Posted on 07/20/2019 5:30:46 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
Nearly fifty years after it was written, “Free Bird” is still the signature concert closer for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose final farewell tour wraps up in October in Manchester, Tennessee. Founding members Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins wrote the song in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1970, and it wasn’t long before “Free Bird” and its extended guitar solo near the end became one of the band’s most well-known tunes and a live-show favorite.
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Not so fast...
“It’s also difficult to lay the blame of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s use of the Confederate Flag entirely at the feet of MCA. Maybe the record label instigated its use in 1974 but Skynyrd made the Stars and Bars an integral part of their visual iconography, letting it appear on T-shirts, caps, belt buckles and ceramic mugs until 2012, when the band decided that it was time to retire it from their stage. A fan blowback ensued, leading Gary Rossington to clarify the band’s stance in a Facebook post, claiming that the group would still use the Rebel flag but only alongside the U.S. flag, “’cause at the end of the day, we are all Americans.’” On their farewell tour, Skynyrd eschews any overt display of the Confederate flag, choosing instead to perform in front of the U.S. flag and, during “Sweet Home Alabama,” that state’s colors, illustrating Rossington’s point about how there isn’t much daylight, at least in his eyes, between the South and America.”
Part of why Sirius 27 Deep Tracks works.
Guitar.
Since I was 16. Now 61. Still play in front of people.
Who’s idiotic comment?
Nice try.
Tuning down a half-step means that if a guitar is regularly tuned to an E (1st and 6th string), then the new tuning is to an E flat (Eb).
Blues players do that a lot. Hendrix did that a lot. Particularly b/c of heavier strings. They would put too much tension on the guitar tuned to an E. I’ve recently gone to 13s on my acoustics. Right at the dividing line.
Cheers, ‘Pod.
Look up Minnie Lee Jones, aka Joycelyn Elders under BJ Clinton’s Management Company. She said it, just quoting this affirmative action clingon. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
Way too much crash cymbal...
Yes, "Free Bird" became a rock anthem. Don't ask me why.
Yeah right. Whatever you say...
Spotify is better, but only just.
I never liked it either, it hurt my ears
This was 5 or 6 years ago. And of course Inagaddadavida, Thick as a Brick and Passion play all beat Feel and Empire. But one should never let the truth get in the way of a good joke. It was funny.
Oh and thanks for the link. In an odd coincidence I was gonna put that song on Facebook tomorrow, now I don’t have to find it. We have these all day meetings at work, and I put Meeting Hell Day Music out, this release it’s Maidens turn, have to start with their longest song.
As a kid growing up in Florida, he took guitar lessons from an "older" guy named Felder, aka "Fingers".
Eventually, that older guy moved to LA and joined a little known 4-man group. Later, he would write & play the solo of their most well known song.
Another +1 for SRV...
When Jennifer Warnes was recording her great homage album to Leonard Cohen’s songs (”Famous Blue Raincoat”), she ran into SRV in LA (who was just visiting the area) and invited him to the studio the next day to play solo on the track, “First We Take Manhattan”.
SRV had to borrow a guitar for the recording and also featured him in the video. SRV played a very tasty guitar but still has his signature sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0rZ2CPCYBQ
Yeah, like I said, f* Neil Young.
I’m going to chime in with Sweet Home Alabama.
Yeah, me too...the first 8,567,975,382 times.
Speaking of overplayed songs, when I was bartending my way thru college, one night a guy came in, ordered a beer at the bar, & went to the jukebox.
He proceeded to play “You’re So Vain” about 20 times in a row.
The bar got really quiet. He then slapped down a $10 bill & demanded a roll of quarters.
“For the jukebox,” he said.
I whipped out my billy club, slammed it down on the $10 bill, and hollered, “Get outta my bar, punk.”
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