“In 1974, the band Lynyrd Skynryd wrote the song, Sweet Home Alabama in response to Southern Man The lyrics to the song leave little doubt as to the band’s reaction, ...Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her Well, I heard ole Neil put her down. Well, I hope Neil Young will remember a southern man don’t need him around anyhow...”
Interestingly, band member Ronnie Van Zant, who died in a 1977 plane crash, dismissed the purported feud with Young in a 1977 interview stating, “We wrote Alabama as a joke. We didn’t even think about it - the words just came out that way. We just laughed like hell, and said ‘Ain’t that funny’... We love Neil Young, we love his music...” “
http://www.learningfromlyrics.org/Southern.html
Interesting links provided. Thank you. Some of us, unlike Ronnie, don’t just roll over quite that easy as noted in your other post. Simply amazed at what some folks will do to get up close to the “lyin’ king” and his mate.