Southern By the Grace of God [Live]

Lynyrd Skynyrd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: March 21, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002O8D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,087 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Japanese only SHM pressing paper sleeve pressing. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lynyrd Skynyrd Turns It Up One More Time, November 8, 1999

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This review is from: Southern By the Grace of God (Audio CD)

The CD which was recorded on the 1987 Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute tour commerorates the tenth anniversary of the plane crash that took the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and Dean Killpatrick. Sure the CD doesn't contain all of the songs that the video: THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD TRIBUTE TOUR contains, but the songs it contains make up for what is loss. Included is an introduction by Lacy Van Zant, a "Sweet Home Alabama" featuring Donnie Van Zant and Charlie Daniels, and a breath taking instrumental version of "Freebird" which will stop your heart if you listen to it closely enough. Billy Powell and Artimus Pyle, two older members put their heart and soul in to bringing back memories as do the new ones...also Allen Collins cheers from the sides. Overall this CD may not be as significant or as loaded as "One More From The Road" or "Lyve From Steel Town," but it's still great.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lynyrd Skynyrd "Live" "The Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour" = A Great "Come-back" Album 10 Years After the Fatefull Crash of 1977!!, October 24, 2009

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Gary Covington "Southern Rocker" (Louisiana, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern By the Grace of God (Audio CD)

This tour was conducted & recorded during 1987, 10 years after the fatefull plane crash of October, 1977. It was recorded live in several different cities. You can here Johnny addressing the various audiences from the various cities. The Master of Ceremonies is Lacy Van Zant (Ronnie,Donnie, & Johnny's Daddy). I wore out 2 casette tapes of this when it was originally released in 1988.
So, now I have the CD version.

The line-up:
Johnny Van Zant - lead vocals
Gary Rossington - guitar
Ed King - guitar/vocals
Leon Wilkeson - bass
Billy Powell - keyboards
Artimus Plye - drums
Dale Kranz Rossington -back-up vocals
Carol Bristow - back up vocals
Allen Collins -Arrangement Consultant
Ronnie Eades - Muscle Shoals Horn Section
Harvey Thompson -Muscle Shoals Horn Section
Lacy Van Zant - Master of Ceremonies

Special Appearances by:
Charlie Daniels - Fiddle, vocals
Steve Morse - guitar
Toy Caldwell (of the Marshall Tucker Band) -guitar
Jeff Carlisi - guitar
Donnie Van Zant - vocals

The song set:

1.Introduction by Lacy Van Zant/Workin for MCA
2.That Smell
3.I Know a Little
4.Comin' Home
5.You Got That Right
6.What's Your Name
7.Gimme Back My Bullets
8.Swamp Music
9.Call Me the Breeze
10.Dixie/Sweet Home Alabama
11.Freebird (Johnny refused to sing this song, he said only one man could sing this song on stage, and that was his brother the late/great Ronnie Van Zant. Johnny hung Ronnie's hat on the Microphone, and walked off. So, what you get is an excellent Instrumental Tribute to the band members who were killed in the crash. At the begining Johnny says this one goes out to Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, & Dean Kilpatrick.)

There is a dvd version of this included in the "Freebird the Movie"/Lynyrd Skynrd Tribute Tour" DVD. This tribute tour & band eventually became the continuance of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and they are still recording and touring today. This one's for the "true fan". Thanks!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Album, December 16, 2011

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Dennis Carter (Manchester Tn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southern By the Grace of God (Audio CD)

This is a Wonderful Album i highly recommend it Some of the songs were recorded in Dallas Texas, My Brother and I were there that night they put on one hell of a concert i hope you enjoy it as much as I do,