1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping

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Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released April 15, 1974. It features the band’s biggest hit single, “Sweet Home Alabama,” an answer song to Neil Young’s “Alabama” and “Southern Man”, which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974, as well as drummer Bob Burns’ final recordings. Second Helping reached #12 on the Billboard album charts. The RIAA certified it Gold on September 20, 1974, and Double Platinum on July 21, 1987.

Tracks

1  Sweet Home Alabama (Ed King; Gary Rossington; Ronnie Van Zant) 04:43
2  I Need You (Fred King; Gary Rossington; Ronnie Van Zant) 06:55
3  Don’t Ask Me No Questions (Gary Rossington; Ronnie Van Zant) 03:26
4  Workin’ For MCA (Ed King; Ronnie Van Zant) 04:49
5  The Ballad Of Curtis Loew (Allen Collins; Ronnie Van Zant) 04:51
6  Swamp Music (Ed King; Ronnie Van Zant) 03:31
7  The Needle And The Spoon (Allen Collins; Ronnie Van Zant) 03:53
8  Call Me The Breeze (JJ Cale) 05:09

Musicians

BassLeon Wilkeson
DrumsBob Burns
GuitarAllen Collins
GuitarEd King
GuitarGary Rossington
KeyboardsBilly Powell
VocalsRonnie Van Zant

Other Musicians

1 Sweet Home Alabama

GuitarEd King
Background VocalsClydie King
Background VocalsMerry Clayton
Background VocalsSherlie Matthews


2 I Need You

DrumsMike Porter
GuitarAllen Collins
GuitarGary Rossington
Background VocalsLeon Wilkeson


4 Workin’ For MCA

GuitarAllen Collins
GuitarGary Rossington
Background VocalsLeon Wilkeson


5 The Ballad Of Curtis Loew

Guitar (solo)Ed King
Guitar (solo)Gary Rossington
Slide GuitarEd King
Acoustic GuitarAl Kooper
PianoAl Kooper
Background VocalsAl Kooper


6 Swamp Music

Guitar (solo)Gary Rossington
GuitarEd King
Background VocalsLeon Wilkeson


7 The Needle And The Spoon

Guitar (solo)Allen Collins
GuitarEd King


8 Call Me The Breeze

Guitar (solo)Gary Rossington
GuitarEd King
PianoBilly Powell
HornsBobby Keys
HornsSteve Madaio
HornsTrevor Lawrence Sr

Liner Notes

Producer – Al Kooper
Arranged By (Horns) – Al Kooper (Tracks 3, 8)
Engineer – Al Kooper
Engineer (Assistant) – Austin Godsey, Bob Merritt, Gary Kellgren, Rodney Mills
Engineer (Remix) – Al Kooper
Mastered By – Austin Godsey

Illustration – Jan Salerno
Photography – Emerson-Loew, Norman Seeff

Mastered At Kendun Recorders
Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At Studio One, Doraville
Phonographic Copyright MCA Records, Inc