Nuthin’ Fancy by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Nuthin' Fancy, Lynyrd Skynyrd's third album, rolled out on MCA in March 1975 with Al Kooper producing, and the title is honest advertising: no frills, just Jacksonville boogie played loud and mean. Ronnie Van Zant growls and struts out front, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins and Ed King stack up the guitars, Leon Wilkeson holds down the bass and Billy Powell pounds the keys, with new drummer Artimus Pyle making his first appearance on a Skynyrd record.

The calling card is "Saturday Night Special", the album's only single, a tough, swaggering Southern blues-rocker that reached number 27 on the Billboard singles chart. It was also their first album to break into the top 10, peaking at number 9. The lineup didn't hold for long, though: in late May 1975 King quit in the middle of what the band called the Torture Tour.

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