# Favorite 1970s Southern Rock Band

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 10, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-1970s-southern-rock-band/665896 "2013-08-10T20:01:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-1970s-southern-rock-band/665896/61 "2013-08-16T17:19:20Z")

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I like all those bands, but Lynyrd Skynyrd just has the most songs I love.

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**Author:** ![NiceGuyJack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/niceguyjack/32/3069_2.png) [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-1970s-southern-rock-band/665896/62 "2013-08-16T19:25:13Z")

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> [@Bridget\_Burke](#):
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> Little Feat was formed in 1969, in Los Angeles. Lowell George was a Californian & Bill Payne (the other founder) was from Waco, Texas. Lowell left the band at the end of the 70’s & died shortly thereafter. Those were definitely the group’s peak years, although I don’t blame the other guys for carrying on.
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> Their music was Southern-influenced. As is most US music. But not “Southern Rock.”

I’ll be damned! I had not heard of them until the mid '80’s, so I obviously thought they were new then.  
You learn something every day.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-1970s-southern-rock-band/665896/63 "2013-08-16T21:34:47Z")

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> [@Bridget\_Burke](#):
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> Little Feat was formed in 1969, in Los Angeles. Lowell George was a Californian & Bill Payne (the other founder) was from Waco, Texas. Lowell left the band at the end of the 70’s & died shortly thereafter. Those were definitely the group’s peak years, although I don’t blame the other guys for carrying on.
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> Their music was Southern-influenced. As is most US music. But not “Southern Rock.”

Yeah, they were Southern Rock in the same way that Foghat was a British Southern Rock band. 😃

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**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-1970s-southern-rock-band/665896/64 "2013-08-16T23:43:49Z")

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How about the Rossington Collins Band?

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