Hello all,

I heard a song from the 80's a few weeks ago that I had totally forgotten about until then. It is a really great song and I can't remember the name of it, or the artist. I do know that they had a sort of southern rock sound, like 38 Special. I'm not really sure of any of the words, maybe "never gonna forget your love" or "next time I fall in love" yadda yadda yadda.

I've tried googling stuff like that but it's so vague that its really no help. What I need is maybe a list of artists like this. The guitars were really hard driving but really clean. I wanna say that this group may have formed from members of other southern rock bands, but not sure about that either.

Can someone please help me??

Here's a list of similar artists/southern rockers compiled from various lists I've found:

Allman Brothers
Amazing Rhythm Aces
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Artimus Pyle
Barefoot Jerry
Black Oak Arkansas
The Black Crows
Black Foot
Charlie Daniels Band
Col. Bruce Hampton
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Def Leppard
Dickey Betts
Dixie Dregs
Doobie Brothers
Elvin Bishop Band
Gov't Mule
Georgia Satellites
Grinderswitch
Kentucky Headhunters
Little Feat
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Marshall Tucker Band
Molly Hatchet
Night Ranger
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Rossington Collins Band
Sea Level
Toy Caldwell
The Band
The Outlaws
Wet Willie
Widespread Panic
ZZ Top

I just realized I put Def Leppard and Creedance in there. They were in one of the lists. I don't think they're that similar. Hmm, some of the others I probably could've edited out too.

You'd probably like a place to hear their songs. I recommend allmusic.com if you aren't using it. You can see all of a band's songs and see their most popular.

Thanks jusork, but none of those names ring a bell. I'm sure once I see the name I'm looking for I'll immediately recognize it.

A few additions to jusork's most excellent list:

.38 Special - maybe it really is them!
The Jimmie Van Zant Band
Van Zant
The Greg Allman Band
Warren Haynes (of the Allmans)
Ram Jam (hit with cover of "Black Betty")
Drive-By Truckers
The Henry Paul Band
Southern Bitch

Here is someone's list of the 100 Greatest Southern Rock Songs.

Some bands have heavy influences from Southern Rock. Dire Straits - an English band - is an example, with really clean guitar picking. So maybe it's not a southern rock band, after all!

lynard skynard!