(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)

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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released	August 13, 1973
Recorded	March-May 1973 at Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Genre	Southern rock
Length	43:03
Label	Sounds of the South, MCA
Producer	Al Kooper
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Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) (1973) Second Helping (1974)

(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) is the debut album from Lynyrd Skynyrd, released in 1973. Featured songs include "I Ain't the One," "Gimme Three Steps," "Simple Man," "Tuesday's Gone" and "Free Bird," the rock anthem that first brought the band national attention.

The album was re-released in 2001 as an expanded version with bonus tracks, including demos of many of the songs on the album.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Album cover 3 Track listing 3.1 Side one 3.2 Side two 3.3 2001 CD reissue bonus tracks 4 Personnel

[edit] Reception

In 2003, the album was ranked number 401 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Q magazine (May 2002, p.132) - 3 out of 5 stars - "Skynyrd sound full of fire and whisky on their debut set....but...these good ol' boys weren't above shedding a tear."

[edit] Album cover

Though Lynyrd Skynyrd had only six members at the release of Pronounced, there are seven men visible in the band's photo on the cover. This is because the band's bassist, Leon Wilkeson, left the band before the album's completion - though he wrote many of the bass parts. Strawberry Alarm Clock guitarist Ed King was asked to fill in for Wilkeson, and remained with the band so that they could replicate the triple-guitar lead during live performances.

From left, the men in the photo are: Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington (seated), Bob Burns, Allen Collins, and Ed King.

The album cover photograph was shot on Main Street in Jonesboro, Georgia. The band is only a few feet away (behind photographer) from where Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed loaded the Coors beer onto the tractor trailer rig in 1977's "Smokey and the Bandit."

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "I Ain't the One" (Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:53
2. "Tuesday's Gone" (Gary Rossington / Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant) – 7:32
3. "Gimme Three Steps" (Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:30
4. "Simple Man" (Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:57

[edit] Side two

1. "Things Goin' On" (Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:00
2. "Mississippi Kid" (Al Kooper / Ronnie Van Zant / Bob Burns) – 3:56
3. "Poison Whiskey" (Ed King / Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:13
4. "Free Bird" (Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant) – 9:18

[edit] 2001 CD reissue bonus tracks

9. "Mr. Banker (Demo)" (Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant / Edward King) – 5:23
10. "Down South Jukin' (Demo)" (Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant) – 2:57
11. "Tuesday's Gone (Demo)" (Gary Rossington / Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant) – 7:56
12. "Gimme Three Steps (Demo)" (Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:20
13. "Free Bird (Demo)" (Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant) – 11:09

• Tracks 11-13 previously unreleased.

[edit] Personnel

Musical

• Ronnie Van Zant - lead vocals, lyrics
• Gary Rossington - lead guitar on "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Things Goin' On", "Poison Whiskey", "Simple Man", rhythm guitar on the others
• Allen Collins - lead guitar on "I Ain't The One" & "Free Bird", rhythm guitar on the others
• Ed King - lead guitar on "Mississippi Kid", bass on all tracks except "Mississippi Kid" and "Tuesday's Gone"
• Billy Powell - keyboards
• Bob Burns - drums except on "Tuesday's Gone"
• Leon Wilkeson - (bass guitar before the album was to cut; rejoined shortly thereafter, so band's photo on the album sleeve includes 7 musicians)

Additional

• Roosevelt Gook (Al Kooper) - bass, Mellotron & back-up harmony on "Tuesday's Gone", mandolin & bass drum on "Mississippi Kid", organ on "Simple Man", "Poison Whiskey" & "Free Bird", Mellotron on "Free Bird"
• Robert Nix - drums on "Tuesday's Gone"
• Bobbi Hall - percussion on "Gimme Three Steps" & "Things Goin' On"
• Steve Katz - harmonica on "Mississippi Kid"

Technical

(Producer, engineer, covert art/photo/design, etc.)

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