Growing up Bass Player (Sundown)

 Lynyrd Skynyrd

“Sundown” was on the road again, better than ever. The new members of the band, Kenny and Bob, only made us, I always thought of Ken and I as the core of the band, stronger and better. We revamped our entire song list, threw out most of the country and concentrated strictly on Rock and Roll.

This is the first verse and the chorus of the song Sundown (our namesake). 

I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress

In a room where you do what you don't confess

Sundown ya better take care
If I find you been creepin round my back stairs
Sundown ya better take care
If I find you been creepin round my back stairs

  Words and music by Gordon Lightfoot

Sundown Video

This is a short list of some of the songs on our revamped song list:

Joy to the world (3 Dog Night)

Brick yard blues (3 Dog Night)

Never been to Spain (3 Dog Night)

I can see clearly now (Johnny Nash)

Horse with no name (America)

Sister golden hair (America)

Long Cool Woman (The Hollies)

Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin)

Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)

Garden Party (Rick Nelson)

Black Magic Woman ( Santana) (Fleetwood Mac)

Bad Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce)

Rambling Man (Allman Brothers)

Johnny Be Goode (Chuck Berry)

Long Train Running (Doobie Brothers)

China Groove (Doobie Brouthers)

And we actually did:

My Ding-A-Ling by Chuck Berry

We were doing what we like to do best, playing music and having fun.

The best thing was, though we didn’t know it at the time, we were only a few months away from the era of Lynyrd Skynyrd. At the time they were doing pretty much what we were doing only a lot further south. Maybe there was hope for us yet. Well…………..more on that later.

The band (Lynyrd Skynrd), originally called "My Backyard," was formed in, Florida in 1964. Their first album, released in 1973, produce such great as,” I Ain't The One”, “Free Bird”, “Simple Man”, good example of a drummer and bass player working together, and my personal favorite, “Gimmie Three Steps”. Their second album, released in 1974 featured their most popular single “Sweet Home Alabama”.

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