Lynyrd Skynyrd - Home Sweet Home (2012)



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Genre: Rock | Label: Echoes | Copy: Untouched | Release Date: 15 Oct 2012 | Runtime: 105 min. | 5,01 GB (DVD9)

Lynyrd Skynyrd was the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of
blues-rock with a rebellious Southern image and a hard rock swagger.
Skynyrd never relied on the jazzy improvisations of the Allman Brothers.
Instead, they were a hard-living, hard-driving rock & roll band
they may have jammed endlessly on-stage, but their music remained firmly
entrenched in blues, rock, and country. For many, Lynyrd Skynyrd's
redneck image tended to obscure the songwriting skills of their leader,
Ronnie Van Zant. Throughout the band's early records, Van Zant
demonstrated a knack for lyrical detail and a down-to-earth honesty that
had more in common with country than rock & roll. During the height
of Skynyrd's popularity in the mid-'70s, however, Van Zant's talents
were overshadowed by the group's gritty, greasy blues-rock. Sadly, it
wasn't until he was killed in a tragic plane crash in 1977 along with
two other bandmembers that many listeners began to realize his talents.
Skynyrd split up after the plane crash, but they reunited a decade
later, becoming a popular concert act during the early '90s. While in
high school in Jacksonville, FL, Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Allen Collins
(guitar), and Gary Rossington (guitar) formed My Backyard. Within a few
months, the group added bassist Leon Wilkeson and keyboardist Billy
Powell, and changed their name to Lynyrd Skynyrd, a mocking tribute to
their gym teacher Leonard Skinner, who was notorious for punishing
students with long hair. With drummer Bob Burns, Lynyrd Skynyrd began
playing throughout the South. For the first few years, the group had
little success, but producer Al Kooper signed the band to MCA after
seeing them play at an Atlanta club called Funocchio's in 1972. Kooper
produced the group's 1973 debut, Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, which
was recorded after former Strawberry Alarm Clock guitarist Ed King
joined the band. The group became notorious for their triple-guitar
attack, which was showcased on "Free Bird," a tribute to the recently
deceased Duane Allman. "Free Bird" earned Lynyrd Skynyrd their first
national exposure and it became one of the staples of album rock radio,
still receiving airplay decades after its release.
"Free Bird" and an opening slot on the Who's 1973 Quadrophenia tour gave
Lynyrd Skynyrd a devoted following, which helped their second album,
1974's Second Helping, become its breakthrough hit. Featuring the hit
single "Sweet Home Alabama" a response to Neil Young's "Southern Man"
Second Helping reached number 12 and went multi-platinum. At the end of
the year, Artimus Pyle replaced drummer Burns and King left the band
shortly afterward. The new sextet released Nuthin' Fancy in 1975, and it
became the band's first Top Ten hit. The record was followed by the Tom
Dowd-produced Gimme Back My Bullets in 1976, which failed to match the
success of its two predecessors. However, the band retained their
following through constant touring, which was documented on the double
live album One More from the Road. Released in late 1976, the album
featured the band's new guitarist, Steve Gaines, and a trio of female
backup singers, and it became Skynyrd's second Top Ten album.
Lynyrd Skynyrd released their sixth album, Street Survivors, on October
17, 1977. Three days later, a privately chartered plane carrying the
band between shows in Greenville, SC, and Baton Rouge, LA, crashed
outside of Gillsburg, MS. Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and his sister
Cassie, one of the group's backing vocalists, died in the crash; the
remaining members were injured. (The cause of the crash was either fuel
shortage or a fault with the plane's mechanics.) The cover for Street
Survivors had pictured the band surrounded in flames; after the crash,
the cover was changed. In the wake of the tragedy, the album became one
of the band's biggest hits. Lynyrd Skynyrd broke up after the crash,
releasing a collection of early demos called Skynyrd's First and...Last
in 1978; it had been scheduled for release before the crash. The
double-album compilation Gold & Platinum was released in 1980.
Later in 1980, Rossington and Collins formed a new band naturally named
Rossington Collins Band that featured four surviving members. Two years
later, Pyle formed the Artimus Pyle Band. Collins suffered a car crash
in 1986 that killed his girlfriend and left him paralyzed; four years
later, he died of respiratory failure. In 1987, Rossington, Powell,
King, and Wilkeson reunited Lynyrd Skynyrd, adding vocalist Johnny Van
Zant and guitarist Randall Hall. The band embarked on a reunion tour,
which was captured on the 1988 double live album Southern by the Grace
of God/Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour 1987. The re-formed Skynyrd began
recording in 1991, and for the remainder of the decade, the band toured
frequently, putting out albums occasionally. The reunited Skynyrd
frequently switched drummers, but it had little effect on their sound.
During the '90s, Lynyrd Skynyrd were made honorary colonels in the
Alabama State Militia, due to their classic rock staple "Sweet Home
Alabama." During the mid-'90s, Van Zant, Rossington, Wilkeson, and
Powell regrouped by adding two Southern rock veterans to Skynyrd's
guitar stable: former Blackfoot frontman Rickey Medlocke and ex-Outlaws
Hughie Thomasson. With ex-Damn Yankee Michael Cartellone bringing
stability to the drum chair, the reconstituted band signed to CMC
International for the 1997 album Twenty. This lineup went on to release
Lyve from Steeltown in 1998, followed a year later by Edge of Forever.
The seasonal effort Christmas Time Again was released in fall 2000.
Although Wilkeson died one year later, Lynyrd Skynyrd regrouped and
recorded Vicious Cycle for a 2003 release. The DVD/CD Lyve: The Vicious
Cycle Tour followed a year later, 2006 saw the release of Face to Face,
and 2007 brought Paper Sleeve Box and Lyve from Steel Town. But death
continued to haunt the band, and the lineup continued to change, as much
from attrition as anything else. Wilkeson, Skynyrd's bassist since
1972, died in 2001 and was replaced by Ean Evans that same year (Evans
in turn died in 2009). Thomasson left the band to reform his band
Outlaws in 2005, dying two years later in 2007. His spot in Skynyrd was
taken by Mark "Sparky" Matejka, formerly of Hot Apple Pie, in 2006.
Original keyboardist Powell died at the age of 56 at his home near
Jacksonville, Fl in 2009. That year also saw the release of a new studio
album, God + Guns, on Roadrunner Records. Live From Freedom Hall was
released on the same label in 2010. A new studio album, Last of a Dyin'
Breed, produced by Bob Marlette, recorded at Blackbird Studio in
Nashville, and featuring a new bass player, Johnny Colt (formerly a
bassist for the Black Crowes), appeared in 2012.

Tracklist:
Live in Nashville 1979
01. Call Me The Breeze
02. Free Bird (Instrumental)
Live in Nashville 1987
03. Workin' For Mca
04. I Ain't The One
05. I Know A Little
06. That Smell
07. When You Got Good Friends
08. Gimme Three Steps
09. Sweet Home Alabama
10. Free Bird
Live in Milwaukee 2006
11. What's Your Name
12. I Ain't The One #2
13. That Smell #2
14. Simple Man
15. Red White & Blue
16. Call Me The Breeze #2
17. Sweet Home Alabama #2

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