January 25, 20232 yr Help me build a Spotify Playlist.... 70's guitar rock Looking for recommendations for good songs from the 70's- ish (southern rock-ish) that are great driving songs. Looking for songs in the vein of Whipping Post by the Allman Brothers (I know '69), Freebird, Black Betty, etc... thanks
January 25, 20232 yr Some of my favorites: "Dreams I'll Never See" Molly Hatchet (Allman Brothers cover) "Radar Love" Golden Earring "Carry On Wayward Son" Kansas "La Grange" ZZ Top "Couldn't Stand The Weather" Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "What's Your Name?" Lynyrd Skynyrd "Don't Fear The Reaper" Blue Oyster Cult "Black Dog" Led Zeppelin OK, the last two aren't exactly southern, but they're great driving tunes. Same could be said for "Radar Love", but . . .
January 25, 20232 yr “Gimme Three Steps” Lynyrd Skynyrd ”Flirting with Disaster” Molly Hatchet ”Revival” Allman Brothers ”Take the Highway” Marshall Tucker Band ”Refugee” Tom Petty ”There Goes Another Love Song” Outlaws ”Ramblin’ Man” Allman Brothers “Caught Up in You” .38 Special ”Statesboro Blues” Allman Brothers
January 25, 20232 yr Green Grass and High Tides - Outlaws Never Been Any Reason - Head East Don't Misunderstand Me - Rossington Collins Band Nicole - Point Blank
January 25, 20232 yr Another Man's Woman - Atlanta Rythm Section Green Grass and High Tides - Outlaws
January 25, 20232 yr The Black Crowes is southern, but their music is 80’s & 90’s. Having said that, “Hard to Handle” & “Jealous Again” are worthy of your consideration.
January 25, 20232 yr Damn, lots of great suggestions here. I need to take notes. EDIT: Point Blank was one of the first "big" bands I ever saw. I remember the bassist had a target on his guitar, a la later era Zak Wylde. Edited January 25, 20232 yr by jimmyjazz
January 25, 20232 yr Triumph just caught the end of the 70s with a 1979 album release....but the song got lot of airplay in the early 80s.
January 25, 20232 yr Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers Jessica - Allman Brothers Long Hard Ride - Marshall Tucker Band Take the Highway - Marshall Tucker Band Goin Down - Freddie King Dixie Chicken - Little Feat I Ain’t Superstitious- Jeff Beck
January 25, 20232 yr Ballad of Curtis Loew - Skynyrd Just Got Paid - ZZ Top Train Train - Blackfoot 8 hours ago, UTCzech III said: Never Been Any Reason - Head East Fantastic song
January 25, 20232 yr Snortin’ whiskey- Pat Travers slow and easy- whitesnake train kept a rollin & back in the saddle- Aerosmith Roll on down the highway- BTO amd I like the outlaws version of ghost riders too Edited January 25, 20232 yr by Pato del Muerto
January 25, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, UTexasFight said: Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers It's impossible to NOT feel like a bad ass if you're driving down a highway at night listening to this song.
January 25, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said: Maybe long train runnin’ Why don't you just suggest a Boston song at this point.
January 25, 20232 yr Just now, G650 said: Why don't you just suggest a Boston song at this point. There was already one posted
January 25, 20232 yr anything off of Van Halen I or II but "Ain't Talkin Bout Love" especially Edited January 25, 20232 yr by Rimbo
January 25, 20232 yr "Never Been Any Reason" is a great choice. My dad and uncle would rock that Head East album whenever my uncle would come home when I was growing up. Gets played at least 3x a day on Midwestern classic rock stations. Edited January 25, 20232 yr by Al_4_ISU
January 25, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, Rimbo said: anything off of Van Halen I or II but "Ain't Talkin Bout Love" especially Or "Panama", because great song but also Yeah, we're running a little bit hot tonightI can barely see the road from the heat coming off itI reach down between my legs andEase the seat back
January 25, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: "Never Been Any Reason" is a great choice. My dad and uncle would rock that Head East album whenever my uncle would come home when I was growing up. Gets played at least 3x a day on Midwestern classic rock stations. Yeah, back in high school (early 80s) there was a cover band in our area that played all the current hits, but they would always end their dances with either "China Grove" (that would be good add to the list too) or "Never Been Any Reason".
January 25, 20232 yr 13 hours ago, Harrison Stafford said: The Black Crowes is southern, but their music is 80’s & 90’s. Having said that, “Hard to Handle” & “Jealous Again” are worthy of your consideration. Find a Hard to Handle by the Dead circa ‘70-‘71.
January 25, 20232 yr Feels like Billy Squier needs to be included even though he's early 80's and not Southern: The Stroke Everybody Wants You Lonely Is The Night
January 25, 20232 yr Highway Star-Deep PurpleThe Night Electricity Came to Arkansas-Black Oak Arkansas30 days in the Hole-Humble PieBorn on the Bayou-CCRYou and Me and My GT-Todd RundgrenDo You Know What I Mean-Lee MichaelsGive it to Me-J. GeilsI’m Your Captain-Grand Funk RR
January 25, 20232 yr Author 14 hours ago, Harrison Stafford said: ”Refugee” Tom Petty Lot of great stuff to go through, thanks for the recommendations and keep'em coming. If you're going to go Petty, a different choice would be Mudcrutch...
January 25, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: Or "Panama", because great song but also Yeah, we're running a little bit hot tonightI can barely see the road from the heat coming off itI reach down between my legs andEase the seat back but that's 1980s guitar rock
January 25, 20232 yr Needs more ZZ Top Heard it on the X Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings Brown Sugar Master of Sparks Others Gimme Back my Bullets In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
January 25, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, Rimbo said: but that's 1980s guitar rock Hey, he said "70's- ish".
January 25, 20232 yr I don’t care if you later clarify southernish or don’t like Boston - every 70s guitar rock playlist includes Long Time.
January 27, 20232 yr 24 Hours at a Time - Marshall Tucker Can't You See - Marshall Tucker There goes another Love Song - The Outlaws Gator Country - Molly Hatchet Spooky - Atlanta Rythm Section LaGrange - ZZ Top a few non-southern rock Can't You hear me knocking - Stones Reelin in the years - Steely Dan China Grove - Doobies
January 28, 20232 yr Lotta good stuff from the 70s already mentioned, but will offer up The Joker by Steve Miller band. Here’s some post 70s that will fit on your playlist. Change - Blind Mellon Hard Sun - Indio Beg Steal or Borrow - Ray Lamontagne Loner - Ekoustic Hookah Closer to the Sun - Slightly Stoopid Lucky Man - The Verve Vagabond - Wolfmother
January 28, 20232 yr Man, this thread led me down through a couple of internet surfing time sucks, but this live long version of Another Man's Woman by ARS, with Paul Goddard's amazing bass solo made it all worth it: You've got to love a band that has a lead bass and two lead guitars! Edited January 28, 20232 yr by DalTxHornFan
January 28, 20232 yr Didn’t see this mentioned already but Roll with the changes should def be on your list. Probably my favorite driving song. Richrath’s solo at 4:04 is as 70s guitar rock as it gets, plus you get a bad ass B3 solo
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