On one of my favorite band's 2nd LP Molly Hatchet released their best selling album, thank's to the hitsong "Flirtin' With Disaster", a track that still can be heard on collection-albums worldwide. It sure deserved to be a hit and the rest of the songs are played in the same way, hard rocking, party-southern rock with heavy riffing and raw vocals. Just the way I like it! This is a album full of killers-no fillers!

The year after this album was released, singer Danny Joe Brown left the band due to diabetes and other reasons. He returned 3 years later but died in 2005, only 53 years of age. Guitarrist Duane Roland died in 2006, also 53 years old.

1)Whiskey man (8,0)

2)It's all over now (7,5) Cover.

3)One man's pleasure (8,0)

4)Jukin' city (8,0)

5)Boogie no more (8,5)

6)Flirtin' with disaster (8,5)

7)Good rockin' (8,0)

8)Gunsmoke (8,0)

9)Long time (8,0)

10)Let the good times roll (8,0)

Score: 8,05

Danny Joe Brown-vocals (1951-2005)

Dave Hlubek-guitars (b.1951)

Steve Holland-guitars

Duane Roland-guitars (1953-2006)

Banner Thomas-bass

Bruce Crump-drums (b.1957)

The year after their big breaktrough with the live album from Fillmore East, the Allman's put some leftovers from that live album on this double album, plus a few new studio recordings. It was the last album to feature one of the brothers, namely Duane Allman, who died in a motorcycle crash in october 1971 (2 months after i was born!) while this album was recorded. 2 sides of the album consists of a 33 minute live jam session bases around the song There Is A Mountain by Donovan. The album is very blues-based, ecspecially the live songs. The african rhythms put an another level to the music and fits great with the jazzy and progressive elements of The Allmans's music. It's a great album with great playing and great songs. It still rocks and stands tall after 40 years!

1)Ain't wastin' time no more (7,5) Typical Allman floating sound and african-like rhythms.

2)Les brers in A Minor (9,0) Absolutely fantastic! 3 minute tuning of instruments and then the greatest jam-song I can imagine. 9 minutes is way too short!

3)Melissa (7,5) A nice mellow ballad.

4)Mountain jam (8,0) Good quality jam-session. Part 1.

5)One way out (8,5) A Sonny Boy Williamson-cover. Good live-blues.

6)Trouble no more (8,5) Muddy Waters-cover. Again some good heavy Chicago-blues. Greatly played by a fantastic band!

7)Stand back (8,0)

8)Blue sky (8,5) Dickey Betts on vocals in this sweet calm Allman-rocker.

9)Little Martha (7,0) Duane and Dickey plays acoustic.

10)Mountain jam (6,0) Not very interesting second part of the jam.

Score: 7,85

Gregg Allman-vocals, guitars, organ and piano (b.1947)

Duane Allman-guitars (1946-1971)

Dickey Betts-vocals and guitars (b.1943)

Berry Oakley-bass (1948-1972)

Butch Trucks-drums and percussion (b.1947)

Jain Johanny Johanson-percussion (b.1944)

The debut album by this Delta-Nashville band that mixes southern rock in the Lynyrd Skynyrd-vein with american roots music and as discribed on their web site; "The Black Keys of a bygone era", mixing in music of more modern style, but it's all through deeply roots inspired that's for sure. I also hear some inspiration from blues-great Joe Bonamassa. Melodic and wild, simple and complicated, this is music to enjoy whenever. I surely do!

The band has toured heavily following their 2 EP:s that finally led to this album.

1)Liar (8,0) Funky, wild, slow southern rocker reminding of Black Crowes.

2)Chicago (8,0) Slow heavy blues number and song full of life and harmonica. Good stuff!

3)Death letter jubilee (7,5) Calm and wild.

4)Jezebel (6,0)

5)Boogie (7,5) Too chaotic wild rocker but a very cool main riff and buildup. I'm sure this is a great live-song.

6)Out to sea (6,0) Acoustic.

7)Sing to me (6,0)

8)Drink it slow (8,0) Slow funky shuffle-southern rocker with a noisy guitar solo.

9)From the dirt (8,0) Continues the song before and it grooves like hell!

10)The devil's creek (8,5) Wild country-oozin' southern rock'n'roll with driving bass. Great!

11)River (7,5) Short gospel-soul vocal- and drum-song.

12)Jericho (6,0) Too chaotic and noisy.

Score: 7,25

Ben Ringel-vocals and guitars

Dylan Fitch-guitars

David Supica-bass

Ben Azzi-drums

Greg Hommert-harmonica

Debut album from my all time favourite band. I discovered this band through a friend in the early 90's and has not turned back since then! This album is full of strong songs that nods to their everyday life in Jacksonville, Florida and I can really FEEL how they lived, rocked, drank, went fishing and chased women in their younger wild days. What I don't feel is all the drugs they took, but then again, maybe I am an boring man? Anyway, the music speaks for itself, it rocks and it's mellow and it's small bar room-style cowboy country-stomp! Enjoy!

Lynyrd Skynyrd was formed in Jacksonville in 1964 as The Noble Five by Ronnie Van Zand, Gary Rossington and Allen Collins. In 1965 the named changed to My Backyard when new members Larry Junstrom and Bob Burns joined and in 1968 they played the opening slot for the psychadelic band Strawberry Alarm Clock after winning a local Battle Of The Bands contest. In 1970 the band's name changed to Lynyrd Skynyrd, or at firstly Leonard Skinnerd, after a teacher at their school. The band toured hard and Larry Junstrom (later in 38 Special) left and was briefly replaced by Greg T. Walker and another friend of the original band members, Ricky Medlocke joined on second drums and vocals. In 1971 Walker and Medlocke left to form the harder rocking southern rock band Blackfoot.

In 1972 when the band were making recordings at the Muscle Shoal Studios roadie Billy Powell joined the band on piano and keyboards. Actually Walker and Medlocke did record with Lynyrd Skynyrd during the time but tracks including them were not released until 1978. Al Kooper discovered the band and signed the to he's label Sounds Of The South and started recording their debut album.

The song Free Bird reached nr. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the band toured with The Who which increased their popularity rapidly.

The cover photo of the album was taken in the main street in Jonesboro, Georgia, featuring all the members of the band. Bassist Leon Wilkeson had left the band during making of the album and only play on 2 of the songs. Ed King from Strawberry Alarm Clock played on the rest and Wilkeson returned in time for the cover photo and tour and King switched over to guitar to make the band a 3-guitarrist band. In 2003 Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the album nr. 401 of the 500 greatest albums of all time and it has sold about 2 million copies worldwide. Harmonica player Steve Katz was a member of Blood, Sweat And Tears, and also Al Kooper came from that band.

1)I ain't the one (8,0) Heavy energic rocker with a great guitar solo.

2)Tuesday's gone (8,5) 7 minutes of sweet balladry with a great sensivity and touching lyrics.

3)Gimme three steps (8,0) Another good rocker.

4)Simple man (9,0) Fantastic melodic ballad that also rocks and has a superstrong chorus. Great stuff!

5)Things goin' on (8,5) Great song that sounds like it's played in a western bar in the 30's.

6)Mississippi kid (7,5) Acoustic stomp.

7)Poison whiskey (8,5) Heavy slow rocker. Goodigoody!

8)Free bird (9,0) Another sweet ballad that in steps builds up to a frantic rocker and guitar-duelling-mania of the wildest art there was in the beginning of the 70's and that set the standard for many southern rock bands to follow.

Score: 8,38

Ronnie Van Zandt-vocals (1948-1977)

Gary Rossington-guitars (b.1951)

Allen Collins-guitars (1952-1990)

Ed King-bass on 1,3, 4, 5, 7 and 8, guitars on 6 (b.1949)

Leon Wilkeson-bass (1952-2001)

Bob Burns-drums (b.1950)

Billy Powell-piano and keyboards (1952-2009)

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Al Kooper (Roosevelt Gook)-mellotron, mandolin, bass drum and organ (b.1944)

Robert Nix-drums on 2

Bobbye Hall-percussion on 3 and 5

Steve Katz-harmonica on 6 (b.1945)

This band is among the absolutely best newer bands that has emerged no matter what musical style we're talking about! They play a blend of country, rock'n'roll, blues, r&b and so on and it never gets a hard rocking edge like for example Black Stone Cherry or Lynyrd Skynyrd, instead there's a great melodic mellowness to it and fantastic singing accompaning the absolutely great songs. It's Southern Rock at it's absolutely best! Buy and enjoy!

This album reached the american country (8), indie (10), rock (12) and overall (40) charts.

1)Six ways to sunday (8,5) Rockin' and groovin' the pants off in the first song! Great!

2)Pretty little lie (7,5) Very much in the Tom Petty melodic rock vein.

3)Everbody know she's mine (8,5) Super groovy and heavy slow southern rocker with great guitar- and piano playing.

4)One horse town (9,0) An absolutely wonderful melodic low key rocker!

5)Ain't much left of me (7,5)

6)The whippoorwill (8,5) Another great soulful calm song, almost ballad-like. Such a feeling in playing and singing!

7)Lucky seven (7,0)

8)Leave a scar (8,0) Rock'n'roll!

9)Crimson man (8,0) Black Crowes-copy but with more feeling. Strong refrain!

10)Ain't got the blues (6,5) Southern stomp.

11)Sleeping dogs (8,5) Great!

12)Shakin' hands with the holy ghost (8,5) Simple riff, exciting bridge, good refrain, great vocals and guitar solo and it rocks like hell!

13)Up the road (7,5)

Score: 7,96

Charlie Starr-vocals, guitars and banjo

Paul Jackson-guitars

Richard Turner-bass

Brit Turner-drums

Brandon Still-piano and organ

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Clay Cook-percussion

Matt Mangano-acoustic guitars on 4.

This hardrock/southern rock band from Edmonton, Kentucky started out in 2001 and began recording in "The Kentucky Headhunter's" old studio, in which they had used since 1968. Singer Robertson and drummer Young has known eachother since the age of 5. This album is their debut and from the beginning they focus on heavy riffing, strong whiskey-vocals, blistering guitar solos and melodic songs with an attitude perfectly suited for live performances, and that I can say because I saw them at the Getaway Rock Festival i Gävle, Sweden in 2012. Not a foot or head were still for a second! They have also been related to Southern Rock and, yes maybe that's not all wrong but more so this is a band of bone crushing riffs and party rock'n'roll of the new age. It's a really good album that I can highly recommend! Reese Wynans from Stevie Ray Vaughan's Double Trouble is guesting on two songs. Cool since SRV is one of my favorite artists all time.

1)Rain wizard (7,5)

2)Backwoods gold (7,5)

3)Lonely train (7,5)

4)Maybe someday (8,0)

5)When the weight comes down (8,5)

6)Crosstown woman (7,5)

7)Shooting star (8,0)

8)Hell and high water (7,5)

9)Shapes of things (6,5)

10)Violator girl (8,5)

11)Tired of the rain (8,0)

12)Drive (7,0)

13)Rollin' on (7,0)

Score: 7,62

Chris Robertson-vocals and guitars (b.1985)

Ben Wells-guitars

Jon Lawhon-bass

John Fred Young-drums

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Reese Wynans-organ on 11. and 13.

See also:

88) 38 Special-Rockin' Into The Night 1979. (Score: 7,67)

On this album 38 Special moved towards more catchy and melodic stadiumrock but still contained some really good southern rockers that sounds great still today.

1)Caught up in you (5,5) Very melodic west coast-AOR. Good guitarsolo at the end.

2)Back door stranger (8,0) Nice main riff, driving rhythm and real "southern" vocals. A good one!

3)Back on the track (8,5) Really good slow and funky rocker. Superb vocals and background vocals in the Lynyrd Skynyrd-tradition. Great guitarplaying!

4)Chain ligtnin' (6,5) A midtemposong that just is a...song.

5)Rough-housin' (7,5) A nice heavy bluesrocker but it just goes on and on.

6)You keep me runnin' away (5,0) Too cheesy refrain, melodic and repetitive. Unfortunately the band moved towards songs like this in the 80's.

7)Breakin' loose (7,0)

8)Take 'em out (8,5) Rock'n'roll! Superb guitarsolos!

9)Firestarter (7,5)

Score: 7,11

Donnie Van Zant-vocals (b.1952)

Don Barnes-vocals and guitars (b.1952)

Jeff Carlisli-guitars

Larry Junstrom-bass and guitars (b.1949)

Jack Grondin-drums

Steve Brookins-drums

The Marshall Tucker Band has always been considered a Southern Rock band although this album is more toned down and has some similiarities with The Allman Brothers Band in some songs which include some african rhythms. The songs are not that good and I really miss some rockers on this album. I fall asleep listening to it.

1)I'll be loving you (7,5) Pretty intense Allman Brothers Band-like song with african rhythms.

2)Love is a mystery (6,5) 7-minute kind of a love-ballad.

3)Singing rhymes (6,0)

4)Dream lover (7,0) More uptempo and okey tune.

5)Everybody needs somebody (6,0) A halfboring ballad.

6)Change is gonna come (7,0) Same comment as song 1.

7)Asking too much of you (6,0) An acoustic sad ballad.

Score: 6,57

Doug Gray-vocals and percussion (b.1948)

Toy Caldwell-guitars and vocals on 3. (1947-1993)

George McCorkle-guitars (1946-2007)

Tommy Caldwell-bass and acoustic guitar on 7. (1949-1980)

Paul Riddle-drums (b.1953)

Jerry Eubanks-flute, saxophone and percussion (b.1950)