Sweet Home Alabama (6:46)
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Creation and Recording:
At a band practice shortly after bassist Ed King had switched to guitar, King heard fellow guitarist Gary Rossington playing a guitar riff that inspired him (in fact, this riff is still heard in the final version of the song and is played during the verses as a counterpoint to the main D-C+9-G chord progression). In interviews, Ed King has said that, during the night following the practice session, the chords and two main guitar solos came to him in a dream, note for note. King then introduced the song to the band the next day, and a hit was born. Also written at this session was the track that would follow “Alabama” on the Second Helping album, “I Need You.”
A live version of the track on the compilation album Collectybles places the writing of the song during the late summer of 1973, as the live set available on the album is dated October 30, 1973.
The track was recorded at Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, using just King, bassist Wilkeson, and drummer Burns to lay down the basic backing track. Ed King used a Marshall amp belonging to Allen Collins. The guitar used on the track was a 1972 Fender Stratocaster. However, King has said that guitar was a pretty poor model and had bad pickups, forcing him to turn the amp up all the way to get decent volume out of it. This guitar is now displayed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
At a band practice shortly after bassist Ed King had switched to guitar, King heard fellow guitarist Gary Rossington playing a guitar riff that inspired him (in fact, this riff is still heard in the final version of the song and is played during the verses as a counterpoint to the main D-C+9-G chord progression). In interviews, Ed King has said that, during the night following the practice session, the chords and two main guitar solos came to him in a dream, note for note. King then introduced the song to the band the next day, and a hit was born. Also written at this session was the track that would follow “Alabama” on the Second Helping album, “I Need You.”
A live version of the track on the compilation album Collectybles places the writing of the song during the late summer of 1973, as the live set available on the album is dated October 30, 1973.
The track was recorded at Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, using just King, bassist Wilkeson, and drummer Burns to lay down the basic backing track. Ed King used a Marshall amp belonging to Allen Collins. The guitar used on the track was a 1972 Fender Stratocaster. However, King has said that guitar was a pretty poor model and had bad pickups, forcing him to turn the amp up all the way to get decent volume out of it. This guitar is now displayed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Recorded live at Knebworth Heartfordshire, England on the 21th August 1976.
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Recorded live at Knebworth Heartfordshire, England on the 21th August 1976.
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chicomono wrote:
77777th track!!
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griffith park-mickeys
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M_Marina wrote:
the best
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ABM1708 wrote:
Yeeeeeeeeha
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Francis7858 wrote:
I've wonder why they sung this song since they from Florida.
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alpinpower wrote:
wer jemals ein Motorrad zwischen den Beinen hatte, juckt hier die rechte Hand - yeah, let it roll....
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kemming wrote:
great southern rock classic
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J_SIMP15 wrote:
it should be sweet home Texas
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gazmetal1981 wrote:
Big Wheels Keep on Turnin'
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santapatricia wrote:
es perfecto
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dannibal62 wrote:
A true classic that never gets old.
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star_shaped_man wrote:
Songs come and go and a lot of "classics" get boring when they get overplayed, but Sweet Home Alabama sounds as good to me now as when I first heard it. A true classic!
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ScarletHawks wrote:
R.I.P.
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dannibal62 wrote:
This is one of the most awesome classic southern rock anthems of all time.
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ABM1708 wrote:
Makes me rock this chair broken! I used to play this live and it got the feet on the floor all the time. Sorry they lost Ronnie! Ronnie's brother has a band called .38 special and it's also a great band!
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Miley_18 wrote:
Puts a smile on my face! :)
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GreatGeorge wrote:
God I wasn't even born then yet but I can tell those guys ROCK!!!
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martcool33 wrote:
tres bon rock sudiste!
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Dora117 wrote:
Home is where the heart is...........
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xXWadoXx wrote:
hm im 18, and at my location im the only one of my friends who likes that kind of music. but no matter. love it !
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