List of southern rock bands

This is a list of Southern rock bands that fall into one of the following four categories, with a sign denoting them as such following the description.

• Traditional or mainstream Southern rock bands *
• Southern hard rock or metal bands **
• Bands (rock or hard rock) that cite Southern rock influence ♪
• Bands that may not necessarily be traditional southern rock, but fuse qualities of Southern rock with another genre, making a sort of sub-subgenre Alt. Southern Rock. These fusions include but are not limited to: country, bluegrass, blues, blues rock, boogie woogie, etc.

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

0–9

• .38 Special *

A

• A Thousand Horses *
• Alabama Shakes *
• Allen Collins Band *
• Allman Brothers Band ^[1] *
• Artimus Pyle Band *
• Atlanta Rhythm Section ^[2] *
• The Avett Brothers

B

• Band of Horses
• Barefoot Jerry ^[3] *
• Bellamy Brothers*
• Black Oak Arkansas ^[4] *
• The Black Crowes *
• Blackberry Smoke *
• Blackfoot */**
• BlackHawk
• Black Stone Cherry **
• Bo Bice
• Bottle Rockets*

C

• The Cadillac Three *
• Charlie Daniels Band *
• Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen *
• Confederate Railroad *
• Corrosion of Conformity **
• Cowboy *
• Creedence Clearwater Revival *
• Cross Canadian Ragweed*
• Cry of Love*

D

• Danny Joe Brown *
• The Derek Trucks Band * ^[5]
• Dickey Betts *
• Dixie Dregs ^[6] *
• Doc Holliday *
• Down **
• Drive-By Truckers ^[7] *
• Drivin N Cryin *

E

• Elvin Bishop *

F

• The Fabulous Thunderbirds * ^[8]

G

• The Georgia Satellites *
• Gov't Mule *
• Grant Lee Buffalo *
• Gregg Allman Band *
• Grinderswitch *

H

• Henry Paul Band
• Hootie and the Blowfish

J

• J.J. Cale *
• Jackyl *
• JJ Grey & MOFRO *
• Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit *
• Jimbo Mathus *

K

• The Kentucky Headhunters *
• Kings of Leon*

L

• Legendary Shack Shakers ^[9]
• Leon Russell *
• Little Texas *
• Lonnie Mack *
• Lynyrd Skynyrd ^[10] *

M

• Marcus King Band *
• Marshall Tucker Band *
• Maylene and the Sons of Disaster **
• Molly Hatchet */**
• Moon Dog Mane ^[11] **
• Mudcrutch
• My Morning Jacket *

N

• Nantucket *
• Needtobreathe *
• Norma Jean **
• North Mississippi Allstars *

O

• Omar & The Howlers *
• Outlaws *
• Ozark Mountain Daredevils *

P

• Pimpadelic ^[12]
• Point Blank *
• Potliquor ^[13] *

R

• The Radiators *
• Raging Slab ^[14] * **
• The Rossington Band * **
• The Rossington-Collins Band *
• The Rounders *
• Royal Southern Brotherhood *

S

• Saving Abel **
• Sea Level *
• Sister Hazel *
• Shooter Jennings ^{[15] [16] [17]} *
• The Showdown **
• Southern Culture on the Skids ^{[18] [19]}
• Steve Gaines *
• Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble *
• Stillwater *
• The Steel Woods *

T

• Tedeschi Trucks Band ^[20] *
• Texas Hippie Coalition **
• Third Day *
• Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers *
• Tony Joe White *
• Toy Caldwell ^[21] *
• Travis Tritt *
• The Tractors *

V

• Van Zant *

W

• Warren Haynes*
• Wet Willie *
• Webb Wilder *
• Edgar Winter Group*
• Johnny Winter * ^[22]
• Whiskey Falls *
• Whiskey Myers*
• Widespread Panic *
• Will Hoge *
• Hank Williams Jr ^{[23] [24]} *
• The Word *

Z

• ZZ Top ^[25] *

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See also

• Country rock
• Heartland rock
• Roots rock
• Southern Rock
• Swamp rock
• Tulsa sound
• The Hot Club of Cowtown