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Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Genre: Southern Rock
Year: 1973
Year: 1973
is a song by the American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It features gospel-flavored organ, chirping slide guitar and a guitar duel. The song has been released by Skynyrd and charted on numerous occasions in both the U.S. and UK but reaching only #19 in the U.S. Billboard charts. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988 when it was combined with Peter Framptons "Baby, I Love Your Way" by the band Will to Power. The original version of the song was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, AL.
BBC Radio 2 considers "Free Bird" a "rock radio staple matched only by Stairway to Heaven." Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the 191st greatest song in 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Ronnie Van Zant would dedicate concert encores to the Allman Brothers guitarist, Duane Read full article at wikipedia.org
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