Southern Rock
 

Can anyone suggest any good albums or multi-band compilations of this stuff? I'm thinking of the late 60s-70s Skynyrd/Allman Bros variety, although some contemporary stuff would be great too. I remember it getting some coverage in another thread recently but it never really went into individual albums, so any help would be much appreciated.

sorry, can't help you with the old school stuff, but these guys are cool:


The Quadrajets
Estrus Records

Auburn, Alabama's The Quadrajets roar out of the Deep South like a raucous, grime-encrusted rock and roll monster that's going to grab you by the throat and shake you out of your complacent musical daze. The band takes a classic two-guitar/bass/drums setup, and explodes into spastic full-throttle hyperdrive like a freight train out of control. Singer the Cheetah's preacher-on-purple-hearts vocals and bluesy harmonica make the band's Southern-fried punk rock that much more delightfully nasty.

The 'Jets -- currently comprised of the Cheetah, bassist Catfish Plate, drummer J.R.R. Tokken, and guitarists Roman Hardwick P.I. and Jerome J. Jerome -- have weathered the loss of almost as many drummers as Spinal Tap in making their Blue Cheer-influenced whiskey- and amphetamine-fueled mayhem over the last half-decade. They've put out four full-lengths during that time, including 2000's When the World's on Fire, featuring "All My Rowdy Friends Are Dead" and "Light Speed Kings."

thanks, I've heard of the charlie Daniels band and Edgar Broughton but never actually heard them. I'll look into them.

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The Broughtons were from England.

Look into Bloodrock....southern rock, sorta spacey and with a slight prog inflection. Each of the first three albums have some moments....

"D.O.A." is their best-known song. Proto-deathrock to the max! I'm really surprised that I've never heard a band cover it before. It actually dented the top 40 (barely).

"Children's Heritage" makes me laugh everytime during those group singalongs. Pretty rousing, actually!

"Melvin Laid an Egg" and "Fantastic Piece of Architecture" are the headiest moments.

A live double LP isn't totally terrible, but everything from the 4th studio album and onward is just total rubbish and should be avoided.