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On Friday, .38 Special brought a live assault of rock 'n' roll, with a touch of Southern style to the Cache County fairgrounds. In a meet and greet before the show began, .38 Special signed autographs for fans and some of the awesome sponsors of the Cache Valley Cruise-In. The band members were friendly and very laid back -- conversing with all those lucky enough to meet the band and showing a side that spoke of a true thankfulness for their fans through the years.
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Artists from The Doobie Brothers, The Allman Brothers Band, Sting's band, 3 Doors Down, Switchfoot, Rush, 38 Special, Alter Bridge and Vertical Horizon are featured in the iVideosongs catalog. Other participating artists include Graham Nash, Jim Messina, Russ Kunkel, Scotty Moore and Giles Martin.
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Initially, .38 Special were one of many Southern rock bands in the vein of the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd; in fact, the band was led by Donnie Van Zant, the brother of Skynyrd's leader, Ronnie Van Zant. After releasing a couple of albums of straight-ahead Southern boogie, the band revamped its sound to fall halfway between country-fried blues-rock and driving, arena-ready hard rock. The result was a string of hit albums and singles in the early '80s, highlighted by "Caught Up in You," "If I'd Been the One," "Back Where You Belong," and "Like No Other Night." .38 Special's popularity dipped in the late '80s as MTV-sponsored pop and heavy metal cut into their audience. Though the band had its biggest hit in 1989 with the ballad "Second Chance," it proved to be their last gasp -- they faded away in the early '90s, retiring to the oldies circuit.
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Initially, .38 Special was one of many Southern rock bands in the vein of the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd; in fact, the band was led by Donnie Van Zant, the brother of Skynyrd's leader, Ronnie Van Zant. After releasing a couple of albums of straight-ahead Southern boogie, the band revamped their sound to fall halfway between country-fried blues-rock and driving, arena-ready hard rock. The result was a string of hit albums and singles in the early '80s, highlighted by "Caught Up in You,"...
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Talladega Superspeedway officials announced that the rock band 38 Special will headline this year's Miller Lite Rock'n Racing Concert in the track's infield Saturday evening, Oct. 7 during the UAW-Ford 500 event weekend. Universal South recording artist Shooter Jennings will open the show.
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The band members all lived within a few blocks of each other, and often grouped and regrouped informally, eventually coalescing as .38 Special. They signed a recording contract with A&M Records in 1977, which released their first, self-titled album that year and Special Delivery in 1978. Carlisi told Greene that although the band knew they had "something special… the first two records were not very successful by record industry standards." Their third album, Rockin' Into the Night, released in 1979, had a single that hit the top 40.
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