthems manage to raise more hell than a passel of polecats in a poke sack.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>He Is Legend</title>
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<category>Post-Hardcore</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Elvin Bishop</title>
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<category>Blues &amp; Boogie Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:20:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Elvin Bishop dropped out of his second year at the University of Chicago to dive head first in the local blues scene. Fascinated by what he was hearing around him, he met up with Paul Butterfield and joined the Butterfield Blues band. He split from the outfit in 1968 to experience the crazy musical melting pot that once was San Francisco, where the sonic diversity crept into his sound in the form of a gospel, country, and blues hybrid. On the famous Fillmore stage, Bishop often sat in with the likes of B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and even the late, great Jimi Hendrix. He soon formed the Elvin Bishop Group and recorded the notorious "Fooled Around and Fell in Love." Bishop currently resides in San Francisco where he enjoys gardening and the occasional gig.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Georgia Satellites</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Kentucky Headhunters</title>
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<category>Country Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kentucky Headhunters were one of the fringe country acts of the neo-traditionalist movement that saved the early 1990s country music scene from becoming an utter washout in the wake of "Achy Breaky Heart." With a sizzling combination of Lynyrd Skynyrd boogie and hippie-fied, Commander Cody-style humor, they remained on the outskirts of the Nashville establishment, recording critically acclaimed records that blurred the line between New Country and '70s Country Rock.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Black Stone Cherry</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:03:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Bottle Rockets</title>
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<category>Alt Country</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:04:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Brian Henneman, a one-time Uncle Tupelo sideman and roadie, may write more incisively than most boogie rockers, but since he doesn't quite match the genius of other Alt Country acts, his group is left in the strange limbo of a critically acclaimed bar band.
- Tim Quirk]]></description>
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<title>Trent Tomlinson</title>
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<category>New Traditional</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:38:30 -0800</pubDate>
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- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Wet Willie</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:20:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[They had one of the dumbest band names ever, and they probably take up more space in flea market clearance bins than any other band -- two awfully big strikes against them, but if you can set aside your reservations, you'll find that Wet Willie made some pretty decent music. The one song you probably know them for is the AM gem "Keep on Smilin'," a vaguely Caribbean Muscle Shoals ditty that well demonstrated the band's agility. What other band glided so effortlessly between swampy blues, white soul and jammy rebel rock? Alright, <I>besides</I> the Allman Brothers.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Van Zant</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The southern rock flag flies so high in the Van Zant family, that Johnny Van
Zant decided to simply use the surname's stamp for a familiarized band
moniker. The little brother of the late, great Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd
Skynyrd and of Donnie Van Zant from .38 special first used the name in 1985
for a self-titled album that comprised a quintet of boogie rockers who
shortly disbanded after Johnny was summoned to play in a revived version of
Lynyrd Skynyrd. Then 13 years and approximately 40,000 "Freebirds" later he
brought the Van Zant project back to life when he and brother Donnie
unleashed 1998's <I>Brother To Brother</I>. The follow-up album <I>Van Zant
II</I> was released in 2001, but the band took a big risk in 2005 when they
decided to release a primarily country album that sounded more like
Nashville commercial radio than anything coming out of the clubs in their mythic sweet home Alabama.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Duane Allman</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:47:57 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Dickey Betts</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:47:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Black Oak Arkansas</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[These boys take their southern-fried rock 'n' roll very seriously. Like John Fogerty, they wrote a lot about swamps and bogs and dirt and stuff, but unlike Creedence Clearwater Revival's trademark 'choogle,' Black Oak's backwoods beat is a Hard Rock country boogie with Glam rock undertones and lots of hillbilly testosterone. Go Jim Dandy!
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Nashville Pussy</title>
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<category>Psychobilly</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nashville P*ssy deserve credit for unabashedly glorying in their hick background and turning poverty and white trash culture into a badge of honor. It's no act either -- half the band members were homeless before they decided to start gigging. Their noisy rebel yells strike a common chord with Grunge rockers, Southern Rock good ol' boys and metalheads alike. The band's legendary over-the-top live shows soon earned them an underground following (the ranks of which are still swelling as the band's word-of-mouth notoriety continues to spread). Sure, much of the buzz concerns the scantily clad, fire-breathing front ladies and the band's fatback-flavored shtick, but fans of high-test raunch rock will know that Nashville P*ssy are the real McCoy. They're camp to the rotten core, but they also know how to deliver raucous Punk blasts with grooves so inescapably deep, a monster truck couldn't get out of them. You'll recognize this band by the trail of pork rinds and bourbon bottles they leave behind, not to mention your ringing ears and the inexplicable "stars and bars" tattoo on your arm (that's a Confederate flag, for all you damn Yankees).
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Bo Bice</title>
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<category>Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:49:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Harold "Bo" Bice was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on November 1, 1975. By the time Bo was two, his love for music was apparent and it wasn't long before he was given his very first guitar. No one was really surprised when he chose to follow a musical path, joining bands such as Purge and SuperMoney along the way. On a dare from his mother, Bice tried out for <I>American Idol</I>,and much to his astonishment heard the words "We'll see you in Hollywood" after his audition. Bo impressed the judges with his stage presence and gritty, soulful Southern voice. Most importantly, he impressed America, who brought the 29-year-old singer back to the show, week after week, until he finally made it into the finals. And although he was <I>American Idol</I> 2005 runner-up, Bice came out with a recording contract of his own. His first single, "Inside Your Heaven," was released in June 2005, with his debut album due four months later.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Bobby Charles</title>
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<category>New Orleans R&amp;B</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:08:45 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bobby Charles made his living as one of the great R&B songwriters of the 1950s, and his charming, laid-back New Orleans sound came off like a de-boogie-woogied Fats Domino. While tunes such as "The Jealous Kind" and "I Can't Quit You" became big hits for other performers, his own voice was perfectly suited for his material. A witty lyricist, Charles was a major influence on Randy Newman and Robbie Robertson, and the self-titled album he recorded with the Band in 1972 is one of his finest. Charles added folky introspection to R&B, but he was already such a master of the three-minute pop song, that he had nothing to prove.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Goose Creek Symphony</title>
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<category>Country Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:45:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Dixie Dregs</title>
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<category>Art &amp; Progressive Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:20:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Dixie Dregs approached Southern Rock with the studied seriousness of jazz musicians -- which is indeed how they were trained. Inspired by the intrepidly experimental jazz-rock fusions of acts like Traffic and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Steve Morse and company erected sophisticated monuments to cracker ingenuity out of the southern materials at their disposal. Well versed in the country, Creole, and blues elements that made Southern Rock "southern," these musical troubadours were one of Prog Rock's finest moments.
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<title>Flynnville Train</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:16:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Four Horsemen</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:06:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The dirt was already piled high on the grave of Southern Rock when Four Horsemen descended on an unsuspecting public with <I>Nobody Said It Was Easy</I> (1991). Put Black Oak Arkansas and AC/DC in a winner-takes-all cage match and the noisy, bloody ruction that ensued would sound exactly like the Horsemen. "Rockin' Is Ma Business" is the best hawg-ridin' highway song since "Born To Be Wild."
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Rossington Collins Band</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:37:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Sea Level</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:07:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Acoustic Folk-Pop. Their long-haired ditties have a smooth feel, and the singer's voice has a comforting tone -- much like friendly magicians who perform at birthday parties.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Artimus Pyle</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies</title>
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<category>Jam Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:11:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Swatting away new music trends like flies, SCW resurrects classic Southern rock and hard rock sounds. The Tennessee-based band plays twin guitar jam rock that's a little bit leaner, bluesier and hard-edged than most of its contemporaries.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Johnny Van Zant</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:56:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The baby brother of Ronnie Van Zant from Lynyrd Skynyrd and .38 Special's Donnie Van Zant, Johnny Van Zant found his own youth-fueled, sparkle-Glam, Southern Rock sound while emulating his older brothers. Here, he gives an intimate feel to a stadium performance by communicating with the crowd as a whole, a la Jim Morrison (without the drunken lashing out and public nudity). If there was ever a Southern Glam Rock, Johnny Van Zant naturally embodied it.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Rebel Meets Rebel</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:29:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Freewheelers</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:50:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Cry Of Love</title>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:34:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Dan Baird</title>
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<category>Roots</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:55:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Dan Baird was the frontman and main songwriter for the roots rock band the Georgia Satellites, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that his solo work is an extension of their sound. A loose, rocking effort a la the early Stones, Baird infuses his music with a certain southern charm and a somewhat sleazy sense of humor. The man certainly knows his way around a double entendre!
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<category>Southern Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 May 2009 10:11:19 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Alias Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Eagles. Classic Southern and Country Rock with touches of the Blues around the beard. These guys will make you realize that you made the right choice by keeping your <I>Dukes of Hazard</I> fan club membership current for all these years.
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