# Which band is usually credited with creating and popularizing Southern Rock?

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Note that Southern Rock was popularized less by a band, but by Phil Walden and Frank Fenter of Capricorn Records.

Capricorn recorded the Allmans, Bonnie Bramlett, Delbert McClinton, Dixie Dregs, Marshall Tucker, Sea Level, Stillwater, Wet Willie, Charlie Daniels Band, Livingston Taylor, and Martin Mull.

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