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Southern Rock: Name That Artist [#1]!

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Introduction:
"At the heart of southern-rock music are lyrics written and sung for, and by, the common man. Can you name the artists that performed these songs from just a line of the lyrics?"


1. "That Tennessee bootleg moonshine whiskey sure do make a man feel fine and frisky..." Who originally recorded this ode to alcohol?
    Molly Hatchet
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Black Oak Arkansas
    Charlie Daniels Band


2. "There's a cute little girl in the front row and she's shakin' like a maniac. Get a grip on yourself and hold on, before you give us both a heart attack...". Who was the first to record this from-the-stage observation of an audience member during a concert?
    Wet Willie
    Blackfoot
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Atlanta Rhythm Section


3. "Just a boy with an old guitar, keeps to himself but everybody takes him wrong..." Who originally recorded this song about the mythical southern loner?
    Government Mule
    .38 Special
    Allman Brothers Band
    Lynyrd Skynyrd


4. "Do a little cocaine on the dashboard waiting for the light..." Who was the first to record this song about perceived paradise?
    Johnny Van Zant Band
    Allen Collins Band
    Gregg Allman Band
    Henry Paul Band


5. Who recorded the cover of this Elvis Costello song lyric: "You never asked me what I wanted, you only asked me why..."?
    The Outlaws
    Sea Level
    .38 Special
    Firefall


6. "Wake up baby, smile at me, that sun is shinin' and the wind's blowin' free..." Who originally recorded this workingman's dream of freedom?
    Charlie Daniels Band
    Blackfoot
    Screemin' Cheetah Wheelies
    Grinderswitch


7. "So you find me hard to handle, well...I'm easier to hold!" Who originally recorded this outlaw-lover song?
    Hour Glass
    Allman Brothers Band
    Gregg Allman Band
    Allman Joys


8. "We're gonna spill a little rock 'n' roll blood tonight, we're gonna make some front page news." Who first recorded this tribute to red-neck boys'night out?
    The Outlaws
    Elvin Bishop Band
    Marshall Tucker Band
    .38 Special


9. "Sleeps by day and rides by night, like a mongrel always looking for a fight...". Who originally recorded this cowboy rocker?
    Molly Hatchet
    Danny Joe Brown Band
    The Outlaws
    Southern Shift


10. "We're alive and well and we're ready, are you ready for the real McCoy?" Who was the first to record this proclamation?
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Rossington-Collins Band
    Whiskey
    Stillwater


11. "From the Mason-Dixon line to the hills of Caroline, oh, I'm comin' home..." Who originally recorded this song about getting off the road?
    Johnny Van Zant Band
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Charlie Daniels Band
    Marshall Tucker Band


12. "I'll be comin' home soon to your love...to stay!" Who originally recorded this song about just wanting to go home?
    Big Southern
    .38 Special
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Charlie Daniels Band


13. "A voice from the past cried give peace a chance, he paid our price, now he's free at last, and imagine, we called him a dreamer..." Who was the first to record this song of martyrdom?
    Alias
    Dixie Dregs
    Molly Hatchet
    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band


14. "I didn't care how much they cried, no sir, my heart was as cold as a stone..." Who first sang about this cold-hearted knave?
    Elvin Bishop Band
    Sea Level
    New Riders of the Purple Sage
    Toy Caldwell


15. "Nobody left to do those crazy things we used to do before..." Who first recorded this lament that all his rowdy friends ain't comin' round?
    Dickey Betts and Great Southern
    Warren Haynes
    Greg Allman Band
    Allman Brothers Band


16. "Won't you bury me with my chaps on and my six-gun strapped to my side..." Who first recorded this ode to the spirit of individuality?
    Charlie Daniels Band
    Pure Prairie League
    Cowboy
    Marshall Tucker Band


17. "And we sang 'Did-did-did-did-dit woah-oo-woah-oh, makes you feel all right!'" Who originally recorded this down-on-the-corner-ditty?
    Wet Willie
    Black Oak Arkansas
    Ozark Mountain Daredevils
    Grinderswitch


18. "Have you ever seen a she-gator protect her young'un...?" Who first recorded this ode to Dixie?
    Answer: (2 words)


19. "With two eyes like firebrands a-glow in the night somewhere out there he's waitin' for me..." Who first recorded this song about man against nature?
    Southern Cross
    The Outlaws
    Charlie Daniels Band
    Poco


20. "'Do you want to race?' 'If you insist! At that price I can't resist!'" That's right, who originally recorded this netherworld-sounding drag-racing ditty?
    Gov't Mule
    A.P.B.
    Widespread Panic
    ZZ Top


21. "After takin' nearly every shady lady home, I got an itchy feelin' under my skin..." Who first recorded this ode to blooming love?
    Fool's Gold
    Henry Paul Band
    The Outlaws
    Amazing Rhythm Aces


22. "Another town is drawin' near, oh baby I wish you were here, but the only way I can see you darlin'... is in my dreams!" Another lament from the road as originally recorded by ...?
    Blackfoot
    Little Feat
    Molly Hatchet
    Allman Brothers


23. "Your daddy's rich, mama, you're overdue, but I ain't the one, Baby, 's'been messin' with you...!" Who first recorded this early "rap" song?
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Black Oak Arkansas
    Elvin Bishop Band
    Dr. Hector and the Groove Injectors


24. "That bartender said to me 'Boy, take your money back! Before you're done, you're gonna need it son, you might have a heart attack!'" Who first recorded this hot tale of the bartender's sister?
    Toler Brothers Band
    Little Feat
    Delbart McClinton
    Delaney and Bonnie and Friends


25. "Free Bird falling from the sky brings a bitter end to another southern man..."! Who first recorded this tribute to Ronnie Van Zant and all the other southern rockers who have passed?
    Henry Paul Band
    Marshall Tucker Band
    Charlie Daniels Band
    Rossington-Collins Band


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