Lynyrd skynyrd nuthin fancy1/8/2023 Man these guys had gorgeous guitar sounds and each cat had their own style and vibe, but when all three were playin' together.on fire! Killer vibe. I think Skynyrd, Allmans, and 70's ZZ Top fits right in there too, there's that southern thread running through all of this music.Įd King, Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, and Steve Gaines are/were all amazing players too. I'm a huge bluegrass fan, so I dig the southern/country/old timey/etc sound on occasion when I'm in the mood. The problem is that I love the first two so much that I can't get past them. Yowza!Having only been into Skynyrd for about a week and a half, Nuthin' Fancy and Gimme/Bullets are outstanding records but I need more time with them. Saturday Night Special playing right this second. Well, why not? Thanks to this thread I'm on a mini binge. Ronnie Van Zant was among the best front men in any band, and his band was incredible. They were the middle band in a lineup with Black Sabbath and Peter Frampton. I saw them again in 1975 at an outdoor venue. After a blistering Free Bird, who could blame them? Pronounced was the only available Lynyrd Skynyrd album then. A big auditorium full of rabid Who fans called Skynyrd back out for an encore. No one in the audience really knew Lynyrd Skynyrd, but like the Who, they were "Working For MCA" at the time. ![]() Their first major tour in 1973, they opened for The Who on the Quadrophenia tour. I was lucky enough to see the pre-crash band twice. I noticed the 180-degree turnaround from the early band's stance on guns ("Saturday Night Special") and the modern day (post-crash) band's. But Bullets and Nuthin' Fancy will grow on you. Ronnie had a unique vision and that cannot be argued.I also think Pronounced, Second Helping, and Street Survivors were their best albums. Count me in as a Skynyrd fan - I didn't see this coming. I guess the biggest surprise for me was noticing the amount of diversity in these albums, coming from only knowing the big radio hits. "Free Bird" jokes aside, its an awesome tune AND it has mellotron on it too! So does "Tuesday's Gone". I need to spend more time with Bullets and Nuthin' Fancy. My biggest gripe about Street Survivors is the amount of reverb used, but that's just my opinion. I think my favs up to this point are Pronounced, Second Helping, and Street Survivors. Sounds great too - excellent engineering. Well anyway, I've been "spinning" their 70s albums this week and really enjoying them! The first album ("Pronounced") is really, really good, especially for a debut. ![]() I can't believe there isn't a thread on their albums here.
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