Sweet Home Alabama
"Sweet Home Alabama" was written as an answer to two songs, "Southern Man" and "Alabama" by Neil Young, which dealt with themes of racism and slavery in the American South. "We thought Neil was shooting all the ducks in order to kill one or two," said Ronnie Van Zant at the time. The following excerpt shows the Neil Young mention in the song:
In his 2012 autobiography "Waging Heavy Peace", Young commented on his role in the song's creation, writing "My own song 'Alabama' richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don't like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue".
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".