Audio CD review:
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Southern By the Grace of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour, Vol. 1

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Southern By the Grace of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour, Vol. 1

Band: Lynyrd Skynyrd Title: Southern By the Grace of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour, Vol. 1 Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Introduction By Lacy Van Zant/Workin' For MCA 2: That Smell 3: I Know A Little 4: Comin' Home 5: You Got That Right 6: What's Your Name 7: Gimme Back My Bullets 8: Swamp Music 9: Call Me The Breeze 10: Dixie/Sweet Home Alabama 11: Free Bird

Customer Reviews TRAVESTY... LET IT STAY HIDDEN They, to me, epitomize what Southern Rock/Bar Rock oughtta sound like. Lynyrd Skynyrd is absolutely one of my favorite bands. However, I am somewhat of a purist and refuse to listen to anything post Ronnie Van years (itssssaaaa SIN!) My moms bought this album back in the day, back before I knew anything about Lynyrd Skynyrd. This was my first glimpse of the band, and luckily not my last, because if this was all I knew of Lynyrd Skynyrd. . I probably never would have touched them again. This disc is lousy. The faults on this bit go on for miles. Ronnie Van must've been proud that he was being a tributed, but was prolly rollin' over to discover it was all a plea to make some of these survivors a little more bread. They should have come up with a different name. . . like a tribute name. . . Kin-of-Skynyrd (I just came up with that in two seconds. . it wasn't hard) they vowed never to use the name Lynyrd Skynyrd again in the seventies, and looky here! 20 years later and the travesty continues. . . less than a quarter of the original line-up left. . . constant quarrels between members, on who has the rights to what. . . real great tribute. Ronnie must be proud. Thats really not the main problem though. New Skynyrd sounds like a country band. . Real Skynyrd was not a country band. . . they were a ROCK band. . . and who has time to listen to the audience sing the entire Free Bird? Certainly not I. Go get ONE FROM THE ROAD live circa '74. . the only live skynyrd you need (good stuff), and leave this one for the other birds. . . . . A WELL-HIDDEN TREASURE But I feel " a well-hidden treasure" in it has been overlooked by a lot of people. It being a LYNYRD SKYNYRD album fully justifies buying it even without reading a single review. Just listen to the guitar solo in the song GIMME BACK MY BULLETS. AWESOME, ASTOUNDING, I'm missing words here. SIMPLY THE BEST GUITAR SOLO IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC. Period. I'll let you find out who the guitarist is. He's simply the best and most of you know him well unless you have spent the last 30 years on Titan. Great Live Album From The Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour Along with the Outlaws' BRING IT BACK ALIVE and HITTIN' THE ROAD LIVE, Skynyrd's own ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD, LYVE FROM STEEL TOWN, and LYVE 2004, Blackfoot's HIGHWAY SONG and GREATEST HITS LIVE, Molly Hatchet's LIVE AT THE AGORA BALLROOM, GREATEST HITS LIVE, and DOUBLE TROUBLE LIVE, Foghat's LIVE, ROAD CASES, and DECADES LIVE, Ted Nugent's DOUBLE LIVE GONZO! and LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH '79, UFO's STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT, UFO's STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT, Pat Travers' LIVE! GO FOR WHAT YOU KNOW, the Allman Brothers Band's AT FILLMORE EAST, Blue Oyster Cult's EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIVE, SOME ENCHANTED EVENING, ON YOUR FEET OR ON YOUR KNEES, and A LONG DAY'S NIGHT, Grand Funk Railroad's CAUGHT IN THE ACT, Humble Pie's PERFORMANCE, Johnny Winter's LIVE, AC/DC's IF YOU WANT BLOOD YOU'VE GOT IT, Golden Earring's LIVE and SOMETHING HEAVY GOING DOWN, Peter Frampton's FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! and LIVE IN DETROIT, Cheap Trick's BUDOKAN: THE COMPLETE CONCERT, and Thin Lizzy's LIVE AND DANGEROUS, it is one of the best live albums ever. SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD is a great live album from the 1987 Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour. Whoever says that this is no good DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE IS SAYING! There are songs here that are otherwise not available in live versions, and the presence of such guests as Charlie Daniels, Toy Caldwell, and Steve Morse creates a unique "family" feeling. The instrumental "Free Bird" offers proof of how hard it really was to fill Ronnie's shoes, but Johnny's vocals on the other songs prove that it could be done. You should get this album if you can find it. . You can see a complete list of all Lynyrd Skynyrd discography, or go back to the Lynyrd Skynyrd tabs