Lynyrd Skynyrd: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Chas de Whalley, NME, 21 February 1976
WE ALL KNOW about Lynyrd Skynyrd. As barroom brawlers go, they don't come quite as gross as these six Southern redneck bruisers wired on Coors, Colombian and Southern Comfort and spaced on the sheer phallic power of electric guitars and three hundred watt amps.
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