He obviously wasn’t the last. It was 50 years ago, in the summer of 1974, that Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” first played on radio stations across America. It was released as a ...

Lana Del Rey brought out Jelly Roll at Alabama's Hangout Festival festival to perform Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" ...

Ed King, pictured in 2006, co-wrote the hit song Sweet Home Alabama Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King, who co-wrote the hit Sweet Home Alabama, has died aged 68. The musician died at home in ...

In August 2024—just a month prior to the release of his new album, High—Keith Urban took the stage in Athens, Alabama, and ...

In 1974, Sweet Home Alabama - a withering response to Neil ... with several former bandmates in the 1980s, before Lynyrd Skynyrd reformed in 1987 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the crash ...

Further Reading: Top 10 Lynyrd Skynyrd Songs, ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs, ‘Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd’ Turns 40 Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd Plot Rock the ...

Late spring into early summer is the best time to visit Alabama, as the state’s beautiful azaleas, Cahaba lilies and other wildflowers burst into bloom. And it’s the perfect time to enjoy Alabama’s ...