<P> Lynyrd Skynyrd 's fan base continued to grow rapidly throughout 1973 , largely due to their opening slot on the Who 's Quadrophenia tour in the United States . Their 1974 follow - up , Second Helping , featuring King , Collins and Rossington all collaborating with Van Zant on the songwriting , cemented the band 's breakthrough . Its single , `` Sweet Home Alabama '' , a response to Neil Young 's `` Southern Man '' , reached # 8 on the charts that August . ( Young and Van Zant were not rivals , but fans of each other 's music and good friends ; Young wrote the song `` Powderfinger '' for the band , but they never recorded it . ) During their peak years , each of their records sold over one million copies , but `` Sweet Home Alabama '' was the only single to crack the top ten . The Second Helping album reached No. 12 in 1974 , eventually going multi-platinum . In July of that year , Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the headline acts at The Ozark Music Festival held at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia , Missouri . </P>
<P> Lynyrd Skynyrd 's fan base continued to grow rapidly throughout 1973 , largely due to their opening slot on the Who 's Quadrophenia tour in the United States . Their 1974 follow - up , Second Helping , featuring King , Collins and Rossington all collaborating with Van Zant on the songwriting , cemented the band 's breakthrough . Its single , `` Sweet Home Alabama '' , a response to Neil Young 's `` Southern Man '' , reached # 8 on the charts that August . ( Young and Van Zant were not rivals , but fans of each other 's music and good friends ; Young wrote the song `` Powderfinger '' for the band , but they never recorded it . ) During their peak years , each of their records sold over one million copies , but `` Sweet Home Alabama '' was the only single to crack the top ten . The Second Helping album reached No. 12 in 1974 , eventually going multi-platinum . In July of that year , Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the headline acts at The Ozark Music Festival held at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia , Missouri . </P>
when did lynyrd skynyrd open for the who
when did lynyrd skynyrd open for the who
1973
1973