Great song. Even the Russians love it.
If you ever search the hashtag on Instagram there are usually Slavics galore singing Sweet Home Alabama.
It amazes me how one person can find a riff on a guitar that no one else could find but it was there all the time.
Another example is Hotel California. Don Felder turns on a cassette recorder and plays Bm, F#m and so forth and sends copies to Frey and Henley. They put lyrics to it and Bam! Felder’s wife says she still has the original cassette.
One of the best versions of Sweet Home Alabama I've heard is by the Leningrad Cowboys.
The Leningrad Cowboys is a Finnish rock and roll band famous for its humorous songs, crazy hair, shoes and outfits and concerts featuring the Soviet Red Army Choir.
Crank the volume up on this one. It's great.
The Russians like it? Collusion!