The home of the Alabama Crimson Tide has a curious obsession with pastries painted in the citrus tint of gridiron rival Tennessee Volunteers. "There's a chunk of Alabama that has fallen hard for ...

On an early summer’s day in 1973, while waiting for the last of his bandmates to arrive for rehearsal, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington unfurled a speculative riff on a sunburst Les Paul.

CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 1976: Members of Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd (L-R Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins) pose by their trailer backstage at an ...

Bob Penny, a character actor who had roles in "Forrest Gump," "Sweet Home Alabama," and "My Cousin Vinny," died Sunday in Huntsville, Ala. He was 87. Penny was born in Anniston, Ala., and came to ...

Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas and Patrick Dempsey have taken on many iconic roles over the past two decades — but their Sweet Home Alabama characters remain some of their most memorable. Following its ...

Very few Americans would have trouble recognizing the opening notes of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s iconic anthem, “Sweet Home Alabama.” And when they do recognize it, they typically “turn it up,” as the singer ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s anthemic “Sweet Home Alabama” was released 50 years ago on June 24, 1974. It was the band’s highest-charting song, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Top 100, and went on to become a ...

It’s been 50 years to the day since Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” was first released in 1974 and became a tune recognized and beloved by listeners all over the world regardless of whether they ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s response came four years later on Second Helping. “Sweet Home Alabama” name-dropped the Canadian singer-songwriter directly, saying, and I hope Neil Young will remember a Southern man ...