Spring storm brings rain and wind Tuesday into Wednesday

MPR News is your trusted resource for the news you need. With your support, MPR News brings accessible, courageous journalism and authentic conversation to everyone - free of paywalls and barriers. Your gift makes a difference.

Create a More Connected Minnesota

Today's Morning Edition music segment features "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. 

The band is scheduled to perform tonight at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. Lynyrd Skynyrd is led by guitarist Gary Rossington, the band's lone surviving original member. 


"Sweet Home Alabama" was written in 1973 in response to Neil Young's "Southern Man" and "Alabama," which were critical of southern attitudes. 


"My own song 'Alabama' richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record," Young wrote in his 2012 biography. "I don't like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue."

More Morning Edition music

The band's "Sweet Home Alabama" was written in 1973 in response to Neil Young's "Southern Man" and "Alabama," which were critical of southern attitudes.

Today's Morning Edition music is from the song "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd who will be performing tonight at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. The band is now led by the only surviving original member, Gary Rossington. This song was written in 1973 in response to a couple of Neil Young songs, "Southern Man" and "Alabama" which were critical of southern attitudes. In his 2012 autobiography, Young wrote, "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. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue."

Lynyrd Skynyrd comes to the Minnesota State Fair

Share

Create a More Connected Minnesota