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Who sang Sweet Home Alabama, the 1974 southern rock anthem that dissed Neil Young?

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Who sang Sweet Home Alabama, the 1974 southern rock anthem that dissed Neil Young?

“>Sweet Home, Alabama”> was written by Gary Rossington, Ed King, and Ronnie Van Zant, who was the lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd and died in a plane crash in 1977. The song was a response to Neil Young’s songs Southern Man and Alabama, which criticized the South for its history of slavery and segregation. The song also references the Watergate scandal and Alabama governor George Wallace. It became one of the band’s most famous hits and a symbol of southern pride. Gary Rossington, the last surviving original member and guitarist of the band, died at 71 on Mar. 5, 2023.

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