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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama (4:37)

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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.
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  • All Time Greatest Hits
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  • oldiesfanjohn

    @TWHsr..You seem to be the only one on here that likes this..We all seem to be in unison,getting shitty versions all at once!..So my question to you is,"What drugs are you on?"..JK,don't spazz out!!!

    yesterday morning

  • TWHsr

    Suoer

    Tuesday morning

  • ronald7310

    nfw this is not Lynyrd

    8 days ago

  • oldiesfanjohn

    This version is off a tad...In Last.fm layman lingo,a" tad "means---Fuck y'all.. you will get whatever we want you to hear!

    14 days ago

  • alec231236

    What the fuck is this?

    16 days ago

  • shields49

    Terrible cover

    17 days ago

  • huwatts4

    I am convinced that LAst.fm uses youtube for its audio files. If you type "sweet home alabama" you get a video with the exact same audio as this song. Also, if you search for "green river - unwind," then a video called "Audioslave - nothing to say" pops up. Strangely enough last.fm's audio for "nothing to say" has the audio for "unwind" taken from the same youtube video.

    22 days ago

  • JDaleWeaver

    LOL! WHAT -- is this?! Come on LastFM. THis is NOT Lynyrd Skynyrd! This sounds like an Eastern European knock off cover tune! I've listened to EVERY Skynyrd tune THOUSANDS of times over more than 3 decades. PLEASE don't play this and say it's Lynyrd Skynyrd. If I were the band, I'd freaking sue.....

    23 days ago

  • Malkamillian

    shite version of a song I've heard too many times.

    24 days ago

  • huwatts4

    Rubbish version of otherwise a decent song

    25 days ago

  • Sharp-Ton

    Con Air.

    26 days ago

  • tikuko

    This live version is the worst, oh gosh.

    last month

  • below50

    They coming to town in July ...I can't wait

    last month

  • TWHsr

    Cool song. Have always liked it. Hasn't dimmed with age.

    last month

  • PtheDUDE

    sounds like a shit cover

    last month

  • rocktitwoah-man

    don't like this version...what's the deal here? I like over 100 artists and each have dozens of good songs, but only hear one or two from each? Might as well listen to my local classic rock station. Accckkk!!! Come on last.fm. Man up!!!!

    last month

  • jerseyblitz

    Again over played no matter what version

    last month

  • JamesPurdie

    What an awful version! Original is fantastic but this is dire.

    last month

  • retrowens

    The original's one of my favorite songs ever, easily....but, not a big fan of this Live track

    last month

  • ryanmichael224

    Weak version of a Rock classic.

    last month
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