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Classifica limitata alle cose (a mio avviso) più interessanti di una scena ancora non approfondita da molti, tralasciando le cose superflue e per me mediocri (come molte band della SECONDA ondata Southern, quella degli '80) e gruppi anche validi ma che magari si sono fermati al primo album. A voi.

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The Allman Brothers Band

I migliori in assoluto. Blues spaziale, improvvisazione ai massimi livelli, la cultura stessa della jam session assieme ai Dead. A loro appartiene il miglior live di tutti i tempi.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

"Freebird", "Sweet Home Alabama", "That Smell" e altri inni del Sud anni '70: basterebbe questo, oltre ad almeno due dischi fondamentali. Solo la tragedia e la maledizione potevano interrompere la loro stagione migliore.

3

The Marshall Tucker Band

Boogie, Blues, R'n'R, Hillbilly e cadenze Ragtime per una delle proposte più innovative e geniali di sempre. Altro che convenzionali o borghesi: sono loro a completare la terna dei migliori.

4

Widespread Panic

Il meglio del nuovo Southern (mooolto riduttiva l'etichetta, badate bene). Uno dei pochi gruppi che, ancora nei '90, sapeva passare da J.J.Cale a David Byrne, da Robert Johnson alla canzone Country.

5

Sea Level

Il lato Fusion e "jazz-oriented" di tutto quanto sta tra la Florida e New Orleans. Funk & Samba dall'inventiva di un grande come Chuck Leavell.

6

The Black Crowes

I più diretti e meritevoli discendenti degli Skynyrd, con un capolavoro ("The Southern Harmony") e tante altre cose notevoli...

7

The Charlie Daniels Band

Campagnoli e volutamente retrogradi, patriottici al limite dell'anacronistico: per questi qui il tempo si è fermato un secolo e mezzo fa.

8

Atlanta Rhythm Section

Pop, si. E perché no? Solo che il LORO era un Pop di gran classe, colto, raffinato, e inconfondibilmente sudista. "So Into You" su tutte.

9

Grinderswitch

Il prototipo dell'onesta e sincera boogie-band di provincia, senza pretese commerciali e senza troppi grilli per la testa. Solo per la copertina di "Macon Tracks" andrebbero ricordati.

10

Eric Quincy Tate

Bluesone d'alta scuola (con un rifacimento notevole di "Brown Sugar" di John Mayall) e voce da negri. Sound sporchissimo e grezzo, dal vivo eccezionali.

11

Hydra

Alcoolici, rumorosi e anche cafoni, se vogliamo, ma duri e puri come pohi.

12

Wet Willie

Da Mobile, Alabama: una soul-band che interpretava Otis Redding alla grande. Con loro dal vivo anche Toy Caldwell della MTB e altri ospiti di lusso.

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March Horses
6 feb 12

I think the peak is unmovable; it would be enough just for Idlewild South: half an hour that’s worth more than the entire discography of many other bands.
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SilasLang
6 feb 12

The Allman Brothers Band is absolutely incredible. I must admit that I'm a bit ignorant when it comes to the other bands (aside from the great Black Crowes, who are from my "era" that I also saw live in the mid-90s). From the description, I’m really inspired by Hydra. I’ll look into it.
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j&r
6 feb 12

...there would also be ZZ Top...bumpkins, tacky, clumsy, but the first five albums aren't bad (first album, Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, Fandango!, Tejas)
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matteodi.leonar
6 feb 12

@March. I believe you, "Elizabeth Reed" was already perfect, there. At the Fillmore they managed to surpass perfection.
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matteodi.leonar
6 feb 12

@Silas. Nobody ever remembers Hydra, by the way, they have nothing to do with the artist that the database suggested to me. Strange because they recorded for Capricorn, the quintessential southern label. Some define them as minor Lynyrd Skynyrd, but I tell you that for their use of the slide, they remind me more of Johnny Winter. The first two albums ("Hydra" from '74 and "Land Of Money" from '75) are really beautiful.
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matteodi.leonar
6 feb 12

@j&r. ZZTop, yes, they can be considered Southerners in a broad sense, but they're Texans, and in terms of style (I'm talking about their best years; I don't even want to mention the '80s), they are quite distant from the bands from Georgia, Alabama, etc. That's why I didn't include them. "Tres Hombres" is the best, though, and among those to save, I would also include "Deguello." I don't know the first two.
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j&r
6 feb 12

...sure, being Texans they certainly don't have the finesse of the Allman Brothers...they're a bit rough around the edges, but I think the first two albums are worth it, especially Rio Grande Mud, which I believe is better than Tres Hombres...also, the great Little Feat could fit in there too!
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matteodi.leonar
7 feb 12

@j&r. "Rio Grande" I should listen to, because it's a serious omission on my part, just like the first one I’ve heard good things about. Well, the All Bros were a jam band, so it would be unfair to compare them to them, but even the Southern boogie bands sounded different from ZZ Top, who had the best things to say in the '70s. I think ZZ would fit better in a Rock Blues ranking; I'll have to come up with one. Little Feat are even harder to categorize; in their own way, they are unique, so it really bothered me to have to place them below the Allman Brothers and Skynyrd. And then they are Californians with Southern influences (mixed with many other influences). I still haven't decided on the ranking to place them in...
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j&r
7 feb 12

Well, yes, of course... Little Feat are hard to categorize under a well-defined musical genre, as their leader, George Lowell, had a striking eclecticism. However, as you rightly pointed out, they also bear Southern influences in albums like Sailin' Shoes or Dixie Chicken. Listen to Rio Grande and First Album; in the latter, there’s a track titled Brown Sugar (it’s not a cover of the Stones) which, in my opinion, is truly great.
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matteodi.leonar
7 feb 12

Right away, I won't waste any time.
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