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.
0–9
A
- A Thousand Horses *
- Alabama Shakes *
- Allen Collins Band *
- Allman Brothers Band[1] *
- Arc Angels[2]
- Artimus Pyle Band *
- Atlanta Rhythm Section[3] *
- The Avett Brothers
B
- Band of Horses
- Barefoot Jerry[4] *
- Bellamy Brothers*
- Black Oak Arkansas[5] *
- 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
- Dangerous Toys[6]
- Danny Joe Brown *
- The Derek Trucks Band *[7]
- Dickey Betts *
- Dixie Dregs[8] *
- Doc Holliday *
- Down **
- Drive-By Truckers[9] *
- Drivin N Cryin *
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
- Marcus King Band *
- Marshall Tucker Band *
- Maylene and the Sons of Disaster **
- Molly Hatchet */**
- Moon Dog Mane[13] **
- Mudcrutch
- My Morning Jacket *
N
O
P
R
- The Radiators *
- Raging Slab[16] * **
- The Rossington Band * **
- The Rossington-Collins Band *
- The Rounders *
- Royal Southern Brotherhood *
S
- Saving Abel **
- Sea Level *
- Sister Hazel *
- Shooter Jennings[17][18][19] *
- The Showdown **
- Southern Culture on the Skids[20][21]
- Steve Gaines *
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble *
- Stillwater *
- The Steel Woods *
T
- Tedeschi Trucks Band[22] *
- Texas Hippie Coalition **
- Third Day *
- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers *
- Tony Joe White *
- Toy Caldwell[23] *
- Travis Tritt *
- The Tractors *
U
V
- Van Zant *
W
- Warren Haynes*
- Wet Willie *
- Webb Wilder *
- Edgar Winter Group*
- Johnny Winter *[24]
- Whiskey Falls *
- Whiskey Myers*
- Widespread Panic *
- Will Hoge *
- Hank Williams Jr[25][26] *
- The Word *
Z
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