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Best of Southern Rock

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i own about 4 of these southern rock CDs to get a wide enough range of what Southern Rock offers, and these are good songs. For goodness sakes, if you want to dig Skynyrd, buy a double album. I'm old enough to have seen Duane Almann alive, and these slam in the truck CDs work for me for rockin' nostalgia, while commuting. And yes, Ghost Riders is worth the price my wife paid for the CD, I can't get my outlaw album to play in the truck!

i waited and waited but i didnt ever get it they did give me my money back but they wasnt the point i really wanted it

This is a bargain-basement compilation that does it's job and acts as a sufficient sampler for the genre of "Southern Rock". Now, keeping in mind that due to licensing and compensation issues, manufacturers of this stuff can't neccessarily afford to always put on what they would like and, how a one cd sampler can never be considered a comprehensive representative of the genre, this brief, discount cd can do no wrong. A proper "Southern Rock" compliation should be a lengthy boxed set.

Can anybody deny that all of these groups and most of these songs qualify to be on a Southern Rock compliation? Only "The Kentucky Headhunters" are a questionable inclusion.

The sound quality is fine, the diversity of artists is appropriate and the songs are winners. With the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd Wet Willie, Outlaws, Elvin Bishop (nice call for putting him on), 38 Special, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Atlanta Rhythm Section, and Pure Prairie League, for probably less than $5, how can you go wrong?

For anyone unfamiliar with "Southern Rock," this cd is a great SAMPLER. However, this is nowhere near the "best of" Southern Rock. I have to agree with the other reviewers in that you would need to include songs from Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot, Marshall Tucker Band, and more songs from Lynyrd Skynyrd to truly represent the "best of" Southern Rock. In fact, several of the songs on this cd would probably fit better on a cd of "Country rock" selections (i.e., Pure Prairie League & Ozark Mountain Daredevils). What this cd does is provide an excellent spectrum of music that falls into the "Southern rock" genre. From the mellow, easy-listening sounds of "Let Me Love You Tonight" and "Fooled Around and Feel in Love," to the jazzy feel of "Champage Jam" to the hard-driving multi-guitar attacks of 38 Special, the Allman Brothers, and the Outlaws, you get a good feel for the variety that exists even within this style of music. Of course the presence of "Ramblin Man," "Sweet Home Alabama," and "Ghost Riders in the Sky" alone make this cd worth the price of admission! The South's Gonna Do it Again!

I'd just like to say that there just aint enough Skynyrd on this compilation. I do like The Allman Brothers Band but one song from the Skynyrd, the greatest southern rock band of all time come on. And why is it that on all these "southern rock" or "classic rock" compilations for Skynyrd they always put in songs like Sweet Home Alabama or Free Bird? I love those songs (especially Free Bird) but they're getting played out and that does no good for the band. They should put songs like The Needle and the Spoon on there.

How can a southern rock compilation be complete without at least one song from the Marshall Tucker Band, or does that have something to do with licensing?

Anytime you overlook Molly Hatchet & Blackfoot when your talking Southern Rock, you overlook a major portion of the hard drivin, butt thumpin down south style.