Reply #2: In defense of Southern Rock

[Nevernose]

NO ONE rocks harder than the Doobie Brothers -- I've seen every act from Pantera to Abba, and the Doobie Brothers blew them all away.

Skynyrd's also great, lot of blues mixed up in their music, as is the case w/ other Southern Rock groups. .38 Special bites (and I'm not certain they qualify as Southern), Allmans are average, and The Dead aren't Southern Rock -- they've got more folks influences than blues. ZZ Top's killer, a mix of old fashioned Texas Swing Blues and modern day RnR.

Anyway, every gengre has its good acts and its bad ones. Matter of taste as to which ones you prefer.