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722:Steve Gaines
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2869:Plane crash
2852:Discography
2741:Other songs
2544:Solo Flytes
2400:Live albums
2282:Johnny Colt
2247:Kurt Custer
2094:January 15,
1852:Yahoo Music
1825:Brave Words
1785:. July 2024
1719:February 7,
1553:November 7,
1158:October 10,
1063:Colin Firth
702:) – organ,
520:Baton Rouge
264:Producer(s)
54:"Free Bird"
2907:1973 songs
2901:Categories
2763:Simple Man
2703:That Smell
2654:Mr. Banker
2250:Mike Estes
2177:Peter Keys
1831:August 25,
1739:grammy.com
1580:January 4,
1497:January 4,
1074:References
996:PROMUSICAE
668:– guitars
369:Live video
163:arena rock
133:Studio One
32:Free Birds
2675:Free Bird
2497:(box set)
2272:Ean Evans
2254:Owen Hale
2205:Bob Burns
1991:Billboard
1763:April 23,
1693:March 14,
1467:cite book
1423:Billboard
1396:Billboard
1369:Billboard
1341:Billboard
1259:"Discogs"
1152:Stereogum
1016:Platinum
943:Billboard
931:position
902:Ireland (
897:position
875:position
839:Billboard
817:position
781:Billboard
760:position
724:– guitars
704:Mellotron
700:Al Kooper
687:Bob Burns
649:Personnel
628:Billboard
608:dance-pop
594:Bob Dylan
526:Reception
426:Billboard
394:Free Bird
299:Free Bird
270:Al Kooper
158:hard rock
40:Vogelfrei
2836:Van Zant
1954:March 7,
1909:March 8,
1883:March 8,
1806:(2004).
1789:July 31,
1652:Archived
1605:March 7,
1523:April 1,
1430:July 16,
1402:July 16,
1375:July 16,
1348:July 16,
1299:Archived
1275:cite web
1218:Archived
1190:Archived
1040:In 2004
1019:600,000
858:Top 100
855:Cash Box
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