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Lynyrd Skynyrd

Jacksonville, FL

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rock Popularity: 74

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Region: Southern Coastal Plain Conference: Southeast Regional Rank: #227

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Did You Know

  • • Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" was partially a response to Neil Young's songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama."
  • • The band's name was a tongue-in-cheek tribute to their high school gym teacher, Leonard Skinner.
  • • Their 1977 album, "Street Survivors," featured cover art that was controversially changed after the band's tragic plane crash.
  • • Lynyrd Skynyrd has sold over 28 million albums in the United States alone.
  • • The band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006.
  • • "Free Bird" is nearly ten minutes long, featuring an extended guitar solo at the end.
  • • The plane crash in 1977 killed three band members, including Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines.
  • • Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
  • • The band briefly broke up following the 1977 plane crash, reforming ten years later.

Locations in Lyrics

17 location references across 14 songs

Songs & Places

What’s Your Name
Boise, ID
"Well, it's 8 o'clock in Boise, Idaho"
Workin’ for MCA
, FL Nashville, TN , CA
"From the Florida border, yes up to Nashville Tennessee"
Mississippi Kid
, AL Florence, AL , MS
"I'm, I'm Alabama bound"
That’s How I Like It
"Where I come from it's grits and gravy"
Sweet Home Alabama
, AL Birmingham, AL Muscle Shoals, AL Montgomery, AL
"Sweet home Alabama"
Swamp Music
, FL Clarksdale, MS
"Swamp, swamp, swamp, swamp music"
Call Me the Breeze
, CA , GA
"Well, I might go out to California"
All I Can Do Is Write About It
, NC , SC , TN
"the beauty of the hills of Carolina"
Tuesday’s Gone
Atlanta, GA
"Tuesday's gone with the wind"
Georgia Peaches
Atlanta, GA , GA
"Well, you can see her walkin' down on Peach Tree Street"
Four Walls of Raiford
Raiford, FL , FL Valdosta, GA Thomasville, GA Tallahassee, FL Jacksonville, FL Folkston, GA Kingsland, GA
"Within the four walls of Raiford"
Whiskey Rock-a-Roller
Memphis, TN
"I'm goin' down to Memphis town to play a late night show"
Jacksonville Kid (Street Survivors Outtake)
Jacksonville, FL
"Jacksonville, I love you"
Mississippi Blood
, MS New Orleans, LA Memphis, TN
"She’s got Mississippi Blood running through her veins"

Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby

Interstate 95 19 Interstate 10 32 Cumberland River 16

Connected Places

Jacksonville, FL Atlanta, GA Birmingham, AL Boise, ID Clarksdale, MS Montgomery, AL Muscle Shoals, AL Nashville, TN
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