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37-400: Nigel Dupree Band is an American southern rock band from Kennesaw, Georgia , started by Nigel Thomas Dupree, the son of Jackyl lead vocalist Jesse James Dupree . Having performed at events such as Full Throttle Saloon , Rocklahoma and Taste of Madison , the band has released two studio albums, Attraction and Up to No Good . This article on a United States rock music band

74-451: A New World . South rock musicians like Little Big Town , Billy Currington and Ryan Adams combine the Southern rock sound with country, bluegrass and blues. This has been propelled by record labels like Capitol Records Nashville , Mercury Nashville and Lost Highway Records . Southern metal is a fusion genre combining southern rock with heavy metal music. It appeared in the 1990s and

111-477: A contract with the Beatles ' Apple Records label—which Delaney and Bonnie signed despite their prior contractual commitment to Elektra. The Apple contract was subsequently voided, but this incident began a falling-out between Delaney and Elektra. Delaney and Bonnie were released from their Elektra contract in late 1969, after Delaney threatened to kill Elektra founder Jac Holzman because their album wasn't on sale in

148-580: A different track sequence from that submitted to Atco, as D&B Together , in March 1972. It was Delaney and Bonnie's last album of new material. They divorced in 1972. Delaney and Bonnie are generally best remembered for their albums On Tour with Eric Clapton and Motel Shot . On Tour was their best-selling album by far, and is (except for their version of "Come On in My Kitchen" with Duane Allman, released after Delaney and Bonnie's breakup and Allman's death)

185-696: A group which fused rock, country, blues, and jazz. Erlewine described the band's sound as "a distinctly Southern blend" which emphasized improvisation in their instrumentation. After the success of " The Devil Went Down to Georgia ", a single which Erlewine described as a "roaring country- disco fusion", Daniels shifted his sound from rock to country music and "helped shape the sound of country-rock ". The Marshall Tucker Band , from Spartanburg, South Carolina, opened many of The Allman Brothers Band concerts using elements of blues , country rock and blues rock in their music. They also collaborated with Charlie Daniels. Their self-titled album, released in 1973, included

222-478: A loyal following. Duane Allman 's playing on the two Hour Glass albums and an Hour Glass session in early 1968 at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama had caught the ear of Rick Hall , owner of FAME. In November 1968, Hall hired Allman to play on an album with Wilson Pickett . Allman's work on that album, Hey Jude (1968), got him hired as a full-time session musician at Muscle Shoals and brought him to

259-544: A matter of dispute in the last years of Delaney's life, with Delaney claiming he wrote many of these songs but assigned ownership to Bonnie to dodge an onerous publishing contract - an assertion supported, indirectly, through statements made by Clapton. Many songs that Bonnie Bramlett contributed to during the band's tenure, but for which Delaney Bramlett was not originally credited, now list both Bramletts as co-authors in BMI 's Repertoire database.) Delaney and Bonnie's "Friends" of

296-482: A mother," according to Stephen Thomas Erlewine . Erlewine described Daniels as "a redneck rebel, not fitting into either the country or the rock & roll [...] but, in retrospect, he sounds like a visionary, pointing the way to the future when southern rockers saw no dividing lines between rock, country, and blues , and only saw it all as sons of the south." Daniels later formed the Charlie Daniels Band,

333-840: A new record deal for Delaney and Bonnie with his then-US label, Atco ( Atlantic ) Records, and performed (with Harrison, Dave Mason , and others) on Delaney and Bonnie's third album, the live On Tour with Eric Clapton (Atco; recorded in the UK, December 7, 1969, and released in North America in March 1970). This album would be their most successful, reaching No. 29 on the Billboard 200 , and achieving RIAA gold record status. Clapton also recruited Delaney and Bonnie and their band to back him on his debut solo album , recorded in late 1969 and early 1970 and produced by Delaney. Delaney and Bonnie continued to make well-regarded, if modest selling, albums over

370-638: A performance of the Allmans' " Whipping Post " and later performing Skynyrd's " Free Bird " and, with Skynyrd on stage with him, "Sweet Home Alabama". Southern rock currently plays on the radio in the United States, but mostly on oldies stations and classic rock stations. Although this class of music gets minor radio play, there is still a following for older bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers play in venues with sizable crowds. A number of books in

407-447: A recording contract with Stax Records and completed work on their first album, Home , in 1968. In his 2007 autobiography, Eric Clapton erroneously states that Delaney & Bonnie and Friends were the first white group to sign a contract with Stax. Despite production and session assistance from Donald "Duck" Dunn , Isaac Hayes , and other Stax mainstays of the era, the album was not successful—perhaps because of poor promotion, as it

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444-569: A review of an Allman Brothers Band concert. Rock music's origins lie mostly in the music of the American South , and many stars from the first wave of 1950s rock and roll such as Bo Diddley , Elvis Presley , Little Richard , Buddy Holly , Fats Domino , and Jerry Lee Lewis hailed from the Deep South . However, the British Invasion and the rise of folk rock and psychedelic rock in

481-542: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Southern rock Southern rock is a subgenre 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 guitars and vocals. Author Scott B. Bomar speculates the term "Southern rock" may have been coined in 1972 by Mo Slotin, writing for Atlanta's underground paper, The Great Speckled Bird , in

518-464: Is performed by bands such as Texas Hippie Coalition , Norma Jean , and He Is Legend . Delaney %26 Bonnie Delaney Bramlett (July 1, 1939, Pontotoc County , Mississippi – December 27, 2008, Los Angeles ) learned the guitar in his youth. He moved to Los Angeles in 1959, where he became a session musician. His most notable early work was as a member of the Shindogs, the house band for

555-530: The Atlanta Rhythm Section , ZZ Top , Black Oak Arkansas , Potliquor , Barefoot Jerry , Grinderswitch, Wet Willie , Blackfoot , Johnny Winter , Edgar Winter Group, and Sea Level. Charlie Daniels ' self-titled debut album , released in 1970, was a pivotal recording in the development of the Southern rock genre, "because it points the way to how the genre could and would sound, and how country music could retain its hillbilly spirit and rock like

592-653: The Grateful Dead , the Band and Janis Joplin ) on the 1970 Festival Express tour of Canada , with an appearance at the Strawberry Fields Festival ; an appearance in Richard C. Sarafian 's 1971 film Vanishing Point , contributing the song "You Got to Believe" to its soundtrack; and a July 1971 live show broadcast by New York's WABC-FM (now WPLJ ), backed by Duane Allman , Gregg Allman and King Curtis . (A song from

629-499: The Ike & Tina Turner Revue—the first white Ikette . She moved to Los Angeles in 1967 and met and married Bramlett later that year. Delaney Bramlett and Leon Russell had many connections in the music business through their work in the Shindogs and formed a band of solid, if transient, musicians around Delaney & Bonnie. The band became known as "Delaney & Bonnie and Friends", because of its regular changes of personnel. They secured

666-623: The Rossington Collins Band . By the beginning of the 1980s, the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd had disbanded, and Capricorn Records had gone bankrupt. Leading acts of the genre (in particular, 38 Special ) had become enmeshed in arena rock . With the rise of MTV , new wave , funk , urban contemporary, and heavy metal , most surviving Southern rock groups were relegated to secondary or regional venues. Rock musicians such as Molly Hatchet, Outlaws , Georgia Satellites ,

703-699: The Tedeschi Trucks Band ( the Derek Trucks Band ), Warren Haynes, Gov't Mule , Chris Duarte Group, Dixie Witch , Whiskey Myers , Widespread Panic , the Black Crowes , Blackberry Smoke , Kid Rock , and the Allman Betts Band are continuing the Southern rock art form. In 2005, singer Bo Bice took an explicitly Southern rock sensibility and appearance to a runner-up finish on the normally pop-oriented American Idol television program, with

740-495: The 2000s have chronicled Southern rock's history, including Randy Poe's Skydog: The Duane Allman Story and Rolling Stone writer Mark Kemp 's Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race & New Beginnings in a New South . Turn It Up was released by Ron Eckerman, Lynyrd Skynyrd's former manager and plane crash survivor. Sociologist Jason T. Eastman analyzes contemporary Southern rock to illustrate changes in today's southern identity in his book The Southern Rock Revival: The Old South in

777-555: The ABC-TV series Shindig! (1964–66), which also included guitarist and keyboardist Leon Russell . He was the first artist signed to Independence Records. His debut single "Guess I Must be Dreamin" was produced by Russell. Bonnie Bramlett (née Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell, born November 8, 1944, in Granite City, Illinois ) was an accomplished singer at an early age, performing when she was 14 years old with blues guitarist Albert King and in

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814-497: The Dominos also constituted the core backing band on George Harrison's solo debut album All Things Must Pass (1970) with assistance from still more former "Friends": Dave Mason, Bobby Keys and Jim Price. positions * Record World Singles Chart In addition, GNP Crescendo Records (US) and London Records (UK) released an album of 1964–65 and 1967 recordings by Delaney Bramlett in 1971 as Delaney & Bonnie: Genesis . While not

851-542: The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jimmie Vaughan, Point Blank, Tom Petty , Bruce Hornsby, Steve Earle, Widespread Panic , and Kentucky Headhunters , emerged as popular Southern bands across the southeastern United States during the 1980s and 1990s. During the 1990s, the Allman Brothers reunited and became a strong touring and recording presence again, and the jam band scene revived interest in extended improvised music. Georgia 's alternative rock band R.E.M. released

888-674: The album Fables of the Reconstruction which explicitly invokes the Reconstruction Era in the title and is considered a Southern Gothic album. The 1990s also saw the Black Crowes rise to mainstream popularity with the releases of Shake Your Money Maker (3× platinum), the Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 and certified 2× platinum), and Amorica (certified Gold). New musicians such as

925-635: The attention of a number of other musicians, such as Eric Clapton, who later related how he heard Pickett's version of "Hey Jude" on his car radio and called Atlantic Records to find out who the guitarist was: "To this day," Clapton said, "I've never heard better rock guitar playing on an R&B record. It's the best." Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1971. Their blues rock sound incorporated long jams informed by jazz and also drew from native elements of country and folk . They were also contemporary in their electric guitar and keyboard delivery. Gregg Allman commented that "Southern rock"

962-473: The band's 1969-70 heyday also had considerable impact. After the early 1970 breakup of this version of the band, Leon Russell recruited many of its ex-members, excepting Delaney, Bonnie and singer/keyboardist Bobby Whitlock , to join Joe Cocker 's band, participating on Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen recording sessions and North American tour (March–May 1970; Rita Coolidge's version of "Groupie (Superstar)"

999-532: The hit " Can't You See ". Perhaps known best for the single " Fire on the Mountain ," the Marshall Tucker Band hit "Heard it in a Love Song" charted in 1977. Lynyrd Skynyrd played British hard rock influenced music until the deaths of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and two other members of the group in a 1977 airplane crash . After this tragic plane crash, members Allen Collins and Gary Rossington started

1036-575: The latter set, " Come On in My Kitchen ," is included on the 1974 Duane Allman compilation album An Anthology Vol. II .) By late 1971, Delaney and Bonnie's often tempestuous relationship began to show signs of strain. Bonnie described their relationship as abusive due to their cocaine addictions , and they fought often. Their next album, Country Life , was rejected by Atco on grounds of poor quality, and Atco/Atlantic elected to sell Delaney and Bonnie's recording contract—including this album's master tapes—to CBS Records. Columbia released this album, in

1073-587: The middle 1960s shifted the focus of new rock music away from the rural south and to large cities like Liverpool , London , Los Angeles , New York City , and San Francisco . In the 1960s, rock musician Lonnie Mack blended black and white roots-music genres within the framework of rock, beginning with the hit song "Memphis" in 1963. Music historian Dick Shurman considers Mack's recordings from that era "a prototype of what later could be called Southern rock". The Allman Brothers Band , from Jacksonville, Florida , made their national debut in 1969 and soon gained

1110-450: The only official document of their live work. Delaney and Bonnie were considered by many to be at their best on stage. In his autobiography, Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler stated that the studio album he produced for the band, To Bonnie from Delaney , "didn't quite catch the fire of their live performances." Clapton makes an even stronger statement in his autobiography: "For me, going on [with Blind Faith] after Delaney and Bonnie

1147-523: The person who taught George Harrison how to play slide guitar, a technique Harrison used to great effect throughout his solo recording career. Bonnie, for her part, is credited (with Delaney, Clapton and/or Leon Russell) as co-author of various popular songs, including " Groupie (Superstar) " (a Top 10 hit for The Carpenters in 1971; also covered by ex-Delaney and Bonnie backing vocalist Rita Coolidge , Bette Midler , Sonic Youth , and many others) and Clapton's "Let It Rain." (Bonnie's song authorship became

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1184-529: The rest of their career. "Soul Shake" (a cover of Soulshake by Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson from 1969) from To Bonnie from Delaney (1970) peaked at number 43 on the Hot 100 on September 19, 1970, and " Never Ending Song of Love ", from the mostly acoustic album Motel Shot (1971), reached number 13 on the Hot 100 from July 24 to 14, 1971, and was Billboard' s number 67 single of 1971. The band's other notable activities during this period include participation (with

1221-614: The town where his father lived. On the strength of Accept No Substitute , and at his friend Harrison's suggestion, Eric Clapton took Delaney & Bonnie and Friends on the road in mid-1969 as the opening act for the supergroup he had formed, Blind Faith . Clapton quickly became friends with Delaney, Bonnie and their band, preferring their music to Blind Faith's. Impressed by their live performances, he would often appear on stage with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends during this period, and he continued to record and tour with them following Blind Faith's August 1969 breakup. Clapton helped broker

1258-430: Was a redundant term, like "rock rock." Early 1970s, popular musicians in the southern area included Creedence Clearwater Revival (from California ), Dale Hawkins , Delaney & Bonnie , Janis Joplin , Leon Russell , and Tony Joe White . Lynyrd Skynyrd of Jacksonville, Florida, is known for " Free Bird ", " Sweet Home Alabama ", "Saturday Night Special", and "What's Your Name". 70s southern rock bands include

1295-452: Was one of 27 albums simultaneously released by Stax in that label's initial attempt to establish itself in the album market. Delaney and Bonnie moved to Elektra Records for their second album, The Original Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Accept No Substitute) (1969). While not a big seller either, it created a buzz in music industry circles when, upon hearing pre-release mixes of the album, George Harrison offered Delaney and Bonnie

1332-476: Was really, really tough, because I thought they were miles better than us." Motel Shot , although technically a studio album, was largely recorded "live in the studio" with acoustic instruments — a rarity for rock bands at the time. In addition to having produced a rich recorded legacy, Delaney and Bonnie influenced many fellow musicians of their era. Most notably, Clapton has said: "Delaney taught me everything I know about singing," and Delaney has been cited as

1369-532: Was recorded with this band while on tour). Whitlock meanwhile joined Clapton at his home in Surrey, UK, where they wrote songs and decided to form a band, which two former "Friends"/Cocker band members, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon , would later join. As Derek and the Dominos , they recorded the landmark album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) with assistance on many tracks from another former "Friend," lead/slide guitarist Duane Allman. Derek and

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