It was 44 years ago that...

Hi Montejay,

While the Allmans are my favorites, I truly believe they were innovators; influenced by and the melding of blues, jazz, R&B and early rock n' roll they created a whole new thing.

They were the impetus for the whole wave of Southern Rock bands that followed. (I really don't think of them as Southern Rock). While there were many accomplished bands of this type, none were as accomplished and unique as the Allmans.

Of course all in my humble opinion.

Best,

Dave

Hi Dave,
The op of this thread is genre altering. Southern rock is a part of the rock genre. I do not see, as wonderful and enduring as the Allmans albums are, as trail blazers in the same way that the Beatle's Pepper album is.This is not about how popular or well loved a bands work became. It's more akin to releasing something at the right time with all the stars aligning.

IMO only
Regards,

It's Lola's 41st birthday, and the entire "...versus Powerman and the Moneygoround" lp still stands up very well for its era and all time as a rock album.

Muddy Waters - Electric Mud.

Thomas Edison - Mary had a little lamb. heheehe

Miles Davis did it twice with "Kind of Blue" introducing modal jazz, then "In a silent Way" introducing electric Jazz.

Miles basically invented jazz fusion, which open the door for all those groups that came after like Johnny Mac, Mahavishu, Return to Forever, Weather Report, Brand X... JLP.

So Miles really heavily influenced Rock and Jazz.. from Hendrix to Maynard F.