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WILD-EYED SOUTHERN BOYS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 21, 2020…WILD-EYED SOUTHERN BOYS WAS THE 4TH STUDIO ALBUM FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCK BAND 38 SPECIAL. THE LEAD SINGER OF 38 SPECIAL IS DONNIE VAN ZANT. HIS OLDER BROTHER WAS RONNIE VAN ZANT, THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER IS JOHNNY VAN ZANT, WHO STEPPED IN TO BECOME THE LEAD SINGER FOR LYNYRD SKYNYRD. THE ALBUM WAS FUELED BY THE HIT SINGLE ‘HOLD ON LOOSELY’. JIM PETERIK OF SURVIVOR CO-WROTE THE SONG ‘HOLD ON LOOSELY’ WITH 38 SPECIAL. THIS CAUSED QUITE A STIR WITHIN THE BAND SURVIVOR BEING THEY HADN’T HAD A HIT YET. THE GUITARIST FOR SURVIVOR WAS SO PISSED PETERIK WROTE THE SONG FOR 38 SPECIAL, HE REFUSED TO SHARE A DRESSING ROOM WITH HIM FROM THAT MOMENT ON.

HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF ‘HOLD ON LOOSELY’