The anthem "Sweet Home Alabama" is by this Southern rock band
The history of Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1974 song "Sweet Home Alabama" has a long 
and ... Inasmuch as the fact that the band often performed with a .... of Lynyrd 
Skynyrd: Remembering The Free Birds Of Southern Rock by Gene... [DOC] [TLE] 15 things we have to explain about the song 'Sweet Home Alabama ... [PAR] Apr 8, 2014 ... "Sweet Home Alabama" released in June 1974 by Lynyrd Skynyrd, is arguably 
one of the most popular Southern rock songs of all time, and ... the song and 
made band members honorary lieutenant colonels in the state militia.