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).
Jewel Ackah
While he was still a drummer, he joined the "Sweet Beans Band" and later became a lead vocalist with the "Sweet Talks", at various times between 1975 and 1979 in Tema. He toured the USA with C. K. Mann. He had solo trips to Canada, USA, Sweden and other European countries to perform before various live audiences. In 1979, he led a new "Sweet Talks" line-up of musicians, and recorded "Hallelujah! Amen!" with a backing group he named "S.T. Express".