How Good Are You at Your Southern Rock Cruise – and Music Knowledge?

April 5, 2017

Think you know something about our artists and our cruise? Take our Trivia Challenge below and show us what you’ve got.  Post your answers numbered one through ten on our Facebook page.  We’ll review the posts and the person that replies with all of the correct answers first will be showered with praise by us and the music gods - meaning you get bragging rights. 

1. “Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers…” That’s a famous line from Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” but who were the Swampers?

1. A north Alabama band who made one ungodly rare early Southern Rock single before breaking up.
2. The rhythm section at Muscle Shoals Sound who worked on Skynyrd’s earliest sessions.
3. A name Skynyrd used when they were based in the Shoals before they were famous.

2. Duane Allman was a prolific session guitarist. What was the last session he played before his death in October 1971?

1. Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla.”
2. Herbie Mann’s “Never Can Say Goodbye.”
3. Cowboy’s “Please Be with Me.”

3. Molly Hatchet was named for…

1. A nineteenth century prostitute who beheaded her clients.
2. A blade originally used to clear swamps around the band’s hometown, Jacksonville, Florida.
3. Founding member Dave Hlubek’s girlfriend, Molly Hatcher. Band members joked that he’d lost his head over her.

4. Which of the following bands has a tight connection to Lynyrd Skynyrd?

1. Atlanta Rhythm Section.
2. .38 Special.
3. Molly Hatchet.

5. Who was Marshall Tucker?

1. The original leader of MTB who quit before they got a recording contract.
2. A piano tuner who rented warehouse space where they rehearsed.
3. Toy and Tommy Caldwell’s high school music teacher, who told them to forget about music as a career.

6. After twenty consecutive years, the Allman Brothers’ March residency at New York’s Beacon Theater ended in 2009 because…

1. The theater was occupied by Cirque de Soleil.
2. Gregg was hospitalized.
3. The extended weather forecast called for an exceptionally cold and snowy March.

7. Which classic Southern Rock band has had most members go through its ranks?

1. The Allman Brothers Band.
2. The Outlaws.
3. The Marshall Tucker Band.

8. The company most closely associated with Southern Rock was Capricorn Records. Capricorn was based where?

1. Jacksonville, Florida.
2. Macon, Georgia.
3. Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

9. Which album came first?

1. Wanted! The Outlaws by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
2. Rock and Roll Outlaws by Foghat.
3. Outlaws by the Outlaws.

10. The SOUTHERN ROCK CRUISE …

1. …is alcohol-free.
2. …maintains a strict 9 PM curfew.
3. …exercises volume control on all acts.

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