(Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) was the debut album from Lynyrd Skynyrd released on August 13, 1973 by MCA Records. The album features “Gimme Three Steps
,” and “Free Bird
,” which helped launch their career.
The album was certified gold on December 18, 1974, platinum and double platinum on July 21, 1987, by the RIAA. The album peaked at 27 in the Billboard 200 in 1975.
The cover photograph was taken by Thomas Hill and shows, from left to right, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, Bob Burns, Allen Collins and Ed King standing on a street in Jonesboro, Georgia.
Tracks:
Side One:
I Ain’t the One
Tuesday’s Gone
Gimme Three Steps
Simple Man
Side Two:
Things Goin’ On
Mississippi Kid
Poison Whiskey
Free Bird
Personnel:
Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals
Gary Rossington – lead guitar, rhythm guitar,slide guitar
Allen Collins – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Ed King – lead guitar, bass guitar
Billy Powell – keyboards
Bob Burns – drums
Leon Wilkeson – bass guitar
Street View
106 South Main Street
Jonesboro, Georgia 30236
Lynyrd Skynyrd Discography:
(Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) – Released: August 13, 1973
Second Helping – Released: April 15, 1974
Nuthin’ Fancy – Released: March 24, 1975
Gimme Back My Bullets – Released: February 2, 1976
Street Survivors – Released: October 17, 1977
Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 – Released: June 11, 1991
The Last Rebel – Released: February 16, 1993
Endangered Species – Released: August 9, 1994
Twenty – Released: April 29, 1997
Edge of Forever – Released: August 10, 1999
Christmas Time Again – Released: September 12, 2000
Vicious Cycle – Released: May 20, 2003
God & Guns – Released: September 29, 2009
Last of a Dyin’ Breed – Released: August 21, 2012
The name of the town is JONESBORO, it is NOT Jonestown.
Thank you, just a case of auto correct. I have updated it.
billytomahawk@yahoo.com the 1973 blue grand torino was my car that is passing the old train depot i was driven by there when i seen . when home told my sister about and what they look like and see told who they where. my name is Billy Purcell it alway be nice to see my car with one of the best band ever RIP.
I was an eighteen year old long haired kid working on a garbage truck riding by when they were having their picture taken. I yelled hey guys when riding by shot them a peace sign every one of them waved back with a peace sign and smiled it was a Saturday I’ll never forget that day the closest I came to fame. But I saw them numerous times yeah they kicked ass every time. What a band. Tragic end.
Awesome
Strange shot. Huge lightning bolt striking Ed King, the bassist on this album recording. Leon had left the band, he didn’t play on this album when they recorded it. There are no official credits for Wilkeson on this album, or anywhere else for that matter. Leon wearing a shirt with huge lightning bolts….. how bow dat?
Hey Nardo, I might be wrong (often am) but I do believe somewhere in the liner notes the situation between Ed King and Leon is mentioned. Something to the effect that “Ed played the bass parts written by Leon… and “Ed now plays guitar with the band” or something like that. I fell in love with that album (which we didn’t get in South Dakota until January of 1974 or thereabouts) so fast that I recall reading every word of the cursive liner notes and all the song lyrics which were presented the same way all that first night. I have never heard an LP that I so instantly loved that it felt like I had it in my record collection for years (instead of 12 hours)!
Thnx and enjoyed your post.
Tony Petres
Rapid City SD