Editing Southern rock (section)

=== 1950s and 1960s: origins ===
Rock music's origins lie mostly in the music of the [[Southern United States|American South]], and many stars from the first wave of 1950s [[rock and roll]] such as [[Bo Diddley]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Little Richard]], [[Buddy Holly]], [[Fats Domino]], and [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] hailed from the [[Deep South]]. However, 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]], [[Los Angeles]], [[New York City]], and [[San Francisco]].

In the 1960s, rock musician [[Lonnie Mack]] blended black and white roots-music genres within the framework of rock, beginning with the hit song "Memphis" in 1963.<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/song/memphis-mt0001819535 Lonnie Mack Memphis] Retrieved November 16, 2022</ref> Music historian [[Dick Shurman]] considers Mack's recordings from that era "a prototype of what later could be called Southern rock".<ref>{{cite web|title=Dick Shurman, as quoted in McCardle, ''Washington Post'', "Lonnie Mack, guitarist and singer who influenced blues and rock acts, dies at 74"|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/lonnie-mack-guitarist-and-singer-who-influenced-blues-and-rock-acts-dies-at-74/2016/04/25/5c581f3c-0a44-11e6-bfa1-4efa856caf2a_story.html|website=Washingtonpost.com|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref> Late 1960s, [[The Box Tops]], [[Sir Douglas Quintet]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=See Doug Sahm, Sir Douglas Quintet Perform 'Mendocino' Live From Austin |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/see-doug-sahm-sir-douglas-quintet-perform-mendocino-live-from-austin-127530/ |website=Rolling Stone | access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref> and [[Dale Hawkins]] were popular in Southern States.<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Martin| first = Douglas| title = Dale Hawkins Dies at 73; Rockabilly Author of 'Susie Q'| work = The New York Times| date = February 18, 2010| access-date =15 April 2025 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/arts/music/18hawkins.html}}</ref>

[[The Allman Brothers Band]], from [[Jacksonville, Florida]], made their national debut in 1969 and soon gained a loyal following. [[Duane Allman]]'s playing on the two ''Hour Glass'' albums and an ''Hour Glass'' session in early 1968 at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama had caught the ear of [[Rick Hall]], owner of FAME.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superseventies.com/allmanbrothers.html|title=The Allman Brothers Band; ''At Fillmore East''| access-date=November 13, 2021|publisher=Rolling Stone|year=1971|author=George Kimball}}</ref>

In November 1968, Hall hired Allman to play on an album with [[Wilson Pickett]]. Allman's work on that album, ''[[Hey Jude (Wilson Pickett album)|Hey Jude]]'' (1968), got him hired as a full-time session musician at Muscle Shoals and brought him to the attention of a number of other musicians, such as Eric Clapton, who later related how he heard Pickett's version of "Hey Jude" on his car radio and called Atlantic Records to find out who the guitarist was: "To this day," Clapton said, "I've never heard better rock guitar playing on an R&B record. It's the best."<ref>[https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/eric-clapton-tells-how-a-guitar-solo-brought-him-and-duane-allman-together-video "Eric Clapton Tells How a Guitar Solo Brought Him and Duane Allman Together"], ''[[Guitar Player]]'', March 29, 2015.</ref>

Author Scott B. Bomar speculates the term "Southern rock" may have been coined in 1972 by Mo Slotin, writing for Atlanta's underground paper, ''The Great Speckled Bird'', in a review of an [[The Allman Brothers Band|Allman Brothers Band]] concert.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://jitneybooks.com/southern-rock/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Scott B. Bomar |date=November 16, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>