Like so much rock 'n' roll from the earliest and most formative years, Southern rock took a little bit from here and a little bit from there. Southern rock, distinct from its lighter country rock ...

This 1979 record has been compared to Lynyrd Skynyrd quite a bit through the years, especially the opening track “Whiskey Man”. However, Molly Hatchet is so much more than a clone of another band. The ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band may define the classic sound, but should we also consider R.E.M. to exist in the same category? They are, after all, a rock band from the South. Neil ...

The ‘90s supposedly “killed the guitar solo.” Yet even amid a decade dominated by grunge, gangsta rap, teen pop and nu-metal, southern rock, a classic sound synonymous with guitar solos, made a ...