Who sang Sweet Home Alabama?
Lynyrd Skynyrd “The band, first called My Backyard, but quickly changed to the Noble Five, learned their music by watching others perform and picking apart the songs they heard on the radio.” “Slowly, they developed their musical talents and the gigs increased. At the very beginning, only Ronnie had reached the legal driving age and for quite awhile he was the only one with a car. Gary explained setting up for a gig, “Actually, it was always the same band – we just kept changing the name.” Some said the band changed names more times than they ever changed their socks. In any event, they ran through such names as the Wildcats, the Sons of Satan, Conqueror Worm, the Pretty Ones. ” We used to play teen dens, church socials and stuff so the band’s name didn’t matter. We used to change our name every day, just for the heck of it, because we weren’t known at all.” The longest lasting pre- Lynyrd Skynyrd name was also the last, the One percent.” “Gary recalled, “All the teachers thought we ha
