this song will forever bring a smile to my face. If it's raining outside, when I just found out I've got $6.43 to my name, if I have had the worst, most stressful day at work; if this song comes on the radio as I'm flippin through the stations, tish will be smiling in her car and listening contently.
I feel I ave had heard this song in on of the most unique ways in the world, and this was shared with about 3 or 4 other people currently in the US. It was in Tornareccio, Abruzzo, Italy, a tiny lil town in the mountains on the Adriatic side of Italia. One night in town, one of the local boys were having their sweet sixteen or whatever the Italian equivalent is, so he had a huge birthday party. The family hired a band to play, and we - collective Brits and Americans - being the usual excitement of the summer cos of our field school, were invited. During the course of the evening the band saw us grooving to the music, mostly some old standards, and they invited up anyone who could sing...My Irish buddy Chris, who has his own band (strongly influenced by John Fruciante and the like) went up and he sung this song. It was chosen out of the songbook the band had, and shouldn't every band everywhere know how to play it anyway? So yeah, I heard "Sweet Home Alabama" sung by an Irishman, being backed up by an amatuer small town Italian band, while in Italy. I find that interesting anyway. Hearing the song immediatly transports me back to my 2 magical wonderful summers in Italy.
But, about the song...it is sung by what I, in my earlier years, thought were southern redneck hilbillies. But since I started listening to them, adn the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, I gained a lot of respect for them, Lynyrd Skynyrd's awesome!! The greatest hits album is definately on my "to get" list.
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