Coming up, were covering one of the biggest songs from a legendary rock band that has been streamed over a billion times and despite it’s popularity It never actually charted on the Hot 100. Simple Man by the kings of the south Lynyrd Skynyrd. The only reason it wasn’t a hit is because it wasn’t ever released as a single.. It finally charted decades later … Funny story: Apparently, the band’s producer Al Kooper didn’t want them to record it. So Ronnie Van Zant and co locked him out of the studio and told him not to come back until they were done. I guess these guys were butting heads all the time. But somehow, despite the constant fighting, they managed to put together one of the strongest debut albums ever: Pronounced ‘Lĕh-’nérd ‘Skin-’nérd And this song, well, I’ll just say if you listen closely, you’re gonna hear some of the best advice for a happy life and it has even more meaning now since this band’s last founding member, Gary Rossington passed away marking the end of an era.… Get ready, the story is… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed Southern Rock bands of all time. Coming at you with a distinctive triple-threat lead guitar sound, their signature songs have become essential entries in the American rock canon. Both ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ and ‘Free Bird’ are irreplaceable anthems. that we’ve already covered on her. But while those two songs may be their biggest hits, this long-tenured band’s catalog runs so much deeper… Today, we’re getting into another mega-hit that, although never released as a single, has captured the heart and soul of listeners for decades.as one of their most streamed songs. That song is Simple Man.

So let’s go back to the summer of 1964 in Jacksonville, Florida. That’s when and where founding members Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, and Bob Burns met as teenagers… while playing on rival baseball teams. When they discovered they all had a common desire to play music, they put together an impromptu jam session in the carport of Burns’ family home. That performance then inspired them to form a band.

Van Zant would take vocals, Rossington guitar, and Burns drums. From there the lineup would grow and evolve of the years. But Allen Collins on guitar and Larry Jungstrom on bass were the next to join. The young group would go through years worth of band names trying to find the right one. At different points they called themselves ‘My Backyard’, ‘The Noble Five’, ‘Wildcats’, and ‘The One Percent’.