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It’s been 50 years since Ronnie Van Zant first implored listeners to turn it up and sing songs about the Southland. "Sweet Home Alabama,” which would certainly be the signature song of any band that ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd has premiered a new animated video for the classic 1974 song “Sweet Home Alabama” to coincide with today’s release of Fyfty, a four-CD compilation celebrating the 50th anniversary of ...

“Sweet Home Alabama” figured into notable pre-fame moments of Taylor Hicks’ life. At a Hoover High school talent show, he played harmonica on a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Southern rock anthem with some ...

On an early summer’s day in 1973, while waiting for the last of his bandmates to arrive for rehearsal, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington unfurled a speculative riff on a sunburst Les Paul.

During Nashville’s Big Bash this New Year’s Eve, Lainey Wilson and Elle King joined Lynyrd Skynyrd on stage for a rendition of “Sweet Home Alabama” to ring in 2024. Both King and Wilson were decked ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s anthemic “Sweet Home Alabama” was released 50 years ago on June 24, 1974. It was the band’s highest-charting song, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Top 100, and went on to become a ...

Ed King, the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist who co-wrote the Southern rock anthem, “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died. The retired guitarist died Wednesday at his home in Nashville, according to his Facebook ...

The spirit of Lynyrd Skynyrd lives – in a new whiskey called Hell House, named for the “nasty little shack” where “Free Bird,” “Sweet Home Alabama” and the band’s other rock classics were forged. The ...