Southern Rock

[kentuck]

[Ohiogal]

1. LOVE this!

thank you~!

[Still In Wisconsin]

2. Most of the good food and popular music this country has produced has come from the South

in my opinion. Not all of it, but a whole lot of it. Marshall Tucker Band is clearly a great example.

[whistler162]

7. Speaking of good food and music

[Brother Buzz]

3. Southern Rock with a West Coast accent

And a BIG hat tip to Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records in El Cerrito, California, for introducing John Fogerty to a shitload of eclectic music.

[red dog 1]

8. + 1000

Great music video of a great song done by a truly great band!

(And I don't say that because I'm from the bay Area too)

Thanks for posting it!

[Brother Buzz]

10. A dinosaur Victrola, listening to Buck Owens

John Fogerty’s hat tip to West Coast (Bakersfield Sound) Country. West Coast, Baby!

[red dog 1]

11. Speaking of Buck Owens & the Bakersfield Sound,

Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and his band, The Strangers, helped create the Bakersfield Sound, "which is characterized by the twang of Fender Telecaster & the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville sound recordings of the same era."
(Wikipedia)

It's ironic that the guy who wrote "Okie From Muskogee" was actually from Bakersfield, CA.
("Okie from Bakersfield" just doesn't sound right)

Actually, he was born in nearby Oildale, in a railroad boxcar his father remodeled into a house, and later expanded it by building a bathroom, a second bedroom, a kitchen, and a breakfast nook in the adjacent lot.

Merle died of double pneumonia at his Shasta County ranch on April 6, 2016, his 79th birthday.

His influence on other musicians is enormous.

The Grateful Dead performed "Mama Tried" over 300 times.

[Brother Buzz]

12. Merle Haggard, playing Bakersfield beer joints, came to same conclusion as Charlie Deal

My hero as I became older was the great Leo Fender because he made one of the first guitars to hold up in a bar fight. - Charlie Deal

Buck Owens, et al. 'Bakersfield Sound' was to Country Music what John Fogerty's CCR was to Southern Rock. That's a fact, Jack.

[red dog 1]

13. + 1

[The Figment]

4. This...

[The Figment]

5. Or this one...

[cemaphonic]

6. Drive-By Truckers - Zip City

[red dog 1]

9. K&R

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Don't forget Kinky Friedman...He's from Texas!
[Even though he'd be the first one to admit that his music isn't "Southern Rock"]