Lynyrd Skynyrd — RoadyGoat Artist Profile

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Region: Southern Coastal Plain Conference: Southeast Regional Rank: #6

• 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.

8 location references across 9 songs

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"