Georgia music impresario Alan Walden, who had a hand in launching fellow Maconite Otis Redding to superstardom and signed a ...

For decades, the exact spot where Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane went down was hidden swallowed by the swamp. Then, piece by piece, ...

The outlet also called him “one of the architects of Southern rock.” Along with his brother Phil Walden, Alan helped build ...

Manager, publisher, booking agent, and promoter Alan Walden also worked with the likes of Al Green, Percy Sledge, Etta James, and Outlaws.

The Guardian once ranked “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd as the greatest American anthem ever written, and it’s hard ...

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His powerful drumming helped shape a pivotal era in Southern rock, and nearly five decades later, he is still bringing that ...

A Lynyrd Skynyrd classic has returned to the music charts more than 50 years after it was first released. "Sweet Home Alabama ...

Explore Jacksonville's century-long impact on American music, from the Chitlin' Circuit to the birth of Southern Rock.

Some of the best lyrics in rock ‘n’ roll history don’t come from flowery prose and opaque metaphors, whipped up by a poet. Some of the greatest songwriters lift these lines verbatim from everyday ...

On the studio version, “Free Bird” guitar solos were played by Allen Collins, who died in 1990 at age 37 and cowrote the song with classic era Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant, who died in the tragic ...

Fifty-two years ago, the iconic '70s rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd released "Sweet Home Alabama," a song that went on to become an immortal southern anthem and inspire a future No. 1 hit, despite not ...