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"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on the band's second album Second Helping (1974). It was written in response to Neil Young's songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama", which the band felt blamed the entire Southern United States for slavery; [5] Young is name-checked and dissed in the lyrics.
The RE20 and its variations have been used for many purposes in music. On stage, the directional pattern helps prevent acoustic feedback, and the low-frequency fidelity makes the RE20 ideal for bass instruments such as kick drum, floor tom, bass guitar, larger saxophones and horns. The RE20 has also been used for electric guitar amps. [6]
The four founders of the studio, Barry Beckett, Roger Hawkins, Jimmy Johnson and David Hood, were session musicians at Rick Hall's FAME Studios; they were officially known as the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section but widely referred to as "The Swampers," [3] who were recognized as having crafted the "Muscle Shoals sound" in conjunction with Hall.
Sweet Home Alabama became a classic rom-com almost as soon as it hit theaters in 2002, thanks to the charm — and chemistry — of leads Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas. Witherspoon stars as ...
Nathan Lee Graham, Reese Witherspoon, and Rhona Mitra. Cover Images The cast of Sweet Home Alabama has made plenty of comments about the possibility of a sequel to the 2002 movie. The rom-com ...
Sweet Home Alabama was released on VHS and DVD on February 4, 2003, it was released on Blu-ray on November 6, 2012, as part of its 10th anniversary. [11] It sold 2 million DVD copies on its first day of release, [ 12 ] and sold 7.40 million copies earning a profit of over 128.7 million dollars.
"Sweet Home Alabama" 75 Skynyrd Frynds: 1997 "The Blessings" 72 Alabama Christmas Vol. II: 1999 "Santa Claus (I Still Believe in You)" 71 Alabama Christmas "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" 64 Alabama Christmas Vol. II "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote their song "Sweet Home Alabama" in response to "Southern Man" and "Alabama" from Young's 1972 album Harvest. Young has said that he is a fan of both "Sweet Home Alabama" and Ronnie Van Zant, the lead vocalist for Lynyrd Skynyrd. "They play like they mean it," Young said in 1976.