Second Helping

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Released April 15, 1974 Second Helping(1974) Nuthin' Fancy(1975) Release date 15 April 1974 Producer Al Kooper		Length 37:15 Artist Lynyrd Skynyrd Label Audio Fidelity Records

Recorded June 1973 (track 1)January 1974 Studio Studio One, Doraville, Georgia (track 1)Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California Genres Southern rock, Hard rock, Blues rock, Country rock, Boogie rock Similar Ronnie Van Zant albums, Southern rock albums

Second Helping is a 1974 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was the band's second album, and featured its biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama", an answer song to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man". The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974. This L.P. was the last to feature Bob Burns on drums.

The album reached #12 on the Billboard album charts. It was certified Gold on 9/20/1974, Platinum and 2x Platinum on 7/21/1987 by the RIAA.

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Track listing

Tracks 9-11 are previously unreleased

Personnel

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals

Gary Rossington – guitar

Allen Collins – guitar

Ed King – guitar, backing vocals, bass on "I Need You" and "Don't Ask Me No Questions"

Billy Powell – keyboards

Leon Wilkeson – bass, backing vocals

Bob Burns – drums, except "I Need You"

Additional personnel

Mike Porter – drums on "I Need You"

Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"

Bobby Keys, Trevor Lawrence and Steve Madaio – horns on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "Call Me the Breeze"

Al Kooper – backing vocals, piano on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "The Ballad of Curtis Loew"

Songs

1Sweet Home Alabama4:44
2I Need You6:54
3Don't Ask Me No Questions3:26

References

Second Helping Wikipedia

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Track listing

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