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What's Your Name (Lynyrd Skynyrd song)

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1630: 248:. The lyrics depict life on tour for a band and its entourage, and one of the verses is based on a true story of the band drinking at their hotel bar during a tour when one of their roadies got into a fight. The band got kicked out of the bar, but they went into another room and ordered champagne. However, unlike the song suggests, the incident did not happen in the city of 316:
as the video suggests). Interspersed within are shots of the road crew setting up for the show and the musicians tuning their instruments, having makeup done, meeting with fans, autographing albums and playing baseball together. At the end of the video, a hat in the style of Ronnie's trademark "High
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music gaming platform in both Basic and Pro mode, the latter of which takes advantage of the use of a real guitar or bass guitar and MIDI-compatible electronic drum kits and keyboards in addition to three-part harmony vocals.
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said that it "tells the standard 'rock and rollers on the road' story with a punchy lyric and a rousing beat."
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said that "it rocks with authority, powered by a driving brass section and Van Zant's ironic vocal work."
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along with a newly reformed Lynyrd Skynyrd live in concert (presumably at the
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praised the "strong, accessible melody" and the "excellent instrumentation."
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wrote "What's Your Name" while in Miami with producer Tom Dowd and
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Roller" look is seen atop a microphone stand as a tribute to him.
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that killed several band members, depicts Ronnie's brother
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Single
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Street Survivors
B-side
Genre
Southern rock
Label
MCA
Songwriter(s)
Gary Rossington
Ronnie Van Zant
Producer(s)
Tom Dowd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Free Bird
You Got That Right
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Street Survivors
Billboard Hot 100
Ronnie Van Zant
Gary Rossington
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Steve Cropper
Boise, Idaho
38 Special
Donnie
Billboard
Cash Box
Record World

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