CMT's List
CMT did a show Sunday night on Top 20 Best Southern Rock Songs. I don't normally watch CMT but the description caught my eye. Here's their list, and a few of my comments:
20 - Gregg Allman Band - I'm No Angel
19 - Charlie Daniels - The South's Gonna Do It Again
18 - The Outlaws - Green Grass And High Tides - Should be WAY higher.
17 - The Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song
16 - Blackfoot - Train, Train - Glad to see this included.
15 - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Wanna Get To Heaven - Good song, but
questionable inclusion on this list.
14 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
13 - Georgia Sattellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself--Southern Rock? Technically,
maybe, but i wouldn't classify them as such.
12 - Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster - Deserves to be higher, higher than Dixie
Chicken.
11 - Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin' - Learned from the show that lead singer Jimmy Hall
now plays harmonica for Hank Williams Jr.
10 - Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Not Elvin Bishop singing, but
playing guitar. Who's the singer? MIckey Thomas, who was later sang in Starship.
Didn't know that.
09 - .38 Special - Hold On Loosely - Another Van Zandt brother.
08 - Little Feat - Dixie Chicken--Maybe Southern California.
07 - Hank Williams Jr. - All My Rowdy Friends - Country rock, not "Southern Rock,"
although he is from the South.
06 - The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider - Definitley belongs on the list.
05 - Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down To Georgia - CDB's second song on list
should be Long-Haired Country Boy.
04 - The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See - Maybe should be rated higher.
03 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird--Third? Apparently my vote wasn't counted.
02 - The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
01 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama.
I saw Wet Willie, CDB, Marshall Tucker Band and Allman Brothers at opening event
of the Superdome. Helluva concert, what little I remember.
Saw Skynyrd with Foghat and Clapton in Memphis. Dylan was in the audience.
Never saw the others. Would like to see the Outlaws. Their lead singer, writer and
guitar player, Hughie Thomason, now plays with Skynyrd.
20 - Gregg Allman Band - I'm No Angel
19 - Charlie Daniels - The South's Gonna Do It Again
18 - The Outlaws - Green Grass And High Tides - Should be WAY higher.
17 - The Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song
16 - Blackfoot - Train, Train - Glad to see this included.
15 - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Wanna Get To Heaven - Good song, but
questionable inclusion on this list.
14 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
13 - Georgia Sattellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself--Southern Rock? Technically,
maybe, but i wouldn't classify them as such.
12 - Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster - Deserves to be higher, higher than Dixie
Chicken.
11 - Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin' - Learned from the show that lead singer Jimmy Hall
now plays harmonica for Hank Williams Jr.
10 - Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Not Elvin Bishop singing, but
playing guitar. Who's the singer? MIckey Thomas, who was later sang in Starship.
Didn't know that.
09 - .38 Special - Hold On Loosely - Another Van Zandt brother.
08 - Little Feat - Dixie Chicken--Maybe Southern California.
07 - Hank Williams Jr. - All My Rowdy Friends - Country rock, not "Southern Rock,"
although he is from the South.
06 - The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider - Definitley belongs on the list.
05 - Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down To Georgia - CDB's second song on list
should be Long-Haired Country Boy.
04 - The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See - Maybe should be rated higher.
03 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird--Third? Apparently my vote wasn't counted.
02 - The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
01 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama.
I saw Wet Willie, CDB, Marshall Tucker Band and Allman Brothers at opening event
of the Superdome. Helluva concert, what little I remember.
Saw Skynyrd with Foghat and Clapton in Memphis. Dylan was in the audience.
Never saw the others. Would like to see the Outlaws. Their lead singer, writer and
guitar player, Hughie Thomason, now plays with Skynyrd.
posted by ss at 11:25 AM
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