Neil Young Sweet Home Alabama

When lynyrd skynyrd released sweet home alabama in 1974 it was seen among other things as a clear swipe at neil young he was very critical of the south in his recent songs southern man.

Neil young sweet home alabama. Towards the end of the set. Neil young later stated in his auto biography waging heavy peace my own song alabama richly deserved the shot lynyrd skynyrd gave me with their great record i don t like my words when i listen to it. Well i heard mister young sing about her well i heard ol neil put her down well i hope neil young will remember a southern man don t need him around any.

Young covered sweet home alabama in concert. Neil young too owned a lynyrd skynyrd florida whiskey shirt and once said i d rather play sweet home alabama than southern man anytime and for what it s worth young came to regret the song that started it all. Oh alabama the devil fools with the best laid plan swing low alabama you got the spare change you got to feel strange and now the moment is all that it meant.

It reached number 8 on the us chart in 1974 and was the band s second hit single. In the weeks following the plane crash that took the lives of van zant steve gaines and cassie gaines neil young worked sweet home alabama the track directed at him into a live show played in miami to raise money for a children s hospital. Neil young alabama with lyrics.

Young is named in the song s lyrics. Sweet home alabama is a song by southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album second helping. About sweet home alabama on his 1970 album after the gold rush neil young wrote a song called southern man which described the racism in the south as he saw it after visiting there.

One that certainly exists but few saw beyond the rebel flag. The song was written in reply to southern man and alabama by neil young.