Inspired by the Alabama Rig’s success, an angler creates a fly fishing version to target bass with incredible results. It was only a matter of time before a fly angler brought the Alabama Rig of ...

“Sweet Home Alabama” is a Southern rock classic, and rightly so. Alabama people aren’t surprised to hear Lynyrd Skynyrd’s familiar anthem playing in bars, at football games, in supermarkets, in ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Tourists traveling into Alabama on interstate highways will soon be greeted by signs strengthening the state’s official connection to the Lynyrd Skynyrd song title “Sweet Home ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s anthemic “Sweet Home Alabama” was released 50 years ago on June 24, 1974. It was the band’s highest-charting song, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Top 100, and went on to become a ...

Famous people who’ve sung “Sweet Home Alabama” (or at least a part of the Skynyrd classic) range from Metallica to Rihanna. From Justin Bieber to the Dead Kennedys. And from Weird Al Yankovic to Red ...

Some classic rock songs were controversial before they were completed. For example, a famous backup singer for The Rolling Stones initially refused to work on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama.” ...