It was 44 years ago that...

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.

The Doors(st)album has influenced alternative music from the late 70's thru the 80's. It even influenced grunge 20+ years after it's release.