Sweet Home Alabama - Live Vocal Tracks 1976 (Ronnie Van Zant & The Honkettes)

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd Recorded Live 9/9/1994. This rendition of “Simple Man” captures the emotional depth and enduring legacy of the Southern rock pioneers. Shortly after Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zant's grandmother and guitarist Gary Rossington's mother died, they got together in Van Zant's apartment and started telling stories about them. Rossington came up with a chord progression, and Van Zant wrote the lyrics based on advice the women had given them over the years. They wrote thi

Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member and frontman Ronnie Van Zant was born January 15, 1948 in Jacksonville, FL. In a radio interview done in late 1977, Dickey talked about his relationship with the Mississippi Kid. "Berry Oakley and myself had a band together in Jacksonville, I guess it's been 8 or 9 years ago.We were playing ata place called The Scene. Ronnie and Allen and them boys was playin' in a place called The Comic Book in Jacksonvile. They were called The 1%. That's where we first met, you k