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Flipped past CMT's 20 Greatest Southern Rock Songs yesterday and got sucked in. Good show, only caught the top ten though. Here's the entire list. Thoughts?


20 - Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel
19 - Charlie Daniels - The South's Gonna Do It Again
18 - The Outlaws - Green Grass And High Tides
17 - The Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song
16 - Blackfoot - Train, Train
15 - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Wanna Get To Heaven
14 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
13 - Georgia Sattellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself
12 - Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster
11 - Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin'
10 - Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love
09 - .38 Special - Hold On Loosely
08 - Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
07 - Hank Williams Jr. - All My Rowdy Friends
06 - The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider
05 - Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down To Georgia
04 - The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
03 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
02 - The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
01 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

You can sample most of the tunes here: http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/greatest_se...list.jhtml

dynovinyl Wrote:Flipped past CMT's 20 Greatest Southern Rock Songs yesterday and got sucked in. Good show, only caught the top ten though. Here's the entire list. Thoughts?


20 - Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel
19 - Charlie Daniels - The South's Gonna Do It Again
18 - The Outlaws - Green Grass And High Tides
17 - The Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song
16 - Blackfoot - Train, Train
15 - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Wanna Get To Heaven
14 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
13 - Georgia Sattellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself
12 - Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster
11 - Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin'
10 - Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love
09 - .38 Special - Hold On Loosely
08 - Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
07 - Hank Williams Jr. - All My Rowdy Friends
06 - The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider
05 - Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down To Georgia
04 - The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
03 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
02 - The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
01 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

You can sample most of the tunes here: http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/greatest_se...list.jhtml

Figures Skynyrd and Allman Bros get a lot of nods

To that end.... I'd like to argue for a Black Crowes song. It would have to be off Shake Your Money Maker or The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion though. Not sure wich one I'd pick though.... She Talks To Angels, Twice as Hard, Sometimes Salvation ....

No Kings of Leon or Drive By Truckers??

Ziggy Stardust Wrote:No Kings of Leon or Drive By Truckers??

I guess they abscence of DBTs pertains to the fact they've never had a big hit. But as a band, they're the best southern rock group in the business today. Plus the fact that they sing about real life and not some idealized version of the south makes them all the more stronger.

niuhuskie84 Wrote:

Ziggy Stardust Wrote:No Kings of Leon or Drive By Truckers??

I guess they abscence of DBTs pertains to the fact they've never had a big hit. But as a band, they're the best southern rock group in the business today. Plus the fact that they sing about real life and not some idealized version of the south makes them all the more stronger.

So true. Factories, NASA shutting down, Reagan, unemployment, suicide, etc.. powerfull stuff indeed.

Do y'all consider The Band to be southern rock? Or just southernsoul. Maybe they don't quite fit the list, but I was listening to their greatest hits this evening and I thought, "hey wait a minute. Why is The Band not on the list."

I'll tell you what, Cripple Creek, The Shape I'm In, and The Weight might be the best three song start to any greatest hits album. Maybe that'll be the next thread I start.