Perhaps featuring one of the most infuriatingly catchy riffs, ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ was not just a little ditty of a track when country-rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd released it in 1974. Dealing with political issues (the song mentions the pro-segregation Alabama Governor George Wallace) amid America’s perceived north/south divide, it was written in response to ‘Southern Man’ and ‘Alabama’ by Neil Young, which dealt with issues of racism and slavery.
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