SIDE ONE:
WHAT’S YOUR NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:30 (G ROSSINGTON – R VAN ZANT)
THAT SMELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:48 (A COLLINS – R VAN ZANT)
ONE MORE TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:03
(G ROSSINGTON – R VAN ZANT)
I KNOW A LITTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:26 (S GAINES)
SIDE TWO:
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:44 (S GAINES – R VAN ZANT)
I NEVER DREAMED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:21
(S GAINES – R VAN ZANT)
HONKY TONK NIGHT TIME MAN . . . . . . . . .3:59
(M HAGGARD)
AIN’T NO GOOD LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:36
(S GAINES)
ALL SONGS PUBLISHED BY DUCHESS MUSIC CORP. I GET LOOSE MUSIC, INC. BMI
EXCEPT “HONKY TONK NIGHT TIME MAN” PUBLISHED BY SHADE TREE MUSIC INC BMI
AND “ONE MORE TIME” PUBLISHED BY DUCHESS MUSIC CORP/HUSTLERS INC BMI
PRODUCED BY TOM DOWD EXCEPT FOR “ONE MORE TIME” PRODUCED BY JIMMY JOHNSON AND TIM SMITH SPECIAL PRODUCTION CREDIT: RODNEY MILLS BACK-UP SINGERS – “THE HONKETTES” – ON “THAT SMELL” CASSIE GAINES, JO BILLINGSLEY, LESLIE HAWKINS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T O T S . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“STREET SURVIVORS”
RONNIE VAN-ZANT - VOCALS
ALLEN COLLINS - GUITAR
GARY ROSSINGTON - GUITAR
BILLY POWELL - KEYBOARDS
ARTIMUS PYLE - DRUMS
LEON WILKERSON - BASS
STEVE GAINES - GUITAR, VOCALS
SECOND HELPING
IT CAN BE SAID VERY SIMPLY. ON STAGE, LYNYRD SKYNYRD ARE AS WHITE-HOT AS A BAND CAN GET. THIS IS THE FIRST ALBUM TO RECORD THEM EXACTLY THAT WAY. THE RESULT IS NOT SURPRISING. ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD MAY WELL BE THE MOST EXCITINGLY AUTHENTIC LYNYRD SKYNYRD ALBUM YET.
IT’S ONLY RIGHT THAT THE BAND SHOULD COME OF AGE WITH A LIVE ALBUM. UNDER SUCH OTHER NAMES AS THE WILD THINGS, THE NOBLE FIVE AND ONE PER CENT, SKYNYRD HAVE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO.
I FIRST MET THEM IN ’73, WHEN THEY HAD ONLY JUST ESCAPED THE SOUTHERN BAR AND CLUB GRIND TO RELEASE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, PRONOUNCED LEH-NERD SKIN-NERD. SUDDENLY, IT WAS ALL COMING AT THEM FAST AND HARD. SKYNYRD’S FIRST MAJOR ROAD TRIP WAS AS OPENING ACT ON THE WHO’S ENTIRE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR. IN THEIR ARENA, THE GROUP WAS TOO PALE AND NERVOUS TO REFLECT THEIR ALREADY-CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE. SHAKING, THEY HEADED OUT ON STAGE IN FRONT OF 18,000 WHO FANS.
FROM THE FIRST MOMENT OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S SET, THERE WAS NO MISTAKING THEM FOR AMATEURS. BRANDISHING THREE LEAD-GUITARISTS (ALLEN COLLINS, GARY ROSSINGTON AND ED KING) AND A REFRESHINGLY UNCULTURED, BAREFOOT LEAD-SINGER (RONNIE VAN ZANT), THE BAND RIPPED THROUGH THEIR REPERTOIRE WITH THE VENGEANCE OF A CHAMPION. THEIR FINAL SONG, A POWERFUL GUITAR OPUS CALLED “FREE BIRD,” EARNED THEM A STANDING OVATION.
BACKSTAGE, PETE TOWNSHEND STOPPED HIMSELF IN MID-CONVERSATION. “THEY’RE REALLY QUITE GOOD, AREN’T THEY?”
OVER THE NEXT YEAR, WE CROSSED PATHS SEVERAL TIMES. ENTHUSIASTIC REVIEWS HAD BEEN ROLLING IN, SALES WERE GOOD AND THE BAND BEGAN TO BUILD A FOLLOWING. BY THE TIME OF THEIR NEXT ALBUM, SECOND HELPING, THE MOMENTUM WAS SNOWBALLING “WE’RE GOING TO PUT OUT THIS ONE SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM. “I REMEMBER VANZANT SAYING WITH A GAMBLER’S GRIN. “AND IT’S EITHER GONNA BREAK US WIDE OPEN OR PISS EVERYBODY OFF SO BAD THAT WE WON’T GET A SECOND CHANCE . . .”
“SWEET HOME ALABAMA” PROVED TO BE LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S FIRST HUGE BLAST OF STARDOM. BOTH MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY, IT WAS THE BALLSIEST SINGLE TO BREAK THROUGH IN YEARS. CROWDS KNEW ALL THE WORDS. EVEN NEIL YOUNG, WHO IS TEASED BY NAME IN THE SONG, HAD TO ADMIT IT: “THEY PLAY LIKE THEY MEAN IT. I’M PROUD TO HAVE MY NAME IN A SONG LIKE THEIRS.”
A THIRD ALBUM, NUTHIN’ FANCY, WAS THEIR VICTORIOUS FOLLOW-UP. SKYNYRD HAD THROWN THEMSELVES INTO SECOND GEAR. THE LIVE SHOWS BEGAN TO EXUDE A NEW-FOUND SELF-CONFIDENCE. WHY NOT? SKYNYRD HAD EVEN ACQUIRED THE SAME SELECTIVE MANAGEMENT AS THE ROLLINGT STONES, PETER RUDGE’S SIRE PRODUCTIONS.
THE BAND WOULD LATER LOSE ED KING AND DRUMMER BOB BURNS TO THEIR RELENTLESS TOURING PACE. ARTIMUS PYLE REPLACED BURNS, BUT THE GROUP CHOSE TO FORGE ON WITHOUT A THIRD GUITARIST FOR A TIME. THEY ALSO CHANGED PRODUCERS. AL KOOPER, WHO HAD HELPED FRAME THE GROUP’S STYLE, GAVE WAY TO THE SIMPLE PROFESSIONALISM OF TOM DOWD. THE SUBSEQUENT ALBUM, GIMME BACK MY BULLETS, SHOWED SKYNYRDAT THEIR LEAN AND BASIC BEST.
I LAST WAS THE BAND DURING THE THREE DAYS (JULY 7-9) THEY RECORDED THIS ALBUM AT THE FOX THEATRE. WE WERE IN ATLANTA AGAIN, THE CITY THAT HAS SINCE BECOME THEIR HONORARY HOME TOWN, AND IT WAS A MOMENTOUS HOMECOMING TO WATCH. STEVE GAINES, THE NEW THIRD GUITARIST, HAD JUST JOINED THE BAND. NOT UNLIKE MOST CLASSIC PERFORMANCES, IT WAS THE VARIABLE OF SUSPENSE THAT WORKED TO TAKE THOSE THREE LYNYRD SKYNYRD CONCERTS TO AN ALL-TIME HIGH.
WHEN THE LAST NOTES OF “FREE BIRD” HAD FADED OUT ON THE THIRD NIGHT, THEY HAD GIVEN EVERYTHING. EUPHORIC AND EXHAUSTED, RONNIE VANZANT PLOPPED ON A BACKSTATE SOFA AND KICKED HIS BARE FEET ONTO A TAB LE. HIS VOICE WAS GONE.
“I SURE AM GLAD I DON’T WEAR SHOES WHEN I’M OUT THERE SINGING,” HE WHISPERED. “I LOVE TO FEEL THAT STAGE BURN.”
ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD, IF NOTHING ELSE, SHOWS THAT LYNYRD SKYNYRD HAVE BUILT UP QUITE A TOLERANCE OVER THE YEARS. IT MUST GET BLISTERING ON THAT STAGE.
CAMERON CROWE CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
ROLLING STONE
RECORD ONE/SIDE ONE
WORKIN’ FOR MCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:38
(E KING – R VANZANT)
DUCHESS MUSIC CORP./HUSTLERS, INC – BMI
I AIN’T THE ONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:37 (G ROSSINGTON – R VANZANT)
DUCHESS MUSIC CORP./HUSTLERS, INC – BMI
RONNIE VAN ZANT: VOCALS
ALLEN COLLINS: GUITAR
GARY ROSSINGTON: GUITAR
BILLY POWELL: KEYBOARD
LEON WILKESON: BASS
ARTIMUS PYLE: DRUMS
STEVE GAINES: GUITAR
SINGERS:
CASSIE GAINES
JO BILLINGSLEY
LESLIE HAWKINS
SAM MCPHERSON: HARMONICA ON “TUESDAY’S GONE”
RECORDED LIVE AT THE FABULOUS FOX THEATRE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA JULY 1976
TED STEVENS - HOUSE MANAGER
JIM SPRADIN - CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
COVER ILLUSTRATION - SANDY OKUMA JACKET PHOTO COLLAGE: JOHN KEHE/FRED VALENTINE
GOLD & PLATINUM
GOLD & PLATINUM
DOWN SOUTH JUNKIN’
SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
GIMME THREE STEPS
WHAT’S YOUR NAME
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT
GIMME BACK MY BULLETS
SWEET HOME ALABAMA
FREE BIRD
THAT SMELL
ON THE HUNT
I AIN’T THE ONE
WHISKEY ROCK-A-ROLLER
SIMPLE MAN
I KNOW A LITTLE
TUESDAY’S GONE
COMIN’ HOME
BEST OF THE REST
SIDE 1
I’VE BEEN YOUR FOOL*
(RONNIE VAN ZANT – ALLEN COLLINS – GARY ROSSINGTON)
DUCHESS MUSIC CORP. (MCA)/GET LOOSE MUSIC, INC
PRODUCED BY JIMMY R JOHNSON AND TIM SMITH FOR MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND PRODUCTION
GOTTA GO* (RONNIE VAN ZANT – ALLEN COLLINS – GARY ROSSINGTON)
DUCHESS MUSIC CORP. (MCA)/GET LOOSE MUSIC, INC
PRODUCED BY JIMMY R JOHNSON AND TIM SMITH FOR MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND PRODUCTION
I’M A COUNTRY BOY (ALLEN COLLINS – RONNIE VAN ZANT) DUCHESS MUSIC CORP (MCA)/GET LOOSE MUSIC INC – BMI
PRODUCED BY AL KOOPER FROM THE MCA LP “NUTHIN’ FANCY”
DOUBLE TROUBLE (ALLEN COLLINS – RONNIE VAN ZANT) DUCHESS MUSIC CORP (MCA)/GET LOOSE MUSIC INC – BMI
PRODUCED BY TOM DOWD FROM THE MCA LP ‘GIMMIE BACK MY BULLETS”
WORKIN’ FOR MCA
(EDWARD KING – RONNIE VAN ZANT) DUCHESS MUSIC CORP
(MCA)/HUSTLERS, INC – BMI
PRODUCED BY TOM DOWD FROM THE MCA LP “ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD”
CALL ME THE BREEZE (J J CALE) MOSS ROSE PUBLICATIONS, INC – BMI
PRODUCED BY AL KOOPER FOR SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH
PRODUCTIONS
FROM THE MCA LP “SECOND HELPING”
I NEVER DREAMED (STEVE GAINES – RONNIE VAN ZANT) DUCHESS MUSIC CORP
(MCA/GET LOOSE MUSIC INC)
FROM MCA LP “STREET SURVIVORS”
T FOR TEXAS (JIMMIE RODGERS) PEER INTERNATIONAL CORP – BMI
PRODUCED BY TOM DOWD FROM THE MCA LP “ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD”
MASTERED BY STEVE HALL AT MCA/WHITNEY RECORDING STUDIOS USING THE “OUTER EAR”
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL
ART DIRECTION: GEORGE OSAKI
PRODUCED BY AL KOOPER FOR SOS PRODUCTIONS
ALL SELECTIONS PUBLISHED BY DUCHESS MUSIC
CORPORATION/HUSTLER INC – BMI EXCEPT "MISSISSIPPI Kid”
PUBLISHED BY DUCHESS MUSIC CORPORATION / HUSTLERS INC – BMI
SEA LARK ENTERPRISES INC/JOAN’S BONES MUSIC PUBL INC – BMI
1973 MCA RECORDS INC
RONNIE VAN ZANT - ALL LEAD VOCALS
GARY ROSSINGTON - LEAD GUITAR ON ’TUESDAY’S GONE’, ‘3 STEPS’, ‘THINGS GOIN’ ON’, ‘POISON WHISKEY’
RHYTHM GUITAR ON ALL OTHERS
ALLEN COLLINS - LEAD GUITAR ON ‘I AIN’T THE ONE’ & ‘FREE BIRD’
RHYTHM GUITAR ON ALL OTHERS
ED KING - LEAD GUITAR ON ‘MISSISSIPPI KID’
BASS ON ALL TRACKS EXCEPT ‘MISSISSIPPI KID’ AND ‘TUESDAY GONE’
BILLY POWELL - KEYBOARDS
ROBERT BURNS - DRUMS
LEON WILKERSON - BASS FOR THE GROUP UP UNTIL THE ALBUM WAS OUT; REJOINED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. COMPOSED MANY OF THE BASS PARTS PLAYED ON THE ALBUM BY ED. ED NOW PLAYS GUITAR WITH THE GROUP.
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:
ROOSEVELT GOOK - BASS, MILLSTRON & BACK-UP HARMONY ON ‘TUESDAY GONE’/ORGAN ON ‘SIMPLE MAN’/MANDOLIN & BASS DRUM
ON ‘MISSISSIPPI KID’/ORGAN ON ‘POISON WHISKEY’ & ‘FREE BIRD’
ROBERT NIX - DRUMS ON ‘TUESDAY’S GONE’
BOBBI HALL - PERCUSSION ON ‘3 STEPS’ & ‘THINGS GOIN’ ON’
STEVE KATZ - HARMONICA ON ‘MISSISSIPPI KID’
ENGINEERS: BOB “TUB” LANGFORD, RODNEY MILLS, DANNY TURBEVILLE, AL KOOPER
REMIS: AL KOOPER RECORDED AT STUDIO ONE, DORAVILLE, GA
SPECIAL THANX TO: TUB, JEFF CARLISI ROADWORK BY: DEAN & KEVIN ON STAGE PHOTOS: THOMAS HILL COVER & OTHERS: EMERSON -LOEW
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