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1970 - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Hustler's Music and the Quinvy Demo's

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  ---------1 %1%1%1%1%1%1%1 %1%1%1%1%1%1%-------- ---------1 %1%1%1%1%1%1%1 %1%1%1%1%1%1%-------- After the Limited promotional Single of "Michelle" and "Need all my Friends", at the end of 1970 Lynyrd Skynyrd got a break. Alan Walden was invited to Jacksonville to audition some bands (new talent) in a warehouse, Pat Armstrong had 13 bands lined up for Alan to watch. The last band to play that day was Lynyrd Skynyrd Alan Walden said" By the end of Free bird, I was Blown Away , Allen Collins got down and flipped all over the floor, played behind his head! Here is Alan Walden telling us that story!! Lynyrd Skynyrd was signing with Hustler's Music in October 1970. Having Alan Walden as a Manager , And Phil Walden's Business Partner, and best friend, Alex Hodges as a booking Agent, It was the Break they needed! Playing more shows and further from home and eventually getting gigs and residencies in Atlanta, where Al Kooper discovered them in Mid 1972.    ---...

1969: The One Percent, to Lynard Skynard.

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Mid 1969. Larry,19, Allen,16, Bob,18 y.o. Gary,17. Ronnie, 20.  They may look like the Noble Five. Its those Rowdy Rebels, Lynard Skynard. Playing at the comic book club and the like, They just recorded their first promotional single "Need All My Friends" on the Shade Tree Label. A bit over a year later in late 1970,  Alan Walden of Hustler's Music Management Company, signs Skynyrd after an Audition in a warehouse.  Alan get them into the studio doing demo's at Quin Ivy's Studio in Sheffield, AL,  in late 1970 and led to getting studio time with Jimmy Johnson at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in mid-1971.  1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1% 1969 /70, Forest Inn, (Show, #2) Jacksonville. - Line up is: Allen, Bob, Gary, Ronnie, Larry. - Rock'n'Roll! 🎡🎹🎸🎢☮ 1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1%   1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1% 1%1%1%1%1%   Pic is mid 1969, and was taken at Olan Mills portrait studios and paid for by S...