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Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote their song "Sweet Home Alabama" in response to "Southern Man" and "Alabama" from Young's 1972 album Harvest. Young has said that he is a fan of both "Sweet Home Alabama" and Ronnie Van Zant, the lead vocalist for Lynyrd Skynyrd. "They play like they mean it," Young said in 1976.
"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on the band's second album Second Helping (1974). It was written in response to Neil Young's songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama", which the band felt blamed the entire Southern United States for slavery; [5] Young is name-checked and dissed in the lyrics.
Neil Young: Young's songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama" The band felt that Young had slandered the entire American South based on the actions of a few individuals. 1975 "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" Queen: Norman Sheffield: Sheffield's alleged mismanagement and embezzlement of the band's earnings [22] Apr 1, 1976 "Silly Love Songs"
Neil Young. Gary Miller/Getty Images Neil Young’s music catalog has returned to Spotify, marking the end of the musician’s two-year feud with the streaming service. “Spotify, the #1 streamer ...
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It is stated that Neil Young and Ronnie VanZant were actually friends. As I understand it, Young released a song "Souther Man", which decries racism toward blacks by whites in Alabama, or the South in general. Then, Lynard Skynard released a song with a reference that Alabama, or the South in general, doesn't need a man like Neil Young around.
The controversy surrounding Spotify and Joe Rogan's podcast has shown that the company needs to placate artists to prevent them from leaving en masse. ... Neil Young took particular issue with ...