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LOOKING AT THE INCREDIBLE ‘SECOND HELPING’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APRIL 15, 2020…TODAY MARKS THE 46TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S EPIC ALBUM ‘SECOND HELPING.’ AS THE FOLLOW UP TO SKYNYRD’S DEBUT, IT HELPED ESTABLISH THE GROUP AS ONE OF THE TOP ROCK ACTS OF THE 70’S. THE ALBUM FEATURES TRACKS ‘WORKIN’ FOR MCA’ ‘THE NEEDLE AND THE SPOON’ ‘DON’T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS’ ‘CALL ME THE BREEZE’ AND THE GROUP’S BIGGEST HIT, THE ANTHEM ‘SWEET HOME ALABAMA.’ THE ALBUM WENT DOUBLE PLATINUM, AND IN TERMS OF STREAMING,  ‘SWEET HOME ALABAMA’ IS THE 6TH MOST STREAMED SONG OF THE 70’S WITH A 73 MILLION LEAD OVER THE RUNNER UP. HERE’S SKYNYRD WITH A LIVE VERSION FROM 1977’S “A DAY ON THE GREEN”