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2005 greatest hits album by Various
Southern Rock Gold is a two-disc
greatest hits
compilation album released in 2005. It features 32 of the greatest hits from
Southern rock , many of which are from the
Universal Music Group catalogue. The liner notes on the CD consist of a 9 page article written in September 2005 by Scott Schinder about
Southern rock with emphasis on a behind-the-scenes look at the songs and groups featured in the compilation. The article itself is followed by a list of the songs, including each song's author, recording date and the album it was originally released on.
The cover features, clockwise from the top left:
Outlaws ,
Lynyrd Skynyrd ,
Wet Willie ,
Elvin Bishop ,
Atlanta Rhythm Section ,
Charlie Daniels , and
The Allman Brothers Band .
Track listing
Disc One
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "
Sweet Home Alabama " (4:43) (
Van Zant /
Rossington /
King )
The Allman Brothers Band - "
Ramblin' Man " (4:47) (
Betts )
The Marshall Tucker Band - "
Heard It in a Love Song " (4.54) (
Caldwell )
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - "
If You Wanna Get to Heaven " (3:04) (
Cash /
Dillon )
The Charlie Daniels Band - "
The South's Gonna Do It Again " (3:58) (
Daniels )
Elvin Bishop - "
Fooled Around and Fell in Love " (4:34) (
Bishop )
Atlanta Rhythm Section - "Champagne Jam" (4:33) (
Buie /
Nix /Cobb)
.38 Special - "
Hold On Loosely " (4:36) (Barnes/
Peterik /Carlisi)
Molly Hatchet - "
Flirtin' with Disaster " (4.58) (
Brown /
Hlubek /Thomas)
Blackfoot - "Highway Song" (7:31) (
Medlocke /Spires)
Steve Earle - "
Guitar Town " (2:33) (
Earle )
The Kentucky Headhunters - "Walk Softly On This Heart of Mine" (3:44) (
Monroe /Landers)
Sea Level - "Nothin' Matters But the Fever" (7.20) (
Leavell )
Dixie Dregs - "Refried Funky Chicken" (3:17) (Morse)
Stillwater - "
Mind Bender " [
sic ] (4.16) (
Walker /
Buie )
The Outlaws - "
Green Grass and High Tides " (9:47) (
Thomasson )
Disc Two
The Georgia Satellites - "
Keep Your Hands to Yourself " (3:26) (
Baird )
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends - "
Only You Know and I Know " (3:26) (
Mason )
Gregg Allman - "
Midnight Rider " (4.26) (
Allman )
Wet Willie - "
Keep On Smilin' " (3:56) (Hall/
Hall /Hirsch/
Anthony /
Ross )
Little Feat - "Dixie Chicken" (3.54) (
George /Kibbee)
The Outlaws - "
There Goes Another Love Song " (3:03) (
Thomasson /Yoho)
Wet Willie - "Street Corner Serenade" (4:50) (Duke/
Hall /
Smith )
Elvin Bishop - "Travelin' Shoes" (7:16) (
Bishop )
Atlanta Rhythm Section - "So Into You" (4:21) (Buie/Nix/Daughtry)
Johnny Van Zant - "Coming Home" (4:05) (
Van Zant /Gay)
Rossington Collins Band - "Don't Misunderstand Me" (3:52) (
Collins /Krantz/Harwood)
Arc Angels - "Living in a Dream" (4:52) (
Sexton /
Bramhall )
Cowboy - "Please Be With Me" (3:41) (Boyer)
The Marshall Tucker Band - "
Can't You See " (6:01) (
Caldwell )
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "
Free Bird " (9:10) (
Van Zant /
Collins )
The Allman Brothers Band - "
Whipping Post " (5.19) (
Allman )
See also