Imagine Robert Plant showing up to one of your gigs and joining you on stage...

[HoustonSaint68]

Despite what some lazy idiotic writer for RS thought back in the 70's, ABB is not a southern rock band, they are a fusion band.....their music was way more complex than LS and they touched on many genres (including jazz) than any other US band.....I would also say that while not nearly as popular that the Marshall Tucker band had more skilled/dynamic musicians than LS as well.....I'm not knocking LS here, they were really good but ABB and MTB were on a different level.....

I’ve got a friend whose favorite band by a great distance is the ABB - I remember him looking at me like I was nuts when I told him that I thought their toying with jazz influences really made them special. It simply hadn’t occurred to him.

 

[El Caliente]

When I was younger 92.3 fm (here in New Orleans) ruined Led Zeppelin for me with their “getting the Led out” break in music (which meant playing Zepplin at the top of each hour). Having no other rock station to listen to at the time (106.1 the zephyr had shut down, and The End hadn’t started yet), meant having to listen to Zepplin every hour in order to get to the music that you did want to listen to. It felt like a chore, or having to eat your vegetables in order to get to your dessert.

But now, 30 years later, I’m sitting at a steakhouse in Kingwood, TX minding my own business when “In the Evening” came on. I had heard this song 30+ years ago (but had completely forgotten about it until that evening), and it just hit so perfectly. I remembered every word, and every drumbeat. It was such a great song, and I put it on my Spotify running playlist because it has just the right rhythm for what I need.

 

[Madmarsha]

Back in college it was Little Feat. Not really southern rock, so I've strayed a bit off topic. Waiting for Columbus is a great live album, and was very popular with my nincompoop University of Virginia friends.

Oh, I think Little Feat is described as Southern rock, though, they are definitely not from the south.


For me, the song that my local station played for an entire weekend when changing formats was the Eagles "James Dean". 48 hours of James Dean. I didn't know other stations did that kind of stuff to their listeners.

 

[Madmarsha]

I remember thinking how That Smell was the perfect song to describe that scene.....

And yes we are old......and if I never hear Stairway again that's just fine....



I don't love them, I liken them to the ABB's annoying little brother that occasionally write a really, really great song......like....

Tuesday's Gone or
Gimme Back My Bullet......

Yeah, see, all songs that go in my LS list above Freebird for favs. But they don't take me back to a time like Freebird or give me the feels like Curtis Loew.

 

[HoustonSaint68]

Back in college it was Little Feat. Not really southern rock, so I've strayed a bit off topic. Waiting for Columbus is a great live album, and was very popular with my nincompoop University of Virginia friends.

Yup, it was my Virginia cousins that turned me on to Little Feat…good stuff.

 

[saintmdterps]

I remember thinking how That Smell was the perfect song to describe that scene.....

And yes we are old......and if I never hear Stairway again that's just fine....



I don't love them, I liken them to the ABB's annoying little brother that occasionally write a really, really great song......like....

Tuesday's Gone or
Gimme Back My Bullet......

I also liked Down South Jukin' and Saturday Night Special. Also Gimme 3 Steps, cuz I remember dancing with a very forward woman....until I hear "That's my wife!!" The dude was huge and angry. I bolted....

 

[HoustonSaint68]

I also liked Down South Jukin' and Saturday Night Special. Also Gimme 3 Steps, cuz I remember dancing with a very forward woman....until I hear "That's my wife!!" The dude was huge and angry. I bolted....

Did the water fall on the floor?

 

[saintmdterps]

Did the water fall on the floor?

I could hold my own in a bar fight (lord she was hot!) but I didn't really know this bar. I ran to the car and as usual the '71 Camaro didn't let me down. She fired right up, I did a donut and hauled righteous *** for more familiar environs. Discretion was the better part of valor. That car got me out of more than one tight spot