re: has anyone tried lynyrd sknyrd songs for self therapy

You ever stop to think about the air you breathe in?

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If the plane doesn't crash, they were about to go to another level with Steve. Johnny has said how excited Ronnie was about going forward with Steve many times.

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He was what David Gilmore was to Pink Floyd.

Yes, now I only walk three steps in a row.

No more stormy nights, no more cloudy days.

Absolutely nothing creepy about that SOB at all.

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The original band members were control freaks and didnt want Gaines for anything other than background guitar and vocals. Sound guys convinced the band members to let him come up front. This is rare with Gaines and Ronnie duet harmonizing and then incredible guitar solo by Gaines later in the song:

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That’s not exactly true. Ronnie was the control freak, the original band members were mostly younger than Ronnie and saw him like an older brother. Ronnie wanted the songs to sound like the record each night and would become belligerent if anything didn’t go the way he expected. Gaines replaced Ed King, who was from California and didn’t really fit in and didn’t take Ronnie’s abusive behavior very well and eventually quit the band over it. King was brought in to to play bass and add polish and wrote a lot of the licks the band was known for (sweet home Alabama, working for MCA, Saturday night special, poison whiskey, Curtis Lowe and ask no questions slide licks…also most of the first two albums bass lines). So he was the other creative “leader” in the band and clashed with Ronnie at times. No doubt he was a gifted composer, and his absence is notable on give me back my bullets, which just wasn’t very creative or diverse (several songs, including the title track, have that exact A power chord position as I Ain’t the One which to me illustrated the limitations of the original 2 guitar players, who were great players but not the best composers).

Gaines was the sister of one of the backup singers, and had pushed for him playing for a while, the band was surprised about how good he was when he finally auditioned. Ronnie was more accepting of Gaines having an elevated role and was clearly less controlling with him. Gaines was also a good composer, but was the best performer of all the guitar players they had. So I don’t think it was so much him making Ronnie up his game as much as recognizing and embracing the different energy and creativity he brought to the band, knowing he chased off the last guy that held that position, albeit unofficially.

Troubles will come, and they will pass...

That's really all you need to know...

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No, just Alice In Chains.

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Mamma used to whoop me but I would go see him again

I need you

“Ain’t no need to worry
Ain’t no use to cry
’Cause I’ll be comin’ home soon
To keep you satisfied…”

Chorus:

“Ooh baby, I love you
What more can I say?
Ooh baby, I need you
I miss you more every day”

“I woke up early this mornin’
And the sun came shining down
And it found me wishin’ and hopin’
Mama, you could be around…”