Southern Rock

[sheclown]

and speaking of Molly Hatchet:

# 63:  “Dreams I’ll Never See”  Molly Hatchet
     Written by Gregg Allman

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From "My Cross to Bear" Gregg Allman's autobiography:

    The words to "Dreams" are completely true.  At that time, I was staying up at Julia Brose's place.  Julia worked for Dallas Smith as his secretary.  She was very pretty, and she lived up off of Laurel Canyon. You'd go up there, and on this little hill was a little timy shack, just big enough for a very romantic hideaway.  Of course, she had an old man, who happened to be in the Doors--she was hanging out with John Densmore, and she eventually married him.  Julia's been married to so many musicians; there's no telling what kind of royalties she gets.

     When I was staying up there, when I woke up and my eyes would open, I would be looking down the mountain.  If it was raining, there would be mudslides and all that.  That must have been in my mind when I sat down behind Sanford's Hammond.

    Just one more morning, I had to wake up with the blues
    Pulled myself out of bed, put on my walking shoes
    I went up on the mountain, to see what I could see
    The whole world was falling, right down in front of me.

    That's where the lyrics to "Dreams" came from.

     I ended up staying at Julia's a bunch. Sometimes she would be out for stretches of time and I'd stay there.  One time Julia was on the road with the Doors, so she asked me to watch her dog, who was going to have pupplies.  While I was there, her next-door neighbor turned me on to my first tab of Orange Sunshine.  I'm tripping out when the dog starts having puppies.  It's times like this when I don't like being alone, but God bless that neighbor.

     I did my best to help the dog out with the puppies, and it went okay.  Then I looked out the window and here come four limousines up the drive.  It's them, the fucking Doors.  All of them come in--Densmore, Jim Morrison, Robbie Drieger, and Ray Manzarek--because Julia wanted them to meet me. Robbie and Ray split, but Densmore and the Lizard King decide to stay. Julia introduced me, and I'm like, "Hey, how are you doing?" and of course, I'm still tripping.

     Morrison looks at me and goes, "What you got there on your hand, man?"
   
     "Oh,"  I said looking up at him, "it's just a little puppy juice."  Densmore was looking at me kinda strange, and my man Morrison said, "Oh, boy, this is going to be a good one.  I have to stay and hear about this."

     He left laughing--and this good thing was, we were all laughing so hard that Densmore wasn't thinking about me banging Julia, because he thought I was just the house sitter.

[sheclown]

Just last week attended a funeral service for a buddy whose family was .38 special.
JAX NEEDS this bond among its local legends and budding talent.
Does such an endeavor necessitate an investment in real estate?
OR
Can a group form and meet and jam at rotating venues who may consider hosting at no charge?
Karpeles?
Friday Musicale?
future new owners of 9th&Main?
RAM?
MetPark?
The Landing?

feedback?

Main Street cruise brings thousands of people to the streets the fourth Saturday of each month.

find it on facebook "Historic Springfield Main Street Cruise"   Great way to promote or just to jam. 

[sheclown]

And btw ... here's Allman Brothers "Dreams"

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[sheclown]

Number 5:  "Can't you see"  Marshall Tucker Band

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This website has "Can't you see" as the number one Southern Rock song.  My brother would agree -- we spent hours sitting on the living room floor, kids asleep in the next room, playing it over and over again -- a couple of acoustic guitars strumming this tune drowning out heartaches. 

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-southern-rock-songs/

"Can't You See" is a song written by Toy Caldwell of The Marshall Tucker Band. The song was originally recorded by the band on their 1973 debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band, and released as the album's first single. It was re-released in 1977 and peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] The song was also featured in the Johnny Depp film Blow, in a 2011 commercial for Busch Beer and a 2012 ad for tourism in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

A live version of the song is included as the final track on the band's 1975 album, Searchin' for a Rainbow.

The song is noted for its flute introduction done by Jerry Eubanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_You_See_%28The_Marshall_Tucker_Band_song%29

[I-10east]

I'm no Southern Rock aficionado by no means, but Kid Rock mentioned Jacksonville & The Southern Rock movement on one of his new songs that he performed during Thanksgiving Texans vs Lions halftime. Even though I don't agree with him politically, that's cool that he mentioned Jax.

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[sheclown]

(thanks 1-10)

Kid Rock

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[sheclown]

from "My Cross to Bear"  Gregg Allman's autobiography

     Once I got settled in, my main order of business was to write songs.  After showing them those two songs, I became the writer for the Allman Brothers Band.  On some of the early songs that I wrote after I got to Florida -- like "Black Hearted Woman," "Every Hungry Woman," and "Whipping Post" --my experience with that girl Stacy was probably in my head, but I can't say I was specifically thinking about her while I was writing them.  Honestly, I don't know where they came from.  The words just appeared.

     My brother was staying with this artist chick named Ellen Hopkins, who lived down the street from Butch, so I had a place to stay too.  This was Arlington, which is a suburb of Jacksonville.  Berry Oakley, his wife, Linda, and their little baby daughter, Brittany, were also staying there, so I was staying up in the very top of the house, in this sitting room with a real nice couch in it.  I was up there, laying on that couch, and I was just exhausted.

     I wrote "Whipping Post" the first night I was at Hop's house.  It was a huge place that must have been built around the turn of the century, and the house was real squeaky.  Despite that, I was told more than once that after a certain time I was not to make a sound.
 
     "If that baby wakes up," Duane told me, "man, we're outta here.  Ya dig?" (That was my brother's saying--"Ya dig?")

     So that first night, I laid me down to go to sleep on my attic couch, and I dozed off for a while.  All of a sudden I woke up, because a song had me by the ass.  The intro had three sets of three, and two little steps that allowed you to jump back up on the next triad.  I thought it was different, and I love different things.  It hit me like a ton of bricks.  I wish the rest of them had come like this--it was all right there in  my head, all I had to do was write it down so I wouldn't forget it by the morning.

     I started feeling around for a light switch, but I couldn't find one anywhere. I was in my sock feet; I just had on my drawers and a T-shirt.  I found my way into the kitchen and it was pitch-dark.  I had my hands out and I touched an ironing board--thank goodness, instead of tripping over it, which would've made a terrible noise.

     I was feeling all around the counters for a piece of paper.  I couldn't find any paper or a pencil anywhere, but I did find a box of kitchen matches.  A car happened to go by, and its lights flashed long enough to allow me to see that red, white, and blue box.  I knew I could use the matches to write with, because I had diddled around enough with art to know that charcoal would work.

     I figured the ironing board cover would work as a pad, so I'd strick a match, blow it out, use the charcoal tip to write with, and then strike another one.  I charted out the three triads and the two little steps, and then I went to work on the lyrics:

     "I've been run down, and I've been lied to..."

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[Ocklawaha]

How about another BLUES-JAZZ-ZYDECO musician who ranks as one of the best guitar players alive today.

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STEVEN SEAGAL, 'Route 23' from his album 'Songs From The Crystal Cave.'

Unbeknownst to many, in 1997 Seagal publicly announced that one of his Buddhist teachers, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, had accorded Seagal as a tulku, the reincarnation of a Buddhist Lama. This initial announcement was met with some disbelief until Penor Rinpoche himself gave a confirmation statement on Seagal's new title.

Seagal is certainly NOT a Southron, the actor, writer, musician, producer, martial artist. Born April 10, 1951 in Lansing, Michigan. The son of a nurse and a teacher, Seagal attended Orange Coast College and Fullerton College in California. He traveled to Japan at the age of 17 where he taught English, studied Zen and perfected his martial arts, eventually earning black belts in aikido, karate, judo, and kendo.

Seagal spent 15 years in Asia, studying Eastern philosophy and occasionally choreographing martial arts fight scenes in movies. When he returned to the U.S., he opened a martial arts academy and became a bodyguard for such celebrities as Kelly LeBrock and Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz. The former eventually became Seagal's wife and the latter helped him make films for Warner Bros.

His first film, 1988's Above the Law was well received among action buffs, leading to 1989's Hard to Kill and 1992's Under Siege, his most popular film to date. In 1994, his directorial debut, On Deadly Ground, had disappointing results. He followed with two more action vehicles, 1996's Executive Decision and 1998's The Patriot.

In spite of all of these non-Southron 'facts' Steven moved to New Orleans and fell in love with both the city and the Southern music styles, creating his own fusion of blues - jazz and Zydeco. He has toured with his band 'Thunderbox.' Here is a piece from his album 'Mojo Priest,' called 'Alligator Ass.'

Check the link:https://myspace.com/stevenseagalmojopriest/music/song/alligator-ass-35879550
Steven Seagal and 'Thunderbox,' playing 'ALLIGATOR ASS,' from the Mojo Priest album.

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[sheclown]

hot mojo!

I never knew this about him.  Thanks for sharing.  (I had to look up Zydeco, btw).  Love where it comes from:

Zydeco derives from the French phrase Les haricots ne sont pas salés, which, when spoken in the Louisiana Creole French, sounds as "leh-zy-dee-co sohn pah salay". This literally translates as "the snap beans aren't salty" but idiomatically as "I have no spicy news for you." Alternatively the term has been given the meaning "I'm so poor, I can't afford any salt meat for the beans." The first recorded use of the term was in 1949.[1]

and love this music.

[sheclown]

you know what I mean...

"Mississippi Queen"  Mountain

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[sheclown]

and speaking of Mississippi:

North Mississippi Allstars

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North Mississippi Allstars is a Southern rock/blues band from Hernando, Mississippi, founded in 1996. The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards, electric washboard), and Chris Chew (electric bass guitar). In addition to the guitar, Dickinson also plays a cigar box guitar called the "lowebow."[specify] Duwayne Burnside, who formerly played second guitar in the band, is a son of R. L. Burnside (who also played on some of the band's tracks).

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[sheclown]

What is Southern Rock?

It is male, blue-collar poetry, singing songs of loss and struggle. 

The words are simple, straightforward, the emotional weight carried by the non-verbal guitar which can whine and cry without damaging any tough southern man's ego.

And it is as distinctively regional as Southern Literature.  In this age of cultural consolidation, where every town has a Walmart and cookie cutter subdivisions, Southern Rock gives us something other locations can only dream of...a sense of home.

Teaming with life, with its dirty dishes and meatloaf in the oven, this is Southern Rock. 

This is Jacksonville.

[sheclown]

"Call Me the Breeze" Lynyrd Skynyrd

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"The Righteous Path"  Drive-by Truckers

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I gotta brand new car that drinks a bunch a gas Got a house in a neighborhood thats fading fast Got a dog and a cat that don't fight too much Got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch Got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids A couple big secrets I'd kill to keep hid I don't God but i fear his wrath I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path
I've got a couple of opinions that I hold dear Got a whole lotta debt and a whole lotta fear Got a grill in the backyard and a case of beers Got a boat that ain't seen the water in years More bills than money I can do the math I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path
I'm trying to keep focus as I drive down the road On the ditches and the curves and the heavy load Ain't bitchin about things that ain't in my grasp Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path
I gotta friend of mine that I've known all my life [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-righteous-path-lyrics-drive-by-truckers.html ] Who can't get it right no matter how hard he tries He's got kids he don't see and several ex wives and a list of bad decisions bout 80 miles wide Trouble with the law and the IRS Where he'll get the money is anybody's guess He's a long way off but if you was to ask He'll say I'm trying to stay on the righteous path
We are trying to keep focused as we drive down the road like back in highschool before the world turned cold Now the brakes are thin and the curves are fast Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path
We're hanging out and we're hanging on we're trying our best we can to keep on keeping on We got messed up minds for these messed up times And it's a thin thin line Separating his from mine
I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path 80 miles an hour with a worn out map no time for self pity or a load of crap Just trying to keep steady on the righteous pat

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