My favorite southern rock song that is missing from this list is “Train Train” by Blackfoot. Best southern rock tune ever in my book.
Also ZZ Top (who is in my top 5 favorite bands of all time) is not southern rock.
Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird have been so over played on radio that I no longer get excited to hear them. Both definitely belong on the list, though. Actually there could be 10 songs of theirs on the list and it wouldn’t be an injustice.
This is a good list but I am not seeing that this is the top 10. Missing .38 Special is an injustice. Also “Fire on the Mountain” or “Heard it in a Love Song” are better tunes from Marshall Tucker.
I love ZZ Top. Not as much as some might, but I think they’re awesome. Hoping to see them live this summer.
I love ZZ Top. Not as much as some might, but I think they’re awesome. Hoping to see them live this summer.
For a "sub-genre", southern rock has quite a lot of variety. IMO, the Allman Brothers were central, followed by Skynyrd. However, ZZ Top is no more different from those two than, say, The Charlie Daniels Band. ZZ Top emphasizes the heavy blues sound and Texas shuffle tempo, while CDB kept a lot more bluegrass in its signature sound. I guess each southern rock group mixes the rock, blues and country elements in somewhat different proportions... but they're all present.
ZZ Top is touring this year with the current iteration of Skynyrd, so that must signify some connection.