Muscle Shoals Sound Studio cofounder and Swampers guitarist Jimmy Johnson offered a local band called Jackson Highway a song ...

As a solo artist, he'd been blending blues, soul and Southern rock on albums since the late '60s. Future Jefferson Starship singer Mickey Thomas was a backing vocalist in Bishop's band at the time ...

A little bit swampy and a little bit country, Southern rock is a genre that has always defied expectations. In its 1970s heyday, the genre boasted some of rock music's finest guitarists and ...

But the label “Southern rock” was nebulous at best ... A 1977 plane crash killed Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and backing vocalist Cassie Gaines and injured Rossington.

But the label “Southern rock” was nebulous at best ... A 1977 plane crash killed Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and backing vocalist Cassie Gaines and injured Rossington.