Quote Originally Posted by Tomorrow Never Knows
By the way the guys in Skynyrd were Neil Young fans, they just had a friendly rivalry going on. They were often seen with Neil Young T-Shirts on in concert. The song ??Alabama? (quoted above) was written in response to Young??s hit Southern Man.
Huh, I knew that part of Sweet Home Alabama was in response to Southern Man but always assumed they hated each other.

The other interesting thing about "Sweet Home Alabama" was that Skynyrd wasn't even from Alabama. They were all from Jacksonville Florida. They just wrote the song to honor the recording studio in Muscle Schoals that helped them get their start.

Even more useless Skynryd trivia: The name Lynryd Skynryd came from their high school gym teacher- Leonard Skinner. Apparently they hated the guy and did it as a joke.