Tuesday, September 16, 2025

VA - Ramblin' Man, Southern Rock Vol. 01 + Vol. 02 (A Butterboy Compilation) (6 x CDs)


SOUTHERN ROCK

VA - Ramblin' Man, Southern Rock Vol. 01 + Vol. 02 (A Butterboy Compilation) (6 x CDs)


Southern rock is a sub-genre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals. Although the origin of the term Southern rock is unknown, "many people feel that these important contributors to the development of rock and roll have been minimized in rock's history."

The heyday of Southern rock in the 1970s began with the 1973 release of the Allman Brothers Band’s Brothers and Sisters album, with its major hit "Ramblin' Man", and other Southern inflected tunes like "Jessica" and "Pony Boy". This album was a departure from previous Allman Brothers work, which until the death of band leader Duane Allman in late October 1971 had been purely blues rock. Dickey Betts' song "Blue Sky", which had appeared on the 1972 Eat a Peach album, was the one song recorded during the Duane Allman era that could in retrospect be seen as bridge to Southern rock. Betts' ascension as band leader following the death of Allman and then Berry Oakley, the band’s original bassist, turned the direction of the band and American pop music in general, toward a more Southern-fried sound.

The Marshall Tucker Band was also known to incorporate jazz instruments such as the flute and saxophone into their jams. Other acts associated with the first wave of true Southern rock were Elvin Bishop, Wet Willie, The Charlie Daniels Band, Little Feat, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd. In the early 1970s, another wave of hard rock Southern groups emerged. Their music emphasized boogie rhythms and fast guitar leads with lyrics extolling the values, aspirations - and excesses - of Southern working-class young adults, like the outlaw country movement. The music itself is heavily influenced by the late '60s electric rock music scene.

The 1990s also saw the influence of Southern rock. The Black Crowes, who were from Atlanta, Georgia, blended the sound of bands like Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones with the southern touch of the Allman Brothers Band. Additionally, alternative rock groups like Kings of Leon combine Southern rock with garage rock, alt-country, and blues rock. Several of the original early 1970s hard rock Southern rock groups are still performing today, such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Marshall Tucker Band, Molly Hatchet, ZZ Top, and Wet Willie. The members of the Allman Brothers Band decided to stop playing in 2014 and continue with different projects like Government Mule and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Since about 2017 the Allman Betts Band with sons Devon Allman and Duane Betts of the original Allman Brothers Band members Gregg Allman and Richard C. (Dickey) Betts started touring, thus the baton has been passed to the next generation. (Wikipedia)


Volume 1 and Volume 2 each have 75 great Southern Rock tracks. Enjoy this music style that combines blues jams and boogie licks with lyrics declaring fierce regional pride. Its unpretentious sound is very rewarding. All tracks are chosen for their Southern Rock feel; not all bands are American.

This was previously posted in separate posts for each volume. 
They are now combined in this one post.

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Track lists
Vol. 01
CD1
01    Allman Brothers Band    Ramblin' Man    4:47
02    Henry Paul Band    So Long    5:02
03    Gypsy    Brand New Car    3:42
04    Outlaws    (Ghost) Riders in the Sky    5:51
05    Lynyrd Skynyrd    Free Bird    9:06
06    Dave Chastain Band    Sunshine    5:35
07    JJ Grey & Mofro    Country Ghetto    4:00
08    Doobie Brothers    Black Water    4:19
09    Arc Angels    Living in a Dream    4:54
10    Kentucky Headhunters With Johnnie Johnson    Stumblin'    3:09
11    Grinderswitch    Let the South Wind Blow    4:10
12    Dickey Betts & Great Southern    Tangled Up in Blue    8:02
13    Stillwater    Make it Or Break It    4:24
14    Pure Prarie League    Amie    2:39
15    Foghat    Slow Ride    3:57
16    Gregg Allman Band    Before the Bullets Fly    3:42
17    Ozark Mountain Daredevils    If You Wanna Get to Heaven    3:06
18    Drive-By Truckers    Daddy Learned to Fly    4:43
19    Georgia Satellites    Keep Your Hands to Yourself    3:28
20    Gov't Mule    Rocking Horse    4:01
21    Black Oak Arkansas    Hot and Nasty    2:55
22    Johnny Van Zant    Coming Home    4:06
23    Hogjaw    County Line    6:31
24    Atlanta Rhythm Section    Champagne Jam    4:31
25    Molly Hatchet    Fall Of The Peacemakers    7:52

CD2
26    Gregg Allman    Midnight Rider    4:28
27    Cowboy    Please Be With Me    3:42
28    Little Feat    Dixie Chicken    3:55
29    Lynyrd Skynyrd    Sweet Home Alabama    4:45
30    James Gang    Funk #49    3:57
31    Van Zant    Black Bottom Road    4:46
32    Marshall Tucker Band    Can't You See    6:05
33    Wet Willie    Dixie Rock    5:13
34    Joe Ely    Lord of the Highway    3:52
35    Blackberry Smoke    Holding All The Roses    3:17
36    Confederate Railroad    She Took it Like a Man    2:48
37    Leon Russell    High Horse    4:42
38    Rossington Collins Band    Fancy Ideas    4:35
39    Blackfoot    Railroad Man    2:24
40    Delaney & Bonnie & Friends    Only You Know and I Know    3:27
41    Navasota    Canyon Ladies    3:59
42    Eric Quincy Tate    I Want 'cha    2:46
43    Brian Cadd    River Boat Lady    3:35
44    David Allan Coe    He Will Break Your Heart    4:01
45    North Mississippi Allstars    Mean Ol' Wind Died Down    7:31
46    Royal Southern Brotherhood    Reach My Goal    4:57
47    Don Nix    Gone Too Long    3:18
48    Zz Top    Sharp Dressed Man    4:14
49    Tracks    All Alone Again    4:46
50    Charlie Daniels Band    The Devil Went Down to Georgia    3:37

CD3
51    Hank Williams Jr    Tobacco Road    4:10
52    Marshall Tucker Band    Heard it in a Love Song    4:56
53    Mama's Pride    In the Morning    5:10
54    Elvin Bishop    Travellin' Shoes    7:18
55    Kentucky Headhunters    Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine    3:46
56    Blackfoot    Highway Song    7:32
57    Sea Level    Nothin' Matters But the Fever    7:21
58    Mudcrutch    Scare Easy    4:34
59    Bronco    Tell Me Why    6:30
60    Blind Boys of Alabama    I Saw the Light (Feat. Hank Williams, Jr.)    3:17
61    Henry Paul Band    So Long    5:02
62    Mount Rushmore    Without No Smog    5:28
63    Black Oak Arkansas    Jim Dandy    2:43
64    Jimmy Carter and Dallas County Green    Travelin'    3:36
65    Sweathog    Ride, Louise, Ride (Change in Louise)    3:16
66    Allen Collins Band    Ready to Move    3:31
67    Mother Station    Spirit in Me    4:34
68    Otis Taylor    Three Stripes on a Cadillac    3:16
69    Anna Black    Little Annie Weed    2:58
70    Kings of Leon    Knocked Up    7:10
71    Hydra    Feel Like Running    3:20
72    Point Blank    Part Time Lover    3:56
73    Blue Jug    Hard Luck Jimmy    3:20
74    Don Nix    Amos Burke    2:59
75    Jo Ja Band    Cold Winds    9:36


Vol. 02
CD1

01    Houston Outlaws    Green Grass & High Tides    9:48
02    Quinaimes Band    Try Me One More Time    3:57
03    Sweathog    Nonbeliever    3:34
04    Coast Road Drive    Coal Black Night    4:30
05    Willie Stradlin    Living for the Weekend    4:00
06    Crossroads    Angel    3:57
07    Cadillac Three    The South    4:38
08    Widespread Panic    Pleas    5:07
09    Thunderhead    Apathy    3:46
10    Redeye    I'm Goin' Blind    2:48
11    Missouri Dirt    Me and Ezra Brooks    5:33
12    Sage    Morning Dove    5:54
13    Sundown    Rosalyn Was Saved    5:24
14    Kudzu Band    Go on Go Away    3:58
15    Garfeel Ruff    (Ride On) Purple Satin Lady    4:11
16    Other Side    O, the Pain in My Heart    4:07
17    Tennessee River Crooks    Tennessee Land    5:42
18    Aaron    I Hear Them Singing    4:12
19    Shooter Jennings    Slow Train    3:41
20    Boones Farm    Good Old Feelin'    3:04
21    Pride & Glory    Lovin' Woman    3:49
22    Devon Allman    Don't Set Me Free    3:40
23    Black Crowes    Remedy    5:22
24    Temperance Movement    Beast Nation    3:23
25    B. Lance    Hot Wood and Coal    8:20

CD2
26    Nitzinger    Louisiana Cock Fight    3:33
27    One Foot in History    One Foot in History    4:17
28    Prodigal Sons    Two Thousand Miles    6:10
29    High Mountain    More to You    3:12
30    Texas    Don't Love Have a Funny Way    5:51
31    Cayenne    Make Your Move    2:36
32    Little Feat    Feets Don't Fail Me Now    2:29
33    Dickey Betts Band    Rock Bottom    5:42
34    Lowell George    20 Million Things    2:51
35    Bobby Lance    Somebody Tell Me    2:21
36    Tree Fox    Where Does That Leave Me    3:36
37    Old Union    Deadline    4:00
38    Fabulous Thunderbirds    Tuff Enuff    3:20
39    Da Kingfish Band    It Must Be Jelly (Cause Jam Don't Shake That Way)    5:27
40    Cameron    Illusions    4:14
41    Doc Kirby & Co.    Mississippi Delta    2:51
42    Black Crowes    Sting Me    4:39
43    Rockin' Foo    Familiar Places    3:51
44    Amazing Rhythm Aces    Fool for the Woman    2:43
45    Lynyrd Skynyrd    Saturday Night Special    5:09
46    Johnny Van Zant Band     No More Dirty Deals    5:26
47    High Mountain Hoedown    My Thoughts    3:12
48    Greezy Wheels    I Never Cared for You    6:36
49    Almost Brothers    Rainbow Chase    5:13
50    Badge & Company    For You    13:46

CD3

51    Atlanta Rhythm Section    Spooky    5:06
52    Octavian    Round and Round    3:17
53    Warren Haynes    Coal Tattoo    7:26
54    Elvin Bishop    Fooled Around and Fell in Love    4:37
54    Jake Owen    Yee Haw    2:53
55    Crosscut Saw    One's Too Many    3:52
56    Kasper    Nan's Song    4:51
57    Marcus King Band    Homesick    6:24
58    Nantucket    Heartbreaker    3:53
59    Ram Jam    Black Betty    2:30
60    Ned    I Got a Conflict    6:33
61    Poker Flatts    Redneck Daughter    3:29
62    Redeye    Collections of Yesterday and Now    4:30
64    Sailcat    On the Brighter Side of it All    3:30
65    Oakley    Sidewinder    3:51
66    Steel Woods    Rock That Says My Name    6:27
67    Whiskey Myers    Ballad of a Southern Man    3:40
68    Roadmap    Lay it on the Line    5:37
69    Badge & Company    Why    7:28
70    Sweathog    You Just Took the Ride    4:50
71    Tyketto    Standing Alone    5:16
72    Blackeyed Susan    Ride With Me    5:11
73    Roxy Blue    Nobody Knows , Want Some    4:22
74    Young Raiders    River Boat Larry    2:51
75    Robert Randolph & the Family Band    Looking Out My Window    11:40
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12 comments:

  1. Thanks heaps BB. Looking forward to listening to this collection.

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  2. Thanks and terrific work compiling this series. Cool mix of predictable go-to's and lesser-appreciated cuts. Aces. Unless I missed it, would love to see a similar volume that includes a track or two from Memphis rockers Target, a pre-Survivor band of vocalist Jimi Jamison. They released a pair of worthy albums on A&M in 1976-77.
    Thanks for all you do here.

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    1. Hi Ian.
      I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback.
      Glad the mix hit the right balance for you. Great call on Target. I’ll keep them in mind for a future volume — they’d be a solid addition to a new Southern Rock post. Thanks for the suggestion.
      Cheers.

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  3. Thanks BB. I dislike labels. I know what I like, and there is a lot to like here. Now, to strap on my old trusty headphones and get to it.

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    1. Hi lemonflag.
      No need for labels when the music speaks directly to you. Glad to hear this set has plenty to enjoy.
      Time to let your trusty headphones do their magic and dive into the sound.
      Cheers.

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