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One More from the Road (1976)

Where the lyrics of One More from the Road take you, and where it was really made.

The theatre where this live album was recorded was saved from demolition, and the band had supported its promoter to make that happen.

Key places

Recording site Fox Theatre — Three concerts at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta in July 1976 were recorded for this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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One More from the Road: live album by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
Recorded live at three concerts at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, in July 1976
Released September 1976; the band's first live album
Only live album released in the band's classic period, 1970 to 1977
Original release: double LP with 14 tracks
Styled on the sleeve as One More For From The Road

The band had supported rock promoter Alex Cooley since 1974 so that the theatre could be saved from demolition
The classic period ended when the band's plane crashed, killing Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines
Original tracks include a cover of Jimmie Rodgers' T for Texas and an 11:30 version of Free Bird
The live version of Sweet Home Alabama from this album was later used in the Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades games

The recordings were made at three concerts at the Fox Theatre in July 1976
Side four closes with the 11:30 live Free Bird, the album's longest track on the original LP

1	Introduction by Alex Cooley / Workin' for MCA	5:33
2	I Ain't the One	3:47
3	Saturday Night Special	5:40
4	Searching	4:01
5	Travellin' Man	4:37
6	Simple Man	6:56
7	Whiskey Rock-A-Roller	4:49
8	The Needle and the Spoon	4:36
9	Gimme Back My Bullets	4:01
10	Tuesday's Gone	8:26
11	Gimme Three Steps	5:11
12	Call Me the Breeze	5:51
13	T for Texas	9:15

1	Sweet Home Alabama	7:29
2	Crossroads	4:16
3	Free Bird	14:26
4	Introduction by Alex Cooley / Workin' for MCA (alternate take)	5:38
5	I Ain't the One (alternate take)	3:53
6	Searching (alternate take)	4:14
7	Gimme Three Steps (alternate take)	4:43
8	Call Me the Breeze (alternate take)	5:43
9	Sweet Home Alabama (alternate take)	7:28
10	Crossroads (alternate take)	4:46
11	Free Bird (alternate take)	14:56

Formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964 as My Backyard, with Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom (bass), and Bob Burns (drums).
Adopted the name Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1968, partly as a mocking tribute to P.E. teacher Leonard Skinner.
Debut album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) released in 1973, produced by Al Kooper.

Core lineup in 1973: Van Zant, Collins, Rossington, Leon Wilkeson (bass), Billy Powell (keyboards), and Ed King (guitar).
Burns was replaced by Artimus Pyle in 1974; King was replaced by Steve Gaines in 1976.

Popularized Southern rock with "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird".
Career halted on October 20, 1977, when their chartered plane crashed, killing Van Zant, Gaines, and Cassie Gaines.
Reunited in 1987 with Johnny Van Zant as lead vocalist and continued touring for decades.
Gary Rossington, the last founding member, died in March 2023.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006; Rolling Stone ranked them No. 95 among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004.

Rolling Stone: John Milward's review in its 4 November 1976 issue said the album presents top-quality guitar rock throughout
Guitar World editor Ted Drozdowski named it among the greatest rock concert albums, alongside The Who's Live at Leeds and The Allman Brothers Band's Fillmore East Live
Drozdowski wrote that the album captures the band's performing peak

AllMusic (Stephen Thomas Erlewine) gave it 3 out of 5 stars
Erlewine: the band had built its name on good concerts, so a double live album released months after the fourth album Gimme Back My Bullets made sense
Ultimate Classic Rock (Michael Gallucci): the 14-minute live Free Bird on this album could stand in for the studio version if time allows

Reached number 9 on the Billboard 200, the band's second top-10 album in the United States
Reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart, the band's first top-20 entry in the UK
Certified gold by the RIAA on October 26, 1976, platinum on December 30, 1976, and 3× platinum on July 21, 1987

The discogs master notes that every version's sleeve shows the title as One More For The Road, with 'For' struck through and replaced by 'From'.
Allen Collins was unhappy with his guitar solo on Free Bird, so he overdubbed part of his solo on the original LP.
The live Sweet Home Alabama from this album was used in the Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades games.
This is the first album with guitarist Steve Gaines, who had joined the band only shortly before the recordings.