Southern Rock?

just from the list I know I missed many like the Texas
Chainsaw Outlaws and New Riders of the Purple
Haze.

I voted for Creedence Clearwater Revival. They were my first favourite band, until Uriah Heep came along.

The band centred around the multi-talented John Fogerty, who wrote, sang, played lead guitar, etc. They made a number of superb singles and albums. "Proud mary", "Up around the bend", "Bad moon rising", "Rockin' all over the world", etc., were all penned by Fogerty (RAOTW was on a solo album of his). Best album was "Cosmo's factory", which included a 12 minute version of "I heard it through the grapevine", and a sublime opening track, "Ramble tamble". "Willy and the poor boys" was another great album.

Their penultimate "Pendulum" album saw them exploring some interesting new directions, perhaps even flirting with prog on "Born to run" and "Rude awakening".

It all fell apart with their last album, "Mardi gras", often cited around the time as the worst album ever by a major rock act. The problem by then was that the other band members though they too were as talented as Fogerty, and wanted to prove it. Unfortunately, they were not!

Even today, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford, the bassist and drummer, are not on speaking terms with Fogerty, to the extent that they would not appear together at CCR's induction into the Rock'n'roll hall of fame. The fourth band member, Fogerty's brother Tom, left the band before Mardi Gras to go solo. His first single was "Goodbye media man", a backward swipe at his brother. Tom Fogerty sadly died, I think in the 1980's.

Cook and Clifford tour as Creedence Clearwater Revisited, performing many of John Fogerty's compositions. Fogerty himself remains a solo performer.

I envy you DB, he is one of the "greats"!

Little Feat for me.

JCProg wrote: My vote goes to... Gov't Mule!

Just discovered them and play them a lot in the last 3 months -watched the DVD from the Deepest End box set last night -all those great influeunces.

DB, you realise that in a stubby little country like the UK, we heard significant musical differences if you go 50 miles. Your poll seems as if you've gathered together rock musicians from  a massive lump of the SE of the USA, which are not usually stuck under the same umbrella wrt musical style.  Difficult to  compare  Leon Russell or CCR stylistically with the Allmans - each special in their own ways. Now if you had included Govt. Mule, Molly Hatchett, Outlaws, or  Marshall Tucker Band  etc......

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Lynard Skynard! Man they are so freakin bad. "Neil Young Should remember, Southern Man dn't want him anyhow." Isn't that how their brilliant lyric goes. I hate them jsut for that.

Tough call ... for pure songwriting skill CCR gets my vote, even though the Allmans, Skynyrd and Little Feat all had superior instrumentalists ... Also ... must admit I haven't heard a single note of Dixie Dregs

Has to be The Allman Brothers for me (ain't that right, DB? ).

Greg & Duane Allman, Dickie Betts..... pure orgasmic (bluesy)Southern Rock, all the way!

Allman Brothers

I also really like The Outlaws (Green Grass...) and The Ozark Mountain Daredevils