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Southern Rock

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Charlie Daniels Edition

By Brion McClanahan

Charlie Daniels is dead. Just a shade over three years ago, I wrote this piece in honor of his birthday. The South has lost one of its greatest bards, and Dixie is worse for it.… »

  • Brion McClanahan
  • Charlie Daniels Band
  • Southern Rock

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Dixie Version

By Brion McClanahan

The Orwellian nightmare known as 2020 continues. Not only are Confederate monuments and symbols under attack, seemingly benign references to anything Southern are now considered “racist.” Real estate listings that use the term “master bedroom”… »

  • Brion McClanahan
  • Dixie
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Rock

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part VII

By Brion McClanahan

Ramblin’ Man – Allman Bros This was the biggest hit for the Allman Brothers and it led Lynyrd Skynyrd to Sweet Home Alabama. Every Southern rock outfit wanted to recreate the magic of Ramblin’ Man.… »

  • .38 Special
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  • Atlanta Rhythm Section
  • Bill Leverty
  • Blackberry Smoke
  • Blackfoot
  • Brion McClanahan
  • Charlie Daniels Band
  • Cry of Love
  • Danny Joe Brown Band
  • Georgia Satellites
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  • Marhsall Tucker Band
  • Molly Hatchet
  • Ozark Mountain Daredevils
  • Rossington Collins Band
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Rock
  • Steel Woods
  • The Black Crowes
  • Toy Caldwell

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part VI

By Tom Daniel

Hot ‘Lanta – Allman Brothers Band The typical standard jazz composition that would be played by Miles Davis or John Coltrane is exactly the same type of composition as “Hot ‘Lanta.”  It begins with the… »

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  • Black Crowes
  • Charlie Daniels
  • Dickey Betts
  • Duane Allman
  • Jerry Reed
  • Little Feat
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Marhsall Tucker Band
  • Molly Hatchet
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Rock
  • Stevie Ray Vaughn
  • Tom Daniel
  • Toy Caldwell

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part V

By Brion McClanahan

A series by Brion McClanahan, Tom Daniel, and Jeff Rogers Loan Me a Dime – Boz Scaggs Boz Scaggs rose to prominence after teaming with Steve Miller in the late 1960s on his first two… »

  • Barefoot Jerry
  • Blackfoot
  • Boz Scaggs
  • Brion McClanahan
  • Charlie Daniels Band
  • Chris Stapleton
  • Duane Allman
  • Jeff Rogers
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Marhsall Tucker Band
  • Molly Hatchet
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Rock
  • The Allman Brothers Band
  • The Black Crowes
  • Tom Daniel

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part III

By Brion McClanahan

A list compiled by Brion McClanahan, Tom Daniel, and Jeff Rogers Goin’ Down Slow – Duane Allman When Duane Allman died in 1971, the world lost one of the best slide guitar players in the… »

  • .38 Special
  • Blackfoot
  • Brion McClanahan
  • Cadillac Three
  • Charlie Daniels
  • Cowboy
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  • Delaney & Bonnie
  • Duane Allman
  • Firehouse
  • Johnny Van Zant
  • Little Feat
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Marhsall Tucker Band
  • Molly Hatchet
  • Ozark Mountain Daredevils
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Rock
  • The Allman Brothers Band
  • The Black Crowes
  • The Steel Woods
  • Toy Caldwell
  • Tyler Childers

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part II

By Brion McClanahan

A list compiled by Brion McClanahan, Tom Daniel, and Jeff Rogers Blood in the Water – The Jompson Brothers Before Chris Stapleton became Grammy Award winner Chris Stapleton, he was a singer/songwriter from Kentucky who… »

  • .38 Special
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  • Atlanta Rhythm Section
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  • Blackberry Smoke
  • Blackfoot
  • Brion McClanahan
  • Bruce Hornsby
  • Dickey Betts
  • Dixie Witch
  • Georgia Satellites
  • Jeff Rogers
  • John Hammond
  • Jompson Brothers
  • Marhsall Tucker Band
  • Molly Hatchet
  • Rossington Collins Band
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Rock
  • Stevie Ray Vaughn
  • The Outlaws
  • Tom Daniel
  • Tom Petty
  • Whiskey Myers
  • Zakk Wylde

Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part I

By Brion McClanahan

A list compiled by Brion McClanahan, Tom Daniel, and Jeff Rogers Almost everyone in the United States is quarantined, and while many are working from home, it seems that most people have a bit more… »

  • Billy Joe Shaver
  • Brion McClanahan
  • Brother Cane
  • Charlie Daniels Band
  • Christopher Cross
  • Clutch
  • Cry of Love
  • Doc Holliday
  • Duane Allman
  • Elvin Bishop
  • Grinderswitch
  • Jackyl
  • Jamey Johnson
  • Jeff Rogers
  • Jimmie Van Zant Band
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  • Marshall Tucker Band
  • Molly Hatchet
  • Southern Music
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  • The Allman Brothers Band
  • The Bellamy Brothers
  • The Black Crowes
  • Tom Daniel
  • Wilson Pickett

The South’s Gonna Do It Again

By Thomas Fleming

A few days ago I ran into an old friend, an historian, who started in on the Partisan. “I’ve lived all my life in the South,” he grumbled, “but I don’t see what makes Southern… »

  • Charlie Daniels
  • Hank Williams Jr.
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Politics
  • Southern Rock
  • Thomas Fleming

It’s In The Mud

By Tom Daniel

I have written before here at Abbeville about the legendary music that came out of the Muscle Shoals area in the 60’s and 70’s, and that was before I’d seen the excellent new 2013 documentary… »

  • New South
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Rock
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