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Lynyrd Skynyrd

Jacksonville, FL

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Region: Southern Coastal Plain Conference: Southeast Regional Rank: #7

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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

33 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
Florida border, FL Nashville, TN California
"From the Florida border, yes up to Nashville Tennessee"
Mississippi Kid
Alabama Florence, AL Mississippi
"I'm, I'm Alabama bound"
That’s How I Like It
Deep South
"Where I come from it's grits and gravy"
Sweet Home Alabama
Alabama Birmingham, AL Muscle Shoals, AL Montgomery, AL
"Sweet home Alabama"
Swamp Music
Bayou Country Florida Gulf Coast Wetlands, FL Clarksdale, MS
"Swamp, swamp, swamp, swamp music"
Call Me the Breeze
California Georgia Georgia peaches, GA
"Well, I might go out to California"
All I Can Do Is Write About It
Carolina, NC Carolina, SC Tennessee Dixieland
"the beauty of the hills of Carolina"
Tuesday’s Gone
Atlanta, GA
"Tuesday's gone with the wind"
Georgia Peaches
Southeast, GA Georgia Atlanta, GA Georgia Peach, GA The South
"Well, you can see her walkin' down on Peach Tree Street"
Four Walls of Raiford
Raiford, FL Florida-Georgia line, 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
Mississippi New Orleans, LA The South Memphis, TN
"She’s got Mississippi Blood running through her veins"

Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby

Interstate 95 19 Interstate 10 36 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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