Sometimes we think certain genres are only for certain people, that songs made in East Coast cities are for people living in those East Coast cities. Same for West Coast music, Texas music, southern ...

Southern rock was the genre of the late 1970s, and these 1980 tunes tried to carry the genre into the new decade.

Like so much rock ‘n’ roll from the earliest and most formative years, Southern rock took a little bit from here and a little bit from there. Southern rock, distinct from its lighter country rock ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 55 years later, this Southern rock hit is still making waves. In November, Ultimate Classic Rock ranked the top 35 Southern rock ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” has earned its place among the greatest classic rock songs.

Duane Allman was just 24 years old when he died in a 1971 motorcycle accident at an intersection in Macon, Georgia. Although his life was cut tragically short, the Allman Brothers Band leader left ...

Drive-By Truckers are as much a group of historians as they are a band of musicians, and their telling of American history revolves around Lynyrd Skynyrd.

In 1977, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio cofounder and Swampers guitarist Jimmy Johnson offered a local band called Jackson Highway a song called “Old Time Rock and Roll.” The band, named after Muscle ...

In the list below of the Top 35 Southern Rock Songs, as chosen by the UCR staff, the twin pillars of the music — the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd — are well-represented, checking in, in one ...