Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock

by Michael Ray Fitzgerald

Book Overview

The enduring achievement and legacy of a rock movement

Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida Nonfiction

The Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd helped usher in a new kind of southern music from Jacksonville, Florida. Together, they and fellow bands like Blackfoot, 38 Special, and Molly Hatchet would reset the course of seventies rock. Yet Jacksonville seemed an unlikely hotbed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813080355
• ISBN13: 9780813080352
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"