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Oddly, the best version of “Sweet Home Alabama” was done by the Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Choir in Helsinki Finland.
I was there. The headliner was Peter Frampton. The Outlaws played before Skynyrd. What a time, what a show....
Really miss Ronnie and Steve
Just saw them last week in Charlotte, NC. Great time!
Thanks for posting that. I really enjoyed it.
1977, eh? Wouldn’t be too much later than many of them would die in a plane crash. Sad to think about it.
They SURE did know how to do it.
Imagine, all those kids are not looking at 70 YEARS of living. I hope they're all still alive, healthy and happy.
Harhar...the guys have BALDED!! The gals have sagged, bagged and hagged! What a life.
Well I’m glad ya followed your heart and did so - terrific clip. Sun, Fun, pretty girls (without tattos) and with long lovely hair - I was 16 at this time - great times! What a crowd - awesome - Bless ya!
Yeah, it was worth watching.
"Young recorded a solo acoustic version of "Powderfinger" at Indigo Studios in Malibu, California in September 1975, and intended for his unreleased mid-70s album Chrome Dreams.[11][12] He later sent the tape to his friend Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd who were to use the song on their next album.[11][5] However, Van Zant died in a plane crash in October 1977, and Lynyrd Skynyrd never recorded the song.[11][5] The song was officially released as an electric version with the band Crazy Horse for Young's 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps."
Here is the Cowboy Junkies Version of Powderfinger.
Con Air Quote: Define irony. Bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.
Their old stuff is good...
The new stuff is decent too :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KVmRtEO18k
I like this song and many Skynyrd songs.
I was in HS in the Bay Area at this time with mega shows and Bill Graham etc...
It was a horrible time of decadence and depravity surrounding and encompassing all this.
There is a direct cause and effect line from then to where we are now.
Of the active band members at the time of the crash {the musicians} only Rossington is still alive. Billy Powell the keyboard player, Collins, Wilkeson {bass player} and Pyle {drums} have all passed. Rossington is still active in the group.
Those were the good old days of music. The bubble gum coming out of Nashville today is a turn off. I am so sick of Taylor Swift sound a like songs. I put music on a USB stick for my car so I don’t have to listen to the garbage.
I find this old song very app, apply it to our country as we knew it. It’s Slipping Away.
This version is done by Jean Shepard. Nut note the Grand Ladies of C & W who join her Kitty Wells, Skeeter Davis, and more I can’t name. Look at those gathered around the circle. All Legends of C & W from host Whispering Bill Anderson. Some of them have since passed on like Grandpa Jones, Johnny Russel, and many more, including the steel guitar player for Hank Sr, who played for 54 Hall of Fame C & W stars. I watched the night that one aired. Charley Pride and Vince Gill made up the last 2. RFDTV carries Family Reunion and Larry’s Country Diner good clean entertainment. Fans of blue grass will love the Blue Grass with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. Osborne, and you can’t forget Arron Trippin, or Lee Greenwood.
Slipping Away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgu74uQgZNc
Lee Greenwood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbIKTYu4Q_k
Riding with Private Malone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34IwQglPak8