Search results
"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 1970 song "Southern Man", which the band felt blamed the entire South for American slavery; Young is name-checked and dissed in the lyrics.
Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics. [Intro] One, two, three. Turn it up. [Verse 1] Big wheels keep on turnin'. Carry me home to see my kin. Singin' songs about the Southland. I miss Alabamy once again.
"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, Second Helping. At a band practice ...
Jun 27, 2017 · The story of "Sweet Home Alabama" begins not in Alabama but in Jacksonville, Florida. That's where, in 1964, five teenagers formed what would eventually become the iconic rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- Taysha Murtaugh
- 3 min
- TMurtaugh@hearst.com
News about Lynyrd Skynyrod, Alabama, Taylor Hicks
News about CMA Fest, performances, special
Also in the news
"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on the band's second album Second Helping (1974).It reached number eight on the...
- 5 min
- 516
- Rock n´ Roll
Dec 17, 2018 · More than 40 years after its release, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama is still one of the most recognized rock anthems celebrating the deep South. It's also a song with a complicated...
People also ask
Is Sweet Home Alabama a good song?
Is Sweet Home Alabama based on a true story?
Is Sweet Home Alabama still a rock anthem?
Where did Sweet Home Alabama come from?
What does Sweet Home Alabama mean?
Why did Skynyrd write 'Sweet Home Alabama'?
In Sweet Home Alabama, Reese Witherspoon stars as a girl who must decide between her ex-husband in Alabama or her fiancé in New York. In 8 Mile , Eminem does a rap version of the song, making fun of his mother's bumpkin boyfriend and changing the chorus to "I live at home in a trailer."
