Street Survivors
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Street Survivors is a southern rock album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released in October 1977 (see 1977 in music). Three days after the album's release, the band's chartered airplane crashed en route to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, killing the pilot and some band members, including lead singer and songwriter Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist/singer/songwriter Steve Gaines, and severely injuring most who survived the crash.
Perhaps partially as a result of the attention garnered by the tragedy, the album and the lead single "What's Your Name" did quite well on the charts. After an extensive recovery process, the surviving original band members ultimately decided to disband Lynyrd Skynyrd. In the early 1980's, two derivative bands, The Rossington-Collins Band and The Allen Collins Band, rose from the figurative ashes of this rock n roll disaster to achieve moderate and minimal success, respectively.
The original pressing of the cover of Street Survivors had a photograph of the band standing in flames. Eerily, in the original cover, Gaines' eyes were closed and his head appears to be surrounded by flames. The cover was changed to an alternate photo with an all-black background in respect of the deceased. Today, thirty years later, the original "flames" cover is on the front of the case, while the alternate cover serves as the back of the case.
Track listing
- "What's Your Name" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:30
- "That Smell" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:47
- "One More Time" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:03
- "I Know A Little" (Gaines) – 3:26
- "You Got That Right" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:44
- "I Never Dreamed" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 5:21
- "Honky Tonk Night Time Man" (Haggard) – 3:59
- "Ain't No Good Life" (Gaines) – 4:36
Bonus tracks on expanded edition
- "Georgia Peaches"
- "Sweet Little Missy"
- "You Got That Right (Alternate Version)"
- "I Never Dreamed (Alternate Version)"
- "Jacksonville Kid"
Personnel
- Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals
- Allen Collins – guitar
- Gary Rossington – guitar
- Billy Powell – keyboards
- Artimus Pyle – drums
- Leon Wilkeson – bass
- Steve Gaines - guitar, lead vocals on "Ain't No Good Life", dual lead vocals on "You Got That Right"
Back-up vocals on "That Smell": The Honkettes (Cassie Gaines, Jo Billingsley, Leslie Hawkins). Musicians on "One More Time": Ronnie Van Zant, vocals; Allen Collins, guitar; Gary Rossington, guitar; Ed King, guitar; Greg Walker, bass; Rick Medlock, drums & back-up vocals; Tim Smith & Leslie Hawkins, back-up vocals.