Well, many a Suthern' boy, if banished to a deserted island and offered just one groups music to take with him, would no doubt choose Skynyrd. A friend of mine, from Detroit, once told me that he read that Skynyrd was the Beatles of the South. I don't think that was nearly a good enough compliment. Skynyrd was much more than that. The lyrics from Van Zant were real. Rock sound, with a lot of blues and southern country feeling thrown in.
Modern bands? Don't really know any. I guess I'm one of those losers who are stuck in the 60s and 70s.
