Gimme Back My Bullets
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Gimme Back My Bullets is Lynyrd Skynyrd
's fourth studio album. It was released on February 2, 1976
. It reached # 20 on the U.S. albums chart. The album was certified Gold on 1/20/1981 by the R.I.A.A.
The album was originally titled Ain't No Dowd About It, in tribute to the producer Tom Dowd
, whom the band idolized. It remains the only studio album by the precrash lineup to have not yet reached platinum or higher in the United States. However, it did include the hits "Gimme Back My Bullets", "Double Trouble", and "Cry for the Bad Man". Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis
covered the song "Every Mother's Son" on his 1996 solo album, Martin + Me.
Additional: The Honkettes
(background vocals: 5,8), Lee Freeman (harp: 4), Barry Lee Harwood (dobro & mandolin: 9), violin on (9) is "unidentified"
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band prominent in spreading Southern Rock during the 1970s.Originally formed as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tune, Freebird...
's fourth studio album. It was released on February 2, 1976
1976 in music
-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....
. It reached # 20 on the U.S. albums chart. The album was certified Gold on 1/20/1981 by the R.I.A.A.
The album was originally titled Ain't No Dowd About It, in tribute to the producer Tom Dowd
Tom Dowd
Tom Dowd was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multi-track recording method. Dowd worked on a virtual "who's who" of recordings that encompassed blues, jazz, pop, rock and soul records.- Early years :Born in Manhattan, Dowd grew...
, whom the band idolized. It remains the only studio album by the precrash lineup to have not yet reached platinum or higher in the United States. However, it did include the hits "Gimme Back My Bullets", "Double Trouble", and "Cry for the Bad Man". Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis
J Mascis
J Mascis is an American musician, best known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr.. In 2011, he was ranked in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.- Biography :...
covered the song "Every Mother's Son" on his 1996 solo album, Martin + Me.
Side one
- "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:28
- "Every Mother's Son" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:56
- "Trust" (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:25
- "I Got the Same Old Blues" (J.J. Cale) – 4:08
Side two
- "Double Trouble" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 2:49
- "Roll Gypsy Roll" (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 2:50
- "Searching" (Allen Collins, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:17
- "Cry for the Bad Man" (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:48
- "All I Can Do Is Write About ItAll I Can Do Is Write About It"All I Can Do Is Write About It" is a song performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song is credited as having been written by band members Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant...
" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:16
1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
- "Gimme back my Bullets (Live)" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:18
- "Cry for the Bad Man (Live)" (Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:35
- Both bonus tracks were recorded March 7, 1976 at Bill Graham's Winterland, San Francisco, California and are previously unreleased.
2006 CD Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
- "Double Trouble (Live)" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant)
- "I got the Same Old Blues (Live)" (J.J. CaleJ.J. CaleJJ Cale , born John Weldon Cale on December 5, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and musician. Cale is one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz influences. Cale's personal style has...
) - "Gimme back my Bullets (Live)" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:18
- "Cry for the Bad Man (Live)" (Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:35
- "All I Can Do Is Write About ItAll I Can Do Is Write About It"All I Can Do Is Write About It" is a song performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song is credited as having been written by band members Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant...
(Acoustic Version)" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) - "Double Trouble (Alternate Studio Take)" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant)
- Live bonus tracks were recorded March 7, 1976 at Bill GrahamBill Graham (promoter)Bill Graham was an American impresario and rock concert promoter from the 1960s until his death.-Early life:...
's Winterland BallroomWinterland BallroomThe Winterland Ballroom, often referred to as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland, was an old ice skating rink and 5,400-seat music venue in San Francisco, California...
, San Francisco, California.
2006 Deluxe Edition bonus DVD
- "Double Trouble" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant)
- "I Ain't The One" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant)
- "Call Me The Breeze" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant)
- "I Got the Same Old Blues (Live)" (J.J. Cale)
- "Every Mother's Son" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant)
- "Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant)
- "Free Bird" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant)
- All tracks recorded live for "The Old Grey Whistle Test" on BBC television in 1976.
Personnel
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Ronnie Van ZantRonnie Van ZantRonald Wayne "Ronnie" Van Zant was an American lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd...
– lead vocals, lyricsLyricsLyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of... - Allen CollinsAllen CollinsLarkin Allen Collins Jr. was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and co-wrote many of the band's songs with late frontman Ronnie Van Zant...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Gary RossingtonGary RossingtonGary Robert Rossington is a founding member of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He plays lead and rhythm guitar. He is also a founding member of The Rossington-Collins Band along with former Lynyrd Skynyrd bandmate, the late Allen Collins...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Billy PowellBilly PowellWilliam Norris "Billy" Powell was an American musician. He was the longtime keyboardist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, from 1970 until his death in 2009.-Biography:...
– keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Leon WilkesonLeon WilkesonLeon Russell Wilkeson was the bassist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2001.-Early life:...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, background vocals - Artimus PyleArtimus PyleThomas Delmer "Artimus" Pyle is an American musician best known for playing drums with Lynyrd Skynyrd, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.-Early life and career:...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
Additional: The Honkettes
The Honkettes
The Honkettes was the name given to the female backing singers of the Southern Rock and Roll band Lynyrd Skynyrd. These members were Cassie Gaines JoJo Billingsley, and Leslie Hawkins...
(background vocals: 5,8), Lee Freeman (harp: 4), Barry Lee Harwood (dobro & mandolin: 9), violin on (9) is "unidentified"