Gregg Allman had already written the music for “Ain’t Wastin ... sound equally informed by college radio as the Southern rock of the ’70s. Structured as a basic 12-bar blues, “Keep ...

The '70s were defined by music ranging from pop and punk to country ... Lynyrd Skynyrd's eternal anthem takes many forms: a Southern rock classic, a jam-band favorite and a ballad-to-rocker ...

JD Souther, a songwriter who helped propel the country-rock movement of the 1970s with ... Mr. Souther grew up in Amarillo, Tex., immersed in music. His father, a former big band singer, ran ...

His smooth vocals and insightful lyrics shaped the sound of Southern California ... through the 70s rock scene, these male singers clearly left an indelible mark on music history.

“They named it ‘yacht rock’ because of how expensive and smooth and grand this music was. … They had no idea that people would relate all the sailing songs to it right away.” He notes that the tunes ...

And when I say “new oldies station,” I mean four hours per day, on a station that was once known for playing hit music ... and ’70s classic rock fans go once 105.1 HD 4 switches over ...

But Southern rock doesn't end with them, even if the story begins there. Records from the '70s through the '00s all ... in heavy rotation on the nascent music video network.