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Collectybles
''Collectybles'' is a compilation album by the American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on November 21, 2000. The two disc set includes early demo recordings, live versions and studio tracks, some previously unreleased. Tracks 2 & 3 of disc 1, "Need all my Friends" and (b/w) "Michelle" were recorded in 1968 and 1969 respectively (ST101 and ST102) intended as a single under the moniker LYNARD SKYNARD, making these the only 2 recordings ever released under a different band name, altho not truly released as a 300 press 7" vinyl 45rpm single until 1970, a year after the band had already permanently settled on the name Lynyrd Skynyrd. Track listing Disc one # "Free Bird" (demo) (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 7:29 # " Need All My Friends" (originally released on Shade Tree Records, 1968) (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:18 # "Michelle" (originally released on Shade Tree Records, 1969) (Collins, Van Zant) – 2:57 # "If I'm Wrong" (Collins, Gary Rossington, Van Zant) – 5: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Need All My Friends
"Need All My Friends" is a song written and performed by southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song was recorded in 1968 and released the same year by Shade Tree Records. The song is considered to be the first song the band recorded, with their name spelled as "Lynard Skynard" on the release. The song was never released on a studio album until 2000 when MCA records released the double CD compilation of rarities called Collectybles. According to the Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records, "approximately 300 copies erepressed". Another version (also included on Collectybles) was recorded in 1970 at Quinvy Studios as part of the "Quinvy Demo" that the band cut before heading to Muscle Shoals Sound Studios to record with Jimmie Johnston. Content The song features a softer rhythm to later songs and features Ronnie Van Zant singing about how important it is to have friends. Personnel *Ronnie Van Zant – vocals *Gary Rossington – guitar *Allen Collins – guitar *Larry Junstrom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Time Again
''Christmas Time Again'' is the eleventh studio album by American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released in 2000. Track listing #" Santa's Messin' with the Kid" (Eddie C. Campbell) – 3:15 #" Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" ( Johnny Marks) – 2:31 #"Christmas Time Again" ( Rickey Medlocke, Dale Krantz Rossington, Gary Rossington, Hughie Thomasson, Johnny Van Zant) – 4:34 #" Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 2:18 #" Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (credited on the album as being performed by " Charlie Daniels") ( Haven Gillespie) – 3:08 #"Run Run Rudolph" (Marvin Brodie, Marks) – 3:32 #"Mama's Song" (Medlocke, G. Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 3:52 #"Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'" (Mack Rice) – 3:39 #"Classical Christmas" (Medlocke, J. Van Zant) – 2:09 #"Hallelujah, It's Christmas" (credited on the album as being performed by "38 Special") (Don Barnes, Danny Chauncey, Donnie Van Zant) – 4:01 #"Skynyrd Family" (Medlocke, G. Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Then And Now (Lynyrd Skynyrd Album)
''Then and Now'' is a compilation album by American rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. The album features songs from the original lineup and newer hits from the post crash lineup. Track listing #"Saturday Night Special" (Live) ( Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:44 #"Workin'" (Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, Rickey Medlocke, Hughie Thomasson) – 4:54 #"Preacher Man" (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson) – 4:34 #"Tomorrow's Goodbye" (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson, Gary Burr) – 5:07 #" That Smell" (Live) ( Allen Collins, Van Zant) – 6:17 #"Gone Fishin'" (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson) – 4:22 #" Simple Man" (Live) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 7:46 #"Voodoo Lake" (Van Zant, Chris Eddy, Bob Britt) – 4:37 #" Sweet Home Alabama" (Live) (King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 7:12 #" Free Bird" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) – 13:32 *Tracks 1, 5, 7, and 9-10 from ''Lyve from Steel Town'' (1998) *Tracks 2-4 and 6 from '' Edge of Forever'' (1999) *Track 8 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd ( ) is an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida. The group originally formed as My Backyard in 1964 and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom (bass guitar) and Bob Burns (drums). The band spent five years touring small venues under various names and with several lineup changes before deciding on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" in 1969. The band released its first album in 1973, having settled on a lineup that included bassist Leon Wilkeson, keyboardist Billy Powell and guitarist Ed King. Burns left and was replaced by Artimus Pyle in 1974. King left in 1975 and was replaced by Steve Gaines in 1976. At the height of their fame in the 1970s, the band popularized the Southern rock genre with songs such as "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird". After releasing five studio albums and one live album, the band's career was abruptly halted on October 20, 1977, when their chartered airplane crash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Got That Right
"You Got That Right" is a song written by Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines, who also trade off vocals on the song. It was recorded by the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd for their last studio album before the plane crash that killed both Van Zant and Gaines, ''Street Survivors'', and released as a single in 1978. The single peaked at No. 69 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 during the week of April 29, 1978. According to ''Billboard Magazine'', "You Got That Right" contains "plenty of sparkling guitar and keyboard riffs." '' Cash Box'' said that it has "tough vocals, strong sliding guitar work, boogie beat, sparkling piano licks and tight hook." ''Record World ''Record World'' magazine was one of the three main music industry trade magazines in the United States, along with '' Billboard'' and '' Cashbox''. It was founded in 1946 under the name ''Music Vendor'', but in 1964 it was changed to ''Record Wo ...'' said that "this tight, wisp rock 'n' roll song should stand as one of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Special (Lynyrd Skynyrd Song)
"Saturday Night Special" is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It is the opening track on their album '' Nuthin' Fancy''. The song addresses the issue of gun control. Content Its lyrics refer to the cheap handguns popularly associated with the term '' Saturday night special'', and associates them with impulsive violence. Each of the three verses presents a different example: a man being shot by a home intruder, or shooting a cheating man in bed with his wife; a poker player killing his friend after accusing him of cheating, and accidentally shooting oneself while intoxicated. Notably, it argues that they " n't good for nothin' / But put a man six feet in a hole." Ronnie Van Zant said in a radio interview that "we should sink them all to the bottom of the sea" (in reference to guns). He said that he was a gun owner and that he had an antique gun over his fireplace. When asked if he had ever been shot he did state that he shot himself accidentally, but didn't elaborate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Powell
William Norris Powell (June 3, 1952 – January 28, 2009) was an American musician and keyboardist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2009. Biography Early life Powell was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. He grew up in a military family and spent several of his childhood years in Italy, where his father was stationed with the U.S. Navy. After his father died of cancer in 1960, the Powells returned to the United States to settle in Jacksonville, Florida. In elementary school, Powell met Leon Wilkeson, who became a lifelong friend and the bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd. Powell took an interest in piano and he began taking piano lessons from a local teacher named Madalyn Brown, who claimed that Billy did not need a teacher as he was a natural and picked things up well on his own. When it was time for high school, his mother enrolled Billy and his brother Ricky at Sanford Naval Academy in Sanford, Florida. Powell returned to Jacksonville, where he enrolle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimme Three Steps
"Gimme Three Steps" is a song by American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released from the band's debut album, '' (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)'' (1973). It was written by bandmates Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant. The single release contains the song " Mr. Banker" as a B-side. Background Band member Gary Rossington based the lyrics on a real-life experience Ronnie Van Zant had at a bar in Jacksonville, Florida, having a gun pulled on him for dancing with another man's woman. It narrates how the singer was dancing with a girl named Linda Lou at a bar called The Jug when a man, either the girl's boyfriend or husband, enters with a loaded gun and catches them, angrily believing her to be cheating. The song's title refers to the chorus, where the interloper begs for a head start out of the bar: "Won't you give me three steps / Give me three steps, mister / Give me three steps towards the door? / Give me three steps / Give me three steps, mister / And you'll never s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Gaines
Steven Earl Gaines (September 14, 1949 – October 20, 1977) was an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airplane crash that claimed other band members and crew. His older sister Cassie Gaines, a backup vocalist with the band, also died in the crash. Life and career Gaines was born in Miami, Oklahoma. When he was 15 years old, he saw the Beatles performing live in Kansas City. After being driven home from the concert, he pestered his father to buy him his first guitar. His band, Manalive, recorded at the famous Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. In the 1970s, Steve played with bands ILMO Smokehouse from Quincy, Illinois, Detroit with Rusty Day (an offshoot of The Detroit Wheels) and Crawdad (a band that Steve had started around 1974). In 1975, he recorded several songs with Crawdad at Capricorn studios in Macon, Georgia which were released by MCA in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Rodgers (country Singer)
James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive rhythmic yodeling, unusual for a music star of his era. Rodgers rose to prominence based upon his recordings, among country music's earliest, rather than concert performances. He has been cited as an inspiration by many artists and inductees into various halls of fame across both country music and the blues, in which he was also a pioneer. Among his other popular nicknames are "The Singing Brakeman" and "The Blue Yodeler". Early life According to tradition, Rodgers' birthplace is usually listed as Meridian, Mississippi, Meridian, Mississippi; however, in documents Rodgers signed later in life, his birthplace was listed as Geiger, Alabama, the home of his paternal grandparents. Yet historians who have researched the circumstances of that docum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Home Alabama
"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on the band's second album '' Second Helping'' (1974). It was written in response to Neil Young's 1970 song " Southern Man", which the band felt blamed the entire South for American slavery; Young is name-checked and dismissed in the lyrics. It reached number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1974, becoming the band's highest-charting single. The song remains a staple in southern and classic rock, and is arguably the band's signature song. Background and recording None of the three writers of the song were from Alabama; Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington were both born in Jacksonville, Florida, while Ed King was from Glendale, California. In an interview with '' Garden & Gun'', Rossington explained the writing process: "I had this little riff. It's the little picking part and I kept playing it over and over when we were waiting on everyone to arrive for rehearsal. Ronn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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