One of the more interesting obscurities of 1970's rock was a band called Potliquor. Signed to Capricorn Records, home of fellow sothern rockers the Allman Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Wet Willie*. Hailing from Louisiana, they had a less jammy, more easygoing sound than their labelmates, with lots of touches of country and R&B and even dashes of horns. Two of their best numbers were "You Can't Get There From Here," and a nifty cover of "Lady Madonna."→[More:]

*Wet Willie deserve a mention themselves. They were much more influenced by soul music than the Chicago blues that inspired many other Southern rockers. These Alabamans were also set apart by the fine vocals of Jimmy Hall, shown to good advantage on their most popular numbers "Keep On Smilin'" and "Street Corner Serenade." For a genre often written off as a one-trick-pony, Southern rock shows some suprising breadth. Hope you like the tunes.