Originally Posted by
trsidn
As I remember it, LS was rather bent at the way Young portrayed them, but Young thought it was cool that he was mentioned in their song. I could be wrong, tho.
I don't think Neil Young ever singled out Lynyrd Skynyrd, but they were responding as Southerners and the leading band in the Southern rock genre. LS was saying it wasn't NY's place to "put her down". FYI, LS was from Florida