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southern rock usually contains blues progressions -- lyrics and pronunciations can connote "southern," but not necessarily. bruce springsteen is from NJ & sings (enunciates) like he is from the deep south -- go figure. the beatles, in their attempt to imitate southern or black rockers pronounced "for" as "fo' " -- this was not liverpudlian in nature. remember their rendition of "til there was you?" paul mccartney did not sing "saw." he sang "sore." not sure what influence that was. never heard him say that before or after (i saw her standing there). southern rock also seems to have a particular type of instrumentation (sometimes guitars imitated grating fiddles or dobros). think of the Allman Bros. Dickey Betts developed a notable guitar style (imitated by only a few subsequently). combined w/the second guitar playing in harmony using a slide -- while bonnie raitt is not a southern rock artist, much of her use of the slide on guitar has a definite southern technique as she fuses blues w/rock. lyric themes sometimes have a southern feel -- georgia satellites - "keep your hands to yourself " - a woman holds out -- saving sex for marriage -- lyrics use southern euphemisms all through the lyrics -- (who would buy the cow when they can get the milk for free). one does not have to be from the south to produce southern rock, but it sure helps! lol i believe early exposure to country music infused the music of the late 60s, 70s, 80s -- not so much now. country music these days is merely pop songs gone bad! virginia arouh tennessee state university nashville, tn
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