Free Bird / Down South Jukin'

by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Free Bird / Down South Jukin' cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: November 1974
  • Label: MCA
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 7:34
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Al Kooper

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Evolving from a melancholic piano ballad into a monumentally extended, triple-guitar onslaught, this nine-minute epic came to define the ambitious peaks of Southern Rock. The soaring, highly choreographed instrumental climax remains one of the most culturally enduring and frequently referenced guitar solos in American music history.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, melodic, Riff-Driven, guitar-led, arena rock

Tracklist

  1. Free Bird (4:41)
  2. Down South Jukin' (2:53)

Credits

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd - primary artist
  • Brian Ingoldsby - lacquer cut by
  • Allen Collins - written-by
  • Ronnie Van Zant - written-by

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