According to a report by the Boston Herald, Kid Rock’s appreciation for American music has always been more than skin deep.

From the beginning of his career, the Detroit native has liberally mixed such seemingly disparate ingredients as the hip-hop influence of Run-DMC with deep Southern soul inspired by the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd and ’70s bar blasting rock such as that created by the J. Geils Band.

On Saturday night, Rock personally reached out to each of these influences and the result was the type of American music revue that only a uniquely American artist could envision.

Backed by his eight-piece Twisted Brown Trucker Band, as well as two female backing singers, Rock (given name, Bob Ritchie) worked through his recent forays into gospel with the triumphant “Amen” as well as such earlier hits as “American Bad Ass” with a seasoned stage experience. He also welcomed a slew of influential guests.

The first were Lynyrd Skynyrd survivors Billy Powell and Gary Rossington, who contributed keyboards and guitar to “All Summer Long,” Rock’s latest hit single that samples that band’s classic, “Sweet Home Alabama,” as well as Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London.”

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