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IN 1973 ‘LYNYRD SKYNYRD’ RELEASE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ‘PRONOUNCED ‘LĔH-‘NÉRD ‘SKIN-‘NÉRD’ FEATURING THE SKYNYRD CLASSICS “TUESDAY’S GONE,” “SIMPLE MAN” AND “FREE BIRD.” ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE RANKS THE LP AS ONE OF THE 500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
IN 1990 THE BLACK CROWES RELEASE THE SINGLE “HARD TO HANDLE” FROM THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ‘SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER’. THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY OTIS REDDING.
AND IN 1993 STEELY DAN, WHO BROKE UP IN 1981, RE-FORM AND BEGIN A U.S. TOUR AT THE PALACE IN AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN. THIS TOUR MARKED THEIR FIRST SERIES OF LIVE PERFORMANCES SINCE 1974. FANS WERE THRILLED TO SEE DONALD FAGEN AND WALTER BECKER PERFORM TOGETHER AGAIN.