Today in rock history, in 1974, "Hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don’t need him around anyhow." Lynyrd Skynyrd release “Sweet Home Alabama,” a response to Neil Young's critical "Southern Man." Another bit of trivia – Ed King, who was one of Skynyrd’s guitarists at the time, is credited with writing the main riff for the song. I had the opportunity to jam with Ed in the Spring of 1970 when he came to the Roof Garden ballroom in Arnold’s Park, IA when he was with the Strawberry Alarm Clock. If I remember right, we jammed on “Politician” for about 20 minutes…heck of a jam, for sure! Here’s an ... interesting cover of the song. Gee, wish I had hair like that and a drum kit built into a tractor! Thanks to http://www.rockintown.com/today-in-rock.html for the info, and keep on rockin’!
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Soviet tractors for the Motherland! I once read that Neil Young admitted this was a better song than either Southern Man or Alabama & I think he's right, thought i appreciate all 3.
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