Southern Man (song)
Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote their song "Sweet Home Alabama" in response to "Southern Man" and "Alabama" from Young's 1972 album "Harvest". Young has said that he is a fan of both "Sweet Home Alabama" and Ronnie Van Zant, the lead vocalist for Lynyrd Skynyrd. "They play like they mean it," Young said in 1976. "I'm proud to have my name in a song like theirs." Young has also been known to play "Sweet Home Alabama" in concert occasionally. To demonstrate this camaraderie, Van Zant frequently wore a Neil Young "Tonight's the Night" T-shirt while performing "Sweet Home Alabama". Crazy Horse bassist Billy Talbot can often be seen reciprocating by wearing a Jack Daniel's-styled Lynyrd Skynyrd T-shirt (including at the "Live Rust" concert).
Alabama Theatre (Myrtle Beach)
The Theatre has held concerts for about 24 years. In '95, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Billy Ray Cyrus played at the Alabama Theatre. Alabama (its namesake, since they started on the Bowery in Myrtle Beach) played there in '96 and '13. Kenny Chesney played there in 2000 (He filmed the music video for "Anything But Mine" in Myrtle). The Oak Ridge Boys played there in '03. Kenny Rogers played there for 2 nights in '07. Anne Murray from Canada was there in '08. Little Richard (from Macon) in '09, Canadian Gordon Lightfoot in '10, Aaron Tippin (from the Greenville area) in '12, Charlie Daniels Band (from Wilmington, NC) in '13, Merle Haggard in '13 (he died in '16), Three Dog Night in 14, Martina McBride in '14, comedian Bill Engvall in '14, Loretta Lynn in '15, and LeAnn Rimes in '16.