Top 5 Things that Distinguish Southern Rock from the San Francisco Sound
Great Musical Traditions from the Beautiful San Francisco Bay to Atlanta, Georgia and Beyond
The San Francisco Bay area had its own musical sound and traditions in the 1960s and 1970s. As did the South. Want to learn more? Check out these top 5 things that distinguish southern rock from the San Francisco sound. Sure to inform your musical insights.
No. 1. The San Francisco Sound is often associated with the hippie counterculture of the San Francisco Bay Area of the 1960s and 1970s. Southern Rock, on the other hand, is a subgenre of American rock music that originated from a blending of rock and roll, country and blue musical traditions of the South.
No. 2. The San Francisco Sound is typified by melodic guitar riffs, heavy electric base, free form expression and improvisation. Southern Rock, on the other hand, emphasized driving vocals, Boogie rhythms and fast guitar leads.
No. 3. The San Francisco Sound celebrated all instrumentation on stage and in recordings. Southern Rock, on the other hand, emphasized bass guitar, drums, guitar, slide guitar, and keyboards.
No. 4. The San Francisco Sound is reflected in the music of bands like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and It's a Beautiful Day. Southern Rock, on the other hand, is typified by the music of the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Marshall Tucker Band, Kid Rock and Canned Heat.
No. 5. Classic rock includes great music and musical traditions, from the great melodies of the San Francisco Bay area bands as well as the driving vocals from various Southern Rock bands, down through the ages.
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Music and Musical Instruments
Smithsonian Institution
The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll (Random House, 1980).
Mark Kemp. Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race, & New Beginnings in a New South (2004).
Piero Scaruffi. A History of Rock Music:1951-2000 (2003).
Phil Lesh. Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead (Back Bay Books, 2004).
Blair Jackson. Garcia : An American Life. (Penguin, 2000).
The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. (Fireside, 2001).
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- San Francisco Sound refers to rock music performed live by SF rock groups of the '60s and '70s.
- Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and evolved from rock and roll, country, and blues.
- Allman Brothers, ZZ Top and Kid Rock all play what's known as Southern Rock.
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