Southern rock is a category of the genre of rock music. It developed in the United States and varies from rock and roll,country,and blues and it is focused generally on electric or acoustic guitar and vocals. Southern rock plays a huge part in the influence of modern rock music. Important figures of southern rock include The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Widespread Panic, Creedence Clearwater, and many more that have influenced the southern rock culture greatly and some bands which are still paving the way for the future of southern rock music. Southern rocks origins lie mainly in the American South. In the 1950's many Southern Rock stars came about such as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis but however in the 1960's British invasion and the rise of folk, and psychadelic rock shifted the focus away from Southern Rock and the rural south and to large cities like Liverpool, London, New York, and San Francisco. Although this shift changed interests in rock in the late 1960's bands revived roots of southern rock such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, and The band. Creedence Clearwater Revival was among the best southern rock group in the 1960's. Also known as Creedence or CCR consisted of a lead guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter. Also rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford. Their musical style infused roots rock and swamp rock genres but overall portrayed a southern rock style singing about popular elements of Southern Icons such as the Mississippi river, bayous and catfish. Creedence Clearwater Revival's music is still a staple in America's and worldwide airplay. In their early career Creedence suffered a setback when John Fogerty and Doug Clifford were drafted into the military service. Fogerty enlisted in the Army Reserve and Clifford the Coast Guard Reserve. By 1969, Fogerty and Clifford had been discharged from military service, and all four members had quit their jobs to begin an intense schedule of rehearsing and playing full time at clubs. At the beginning of the 1970's the four members would start to strain their relationships with each other and in late 1970 Tom Fogerty decided he had had enough of his brother John Fogerty and left CCR. Stated by Fogerty "No new member could endure being in CCR"(Tom Fogerty, 1970). In 1972 The bands last album was released including songs written by Fogerty, Cook, and Clifford. The album ended up being a failure to the critics. " It is the worst album i have ever heard from a major rock band"(Jon Landau, Rolling Stone 1972) In the early 1970's The Allman Brothers Band made their nationa