1 A stereotype is an oversimplified and fixed idea of what a particular group of people are like or do. 2  Stereotypes take into account characteristics, personality types, or behaviors. A stereotype is an oversimplified and fixed idea of what a particular group of people are like or do. 2  Stereotypes take into account characteristics, personality types, or behaviors.
When Allen first showed the song to Ronnie Van Zant, he scoffed at it, saying it had too many words.. Later Van Zant had an idea for a melody, asked Allen to play him the song again, and Free Bird was born.
Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote their song  Sweet Home Alabama  in response to Southern Man and  Alabama  from Neil'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.