Sweet Home Alabama
"Sweet Home Alabama" was a major chart hit for a band whose previous singles had "lazily sauntered out into release with no particular intent". The hit led to two TV rock show offers, which the band turned down. In addition to the original appearance on "Second Helping", the song has appeared on numerous Lynyrd Skynyrd collections and live albums.
Douglas J. Eboch
His screenwriting career took off when he wrote the original story for the 2002 film "Sweet Home Alabama" as his Masters thesis at the University of Southern California film school. The final film would be written by C. Jay Cox, and would gross $128 million domestically. Since then, he has worked as a script doctor, but has directed several short films. He was awarded the Carl Sautter Award as Best New Voice, Features.