List of southern rock bands explained

This is a list of Southern rock bands that fall into one of the following four categories, with a sign denoting them as such following the description.

• Traditional or mainstream Southern rock bands *
• Southern hard rock bands **
• Bands (rock or hard rock) that cite Southern rock influence ♪
• Bands that may not necessarily be traditional southern rock, but fuse qualities of Southern rock with another genre, making a sort of sub-subgenre Alt. Southern Rock. These fusions include but are not limited to: country, bluegrass, blues, blues rock, boogie woogie, etc. ♫

0–9

• .38 Special *

A

• A Thousand Horses *
• Alabama Shakes *
• Allen Collins Band *
• Allman Brothers Band^[1] *
• Artimus Pyle Band *
• Atlanta Rhythm Section^[2] *
• The Avett Brothers ♫

B

• Band of Horses ♫
• Barefoot Jerry^[3] *
• Bellamy Brothers
  • Black Oak Arkansas^[4] *
• The Black Crowes *
• Blackberry Smoke *
• Blackfoot */**
• BlackHawk ♫
• Black Stone Cherry **
• Bo Bice ♫
• Bottle Rockets

C

• The Cadillac Three *
• Charlie Daniels Band *
• Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen *
• Confederate Railroad *
• Corrosion of Conformity **
• Cowboy *
• Creedence Clearwater Revival *
• Cross Canadian Ragweed
  • Cry of Love

D

• Danny Joe Brown *
• The Derek Trucks Band *^[5]
• Dickey Betts *
• Dixie Dregs^[6] *
• Doc Holliday *
• Down **
• Drive-By Truckers^[7] *
• Drivin N Cryin *

E

• Elvin Bishop *

F

• The Fabulous Thunderbirds *^[8]

G

• The Georgia Satellites *
• Gov't Mule *
• Grant Lee Buffalo *
• Gregg Allman Band *
• Grinderswitch *

H

• Henry Paul Band
• Hootie and the Blowfish

J

• J.J. Cale *
• Jackyl *
• JJ Grey & MOFRO *
• Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit *
• Jimbo Mathus *

K

• The Kentucky Headhunters *
• Kings of Leon

L

• Legendary Shack Shakers^[9] ♫
• Leon Russell *
• Little Texas *
• Lonnie Mack *
• Lynyrd Skynyrd^[10] *

M

• Mama's Pride *
• Marcus King Band *
• Marshall Tucker Band *
• Maylene and the Sons of Disaster **
• Molly Hatchet */**
• Mudcrutch
• My Morning Jacket *

N

• Nantucket *
• Needtobreathe *
• Norma Jean **
• North Mississippi Allstars *

O

• Omar & The Howlers *
• Outlaws *
• Ozark Mountain Daredevils *

P

• Pimpadelic^[11] ♫
• Point Blank *
• Potliquor^[12]

R

• The Radiators *
• The Rossington Band * **
• The Rossington-Collins Band *
• The Rounders *
• Royal Southern Brotherhood *

S

• Saving Abel **
• Sea Level *
• Sister Hazel *
• Shooter Jennings^{[13] [14] [15]} *
• The Showdown **
• Southern Culture on the Skids^{[16] [17]} ♫
• Steve Gaines *
• Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble *
• Stillwater *
• The Steel Woods *

T

• Tedeschi Trucks Band^[18] *
• Texas Hippie Coalition **
• Third Day *
• Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers *
• Tony Joe White *
• Toy Caldwell *
• Travis Tritt *
• The Tractors *

V

• Van Zant *

W

• Warren Haynes
  • Wet Willie *
• Webb Wilder *
• Edgar Winter Group*
• Johnny Winter *^[19]
• Whiskey Falls *
• Whiskey Myers
  • Widespread Panic *
• Will Hoge *
• Hank Williams Jr^{[20] [21]} *
• The Word *

Z

• ZZ Top^[22] *

See also

• Country rock
• Heartland rock
• Roots rock
• Southern Rock
• Swamp rock
• Tulsa sound
• The Hot Club of Cowtown

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Atlanta Rhythm Section. Udiscovermusic.com. 5 February 2020. 29 July 2023.
3. Web site: Barefoot Jerry | Southern Rock Bands . Puresouthernrock.com. 23 August 2015. 29 July 2023.
4. Web site: Black Oak Arkansas Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More. AllMusic. 29 July 2023.
5. Web site: The Derek Trucks Band in Concert. NPR . WXPN . August 18, 2006 . XPN Live Fridays. NPR.org. 14 August 2024.
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   • Book: Ray, Michael . December 2012 . Disco, Punk, New Wave, Heavy Metal, and More: Music in the 1970s and 1980s . Britannica Educational . 26 . 9781615309122.
   • Book: Malone, Bill C. . February 2014 . The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Volume 12: Music . University of North Carolina Press . 125 . 9781469616667 .
   • Book: Hayes, Martin . October 14, 2021 . Shared Notes: A Musical Journey . Transworld . 168 . 9781473590403.
   • Web site: The Dixie Dregs Live At The Vic Theatre . Triana . Rick . March 28, 2018 . Ghost Cult Mag . 2022-04-28 .
7. Web site: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS ROLL WITH THEIR COUNTRY INFLUENCES . Dunham . Nancy . June 29, 2010 . The Boot . 2022-04-12.
   • Web site: Pizza Deliverance - Drive-By Truckers . Peters . Bill . . 2018-05-16.
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   • A Blessing and a Curse . . April 14, 2006 . October 17, 2016 . Collis . Clark . https://web.archive.org/web/20170109063626/http://ew.com/article/2006/04/14/blessing-and-curse/ . January 9, 2017 . dead.
   • News: CD: Drive-By Truckers . . July 4, 2016 . Cromelin . Richard.
   • Drive-By Truckers: Brighter Than Creation's Dark . . 24 . 2 . February 2008 . July 4, 2016 . Young . Jon . 92.
   • News: Hughes. Tom. Drive-By Truckers: The Big To-Do. The Guardian. March 11, 2010. October 17, 2016.
   • Web site: Sylvester. Daniel. Drive-By Truckers: The Unraveling. Exclaim!. January 28, 2020. January 1, 2021.
8. Web site: Thomas . Stephen . [{{AllMusic|class=artist |id=p4217/biography |pure_url=yes}} The Fabulous Thunderbirds ]. AllMusic . 15 August 2024.
9. • Web site: TH' LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS: COCKADOODLEDON'T . Haag . Stephen . June 4, 2003 . PopMatters . 2022-04-16.
   • Web site: The Legendary Shack Shakers . Jones . Greg . February 15, 2016 . Ear to the Ground Music . 2022-04-18.
   • Web site: In the name of the father, the son and ... Th' Legendary Shack Shakers . Wedel . Mark . October 1, 2009 . Kalamazoo Gazette .
   • Web site: Shack Shakers' messy Southern rock comes to Lincoln . June 2, 2009 . Lincoln Journal Star . 2022-04-18 .
   • Web site: Sound Advice: Legendary Shack Shakers with Jesse Dayton (May 25) . Baker . Brian . May 24, 2017 . City Beat . 2022-04-18.
10. Web site: Lynyrd Skynyrd Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio . 2024-07-31 . AllMusic.
11. News: Review - Southern Devils. 2000-08-01. Orlando Weekly. 2017-10-25. en.
12. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/potliquor-mn0000302616 Potliquor
13. Web site: Shooter Jennings Record review . Moser . Margaret . 19 May 2006 . austinchronicle.com . Austin Chronicle . 21 December 2019 .
14. Web site: Shooter Jennings Readies 'Black Ribbons' for Election Day Re-Release . Hudak . Joseph . July 13, 2016 . Rolling Stone . 2022-04-20.
15. Web site: Shooter Jennings . Poet . J. . March 10, 2005. Phoenix New Times . 2022-04-20.
16. Web site: Decade of Difference: Southern Culture on the Skids . June 14, 2019 . WNRN . June 21, 2021 .
17. Web site: There's No Defining Southern Culture on the Skids . Turner . Andy . July 9, 2019 . Shepherd Express . June 21, 2021 .
18. Web site: Tedeschi Trucks Band Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More. AllMusic. 29 July 2023.
19. Web site: Ruhlmann . William . Johnny Winter Album Discography . AllMusic . en-us. 15 August 2024.
20. Web site: Hank Williams Jr. on Gregg Allman: 'His Music Will Live on Forever' . Hudak . Joseph . May 28, 2017 . Rolling Stone . 2022-04-21 .
21. News: Recordings . Harrington . Richard . December 16, 1992 . The Washington Post . 2022-04-22.
22. Web site: The Best Southern Rock Albums of All Time: Allman Brothers & More. Pastemagazine.com. 29 July 2023.