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Release date
August 13, 1973

Label
Sounds of the South/MCA Records

Recorded At
Studio One, Doraville, Georgia

Producer
Al Kooper

Track List

1. I Ain't The One
2. Tuesday's Gone
3. Gimme Three Steps
4. Simple Man
5. Things Goin' On
6. Mississippi Kid
7. Poison Whiskey
8. Freebird

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rockinoldman // August 20, 2011 2:10:39 AM UTC

you are a free bird

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andre luiz .'. // June 27, 2011 1:50:11 PM UTC

This group is really exciting! Throughout his career and marked his story with much emotion! always tempered with great songs, great guitar solos and powerful vocal performance, makes us always remember the good old rock and roll. For those who are fond of themes of freedom, seasoned with travel and landscapes of the South. Andre Luiz .'.

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maryella // June 11, 2011 1:13:55 AM UTC

"... to be able to see inside of albums..." I really like this type of virtuous approach to an artist's music, if this is what it truly is...? Would you believe that just this morning, as I was getting ready for work, I was reminiscing about certain cultural phrases from growing up, and I remembered the lyrics of a Skynyrd song that reminded me of a southern cultural phrase I'd heard from one of their albums. The lyrics came from a cultural phrase or expression used, I suppose, expressly by male adolescents, who were, when Ronnie Van Zant wrote and added these lyrics, were, and as Ronnie would say "...here it comes (referring to those chord killing guitar licks)..." uncircumcised southern boys. The lyrics from the song were "...skin your worm..." I learned from those lyrics that this cultual phrase, "skin your worm," was an adolescent discovery or post-puberty discvovery of the male sex organ that was still surrounded by foreskin, hence, "skin your worm." Now this type of uncircumcised discovery, in southern culture (or maybe other cultures, I don't know) was part of the boyhood charm of masculine discovery and becoming a man. A real man...knowing the qualities of his possessions with or without circumcision--this is how I'm able to see inside the albums--through the life and music of the artist. Is it true that a musician's life is their music and their music life? Look, I know, there are all kinds of musicians (thank God) and music to fill every lifetime. "...I know, it's only rock ' n' roll, but..." Yes, I do. Oh, please let me know which Skynyrd song has those "...skin your worm..." lyrics. Thanx, Die Hards!!

Maryella

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Mark Morton (Die Hard Fan) // June 04, 2011 5:58:34 PM UTC

I'd like too be able to see reverse sides, and insides of albums.

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chords72 // April 20, 2011 6:04:49 PM UTC

@maryella:

Hey, mary ella: I pulled out my old, frayed album jacket cover and began to remember the concerts, the guitars, the old glory confederate flags, etc.

But when I started listening to "Simple Man," it was like hearing the song for the first time, again...what really impressed me on the song were the percussions and drumming. Did you hear that sensational cymballing? The percussions are so wonderfully searing, I thought about John Bonham's amazing percussions on his drumming...

Take a listen...

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Iamjustdoingthis4areport // April 15, 2011 1:45:14 PM UTC

yes somethig else 4 my project

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maryella // March 05, 2011 2:40:26 AM UTC

@avro683:

Hi, Avro:

Freebird is one of my faves from the album, too. When we first heard this cut from the album, we thought that the first part of the lyrics, "...if I leave here tomorrow...would you still remember me...," came from Ronnie's friendship with bluesman Curtis Lowe, the African American blues musician who played the Dobro, and one of Ronnie's childhood friends. Ronnie wrote a song about Curtis Lowe, "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe," released on Second Helping (1974). Anyway, the original lyrics we thought about and compared to Ronnie's lyrics on Freebird came from a Black spiritual song we knew from Church and it sings something like "...if I die here tomorrow, will you miss me when I'm gone..." We've mused and thought that Ronnie and Curtis Lowe sang spiritual songs together, especially when Curtis Lowe was strumming the Dobro and influencing Ronnie's gifted vocal talents, and this is just one of the reasons Freebird is such a spiritually beautiful ballad. In Freebird, we understand that Ronnie juxtaposed his understandings of freedom and being--being who he was and the realities of who people wanted him to be--he was true to the knowledge of himself--as we all know--even when that truth took him into excessive drug use--he was true. He never made excuses, but gave us songs that allowed us to know and love him as ourselves--a real man. Perhaps this is how you get those eternal connections in your spine...

Anyway, my other favorite ballads on the album are "Tuesday's Gone," and "Simple Man." The radio stations out here in the midwest started playing Shine Down's cover of "Simple Man," and it just didn't sit well with us at all. First of all, we consider "Simple Man" by Ronnie very sacred--sacred to the southern tradition of Ronnie's love and devotion to his mother--"Simple Man" is one such ballad. When the stations began playing Shine Down's cover of the song, we called every station and requested the original from Skynyrd. Hey, just as we thought, most of the DJs stopped playing Shine Down's cover of "Simple Man" after they heard Ronnie's pining, soulful lyrics. Of course, we do appreciate Shine Down's attempt in approaching "Simple Man," but "Simple Man" is such an eternal ballad, I'm afraid the boys just couldn't touch it, because of its sacredness in Ronnie's soul, and as we know, as the Black folks say down in Jacksonville, who love Ronnie's song and legacy, "...you can't touch that..."

What an incredible album from such an incredible band!!!

Mary Ella

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maryella // March 05, 2011 1:46:09 AM UTC

@avro683:

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avro683 // March 01, 2011 5:49:30 PM UTC

Quite simply, in my opinion, the best debut album by any band of all time.It's also my favourite Skynyrd album, I have worn out 5 copies over the years; the opening bars of Freebird still send a shiver up my spine.

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docholiday714 // December 10, 2010 9:28:04 PM UTC

I consider myself one of the luckiest men from the South.Why you ask? I was only 13 years old when 'Pronouced' was released and as luck would have it my 18 year old cousin took me and his younger brother with him to our very first concert (in Columbia,SC) a few months later. Skynyrd was'nt the headliners but they made such an impression on me,I don't even remember who was. I'm 50 now and the memory ain't what it used to be. Over the next 4 years I was lucky enough to see them about 5 or 6 more times in such places as Charlotte,Asheville and Greensboro,NC then again in Columbia,SC. But the greatest of all was seeing the last show they did in Greeneville,SC the day before the plane crash. I live about 50 miles from there. The old auditorium was demolished a few years ago to make room for a bigger arena,but they did'nt demolish my memory of THAT night!! American by birth, Southern by the grace of God. At least on October 19,1977 anyway.

docholiday714

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