Southern rock

Southern rock is a style of rock music that was very popular in the 1970s, and retains a fan base to the present.

1950s and 1960s – Origins

Rock music's origins lie mostly in the music of southerners, and many stars from the first wave of 1950s rock and roll such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis hailed from the Deep South. But the British Invasion, and the rise of folk rock and psychedelic rock in the middle 1960s, shifted the focus of new rock music away from the rural south and to large cities like Liverpool, London, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

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Southerners - 1950s - Rock and roll - Elvis Presley - Little Richard - Jerry Lee Lewis - Deep South - British Invasion - Folk rock - Psychedelic rock - 1960s - Liverpool - London - New York - San Francisco - Los Angeles

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In the late 1960s, traditionalists such as Creedence Clearwater Revival (from Northern California), and The Band (Canadian, though drummer Levon Helm is a native Arkansan) revived interest in the roots of rock music.

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1960s - Creedence Clearwater Revival - California - The Band - Canadian - Levon Helm - Arkansan

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