However, it is the second section, which becomes an up-tempo guitar boogie, that really hits home. The audience demands an encore and the band obliges with a monumental 'Free Bird.' It begins as a plaintive slow ballad, with Van Zant's distinctively sad vocals over the melodic keyboard playing of Powell and delicate slide guitar ornamentation from Rossington. Cale's 'Call Me The Breeze' and Jimmy Rogers' 'T For Texas.' Both of these are rearranged in classic Skynyrd style, with the latter closing the set and clearly displaying the root sound of the band at its best. Two of the standouts on this show are both well chosen covers, which the band redefines as their own J.J. The group's defiant Southern swagger, combined with an infectious guitar and piano driven groove, creates an irresistible combination that resonated far beyond the Southern states. Otherwise, the band rocks as hard as ever, with a good selection of their most popular songs, sampling a bit from all four of their studio albums. On the ballads, like 'Tuesdays Gone' and the pre-jam verses of 'Freebird,' Powell displays great creativity and expands the keyboard's role in these songs. This is an interesting time to hear the band live, as their trademark three-guitar attack was reduced by one guitar, leaving more room for keyboardist Billy Powell. The band was carrying on as a six-piece unit, augmented by the Honkettes on backing vocals. This was during a transitional phase for the band, following the departure of guitarist Ed King, but prior to his replacement, Steve Gaines, coming on board.

Headlining a bill that also featured the Outlaws, this Winterland recording captures Lynyrd Skynyrd following the release of their fourth album, Gimme Back My Bullets. The group's distinctive guitar attack, combined with an overtly defiant and rebellious attitude, gave them a cultural identity that would help make songs like 'Sweet Home Alabama' and 'Free Bird' into anthems of American rock music and staples of FM radio right up to the present day. Under the leadership of frontman and primary songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, the group's melodic lyric driven ballads and power driven hard rockers would catapult the group into one of the most popular touring bands in the world. Writer(s): Jimmie RodgersLyrics powered by Van Zant - vocals Gary Rossington - guitar Allen Collins - guitar Billy Powell - keyboards Leon Wilkinson - bass Artimus Pyle - drums JoJo Billingsley - backing vocals Cassie Gaines - backing vocals Leslie Hawkins - backing vocalsĪfter years of life on the road and with their role models, the Allman Brothers Band, struggling to survive the deaths of two of its most distinctively talented members, today Lynyrd Skynyrd has become the quintessential Southern Rock band. I said said oh, that woman made a fool Out of me, yeah

Give me a T for Texas, give me a T for Tennessee Give me a T for Texas, give me a T for Tennessee Give me a T for Thelma, woman made a fool out of me If you don't want me baby, mama you sure don't got to stall If you don't want me baby, mama you sure don't got to stall I've had more pretty women than a passenger train could haul I'm gonna buy myself a shotgun, one with a long shiny barrel I'm gonna buy myself a shotgun, one with a long shiny barrel I'm gonna shoot me a rounder oh that stole away my gal I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log Than to be in Atlanta, Georgia, treat me like a dirty dog (I don't have to go for that) If you don't want me baby, mama you sure don't got to stall If you don't want me baby, mama you sure don't got to stall 'Cause I've had more pretty women than a passenger train could haul And that ain't all I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log Than to be in Atlanta, Georgia, treated like a dirty dog Oh Give me a T for Texas, give me a T for Tennessee Give me a T for Thelma, woman made a fool out of me Give me a T for Texas, give me that T for Tennessee Give me a T for Thelma, woman made a fool out of me One more time Give me a T for Thelma, oh that woman made a fool.

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