On an early summer’s day in 1973, while waiting for the last of his bandmates to arrive for rehearsal, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington unfurled a speculative riff on a sunburst Les Paul.

It’s been 50 years since Ronnie Van Zant first implored listeners to turn it up and sing songs about the Southland. "Sweet Home Alabama,” which would certainly be the signature song of any band that ...

“Sweet Home Alabama” figured into notable pre-fame moments of Taylor Hicks’ life. At a Hoover High school talent show, he played harmonica on a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Southern rock anthem with some ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd has premiered a new animated video for the classic 1974 song “Sweet Home Alabama” to coincide with today’s release of Fyfty, a four-CD compilation celebrating the 50th anniversary 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 ...

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 ...

According to the announcement, King died at his Tennessee home on Wednesday. King wasn't only known for Lynyrd Skynyrd, he also was a founding member of Strawberry Alarm Clock. Lynyrd Skynyrd, ...

Despite writing some of their generation’s biggest hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd never had a song reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Instead, the band that popularized southern rock plateaued at No. 8 after ...