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In reply to the discussion: our southern God of rock [View all]lastlib
(23,224 posts)36. I long ago had a falling-out with "Sweet Home Alabama"....
"Now Watergate does not bother me" was the first issue--I thought Nixon's abuses should've bothered everybody! Then the verse about Neil Young, criticizing "Southern Man," which was itself a critique of the civil-rights abuses of the South, just made my liberal blood boil. So when that one comes on the radio, I tune it elsewhere.
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Just not a fan of bands who have a big confederate flag as backdrop. Goes for colleges, capitols,
Hoyt
Feb 2015
#1
Sorry man, I grew up among yahoos that admired that flag and the hatred that goes with it.
Hoyt
Feb 2015
#7
Duane Allman (Skydog) is the God of Southern Rock. Accept no substitutes.
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2015
#6
I liked a lot of Skynard stuff, especially their first two albums but, there can only be one- God
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2015
#18
truth. I love the CCR sound and it does have that certain southern rock quality to it
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2015
#27
It may be blasphemy for a Texan NOT to say SRV, but THIS is my Southern rock epitome
DFW
Feb 2015
#16
yes, with Jason Isbell. I was just coming back here to say DBT fully capable.
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2015
#34