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Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ Free Bird You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Great song by a great band.... and I see your "Free Bird" and raise you "Simple Man"
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^^Air guitar time! You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Great song... the first half always makes me sad, though...thinking about that '77 plane crash.
"That Smell" is another one of my favs... and pretty haunting as well. | |
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After Duane Allman died, Skynyrd added that "tweet" coda, and made the song a dedication to Duane.
There was a rivalry between Ronnie Van Zant and Gregg Allman - Ronnie dated & married Gregg's ex.
Skynyrd in the day upstaged The Who on the Quadrophenia tour (the tapes broke down) and The Stones (Keith was completely out of it) at Knebworth.
One of the best live bands of their day, and rival GNR on being volatile on and off stage.
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Always loved this song! I've learned to love it even more after watching the ending to The Devil's Rejects. Whenever you say that you can't, that's when you need to be trying. | |
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I remember the Wrestlers The Fabulous Freebirds used it as their "Entrance Music" on WCW in the early 80's!!!!!
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This along with Stairway To heaven are probably the most loved classic rock songs ever Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen Datdonkeydick- Asherfierce Gary Hunts Album Isn't That Good- Soulalive | |
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