Released in 1974, Sweet Home Alabama is one of the most popular classic rock songs ever written, and it made household names of Lynyrd Skynyrd and their Southern rock sound. Thankfully, learning to ...

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 ...

Last night, country music rocked. The 2023 CMT Music Awards built up to an all-star tribute to Gary Rossington, the late guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the ’70s Southern rock band so influential on ...

“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 ...

Sitting in the control room of a recording studio in suburban Atlanta, listening to the opening of a new song from a band that most of America hadn't even heard of yet, Rodney Mills did what the lead ...

Gary Rossington, a co-founder and last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped write the song "Sweet Home Alabama" and played unforgettable slide guitar on the rock anthem "Free Bird," ...