Questions and Answers about
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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in Classic RockWho sang Sweet Home Alabama, the 1974 southern rock anthem that dissed Neil Young?
Answer: “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.…