Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones - Eric Church - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Story songs like Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue” and Jeannie C Riley’s “Harper Valley PTA” have always been a big part of country music. The story song style tells the song’s story as a progression, like a short story, and usually contains some kind of reveal or surprise at the end. This clever style of songwriting has fallen out of fashion in recent years but Eric Church is bringing it back with "Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones.” The song tells of a young boy named Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones from Alabama whose mother would never reveal the identity of his father whom she had met at a concert. The boy has a difficult childhood but finds comfort in playing the guitar he bought at a pawn shop. The song is filled with references to the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. “Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones / Spelled with all four y’s / Was born in 70-something / Between "Sweet Home" and "You Got That Right.” The surprise name at the end of the song, Curtis Loew, should ring a bell with Lynyrd Skynyrd fans as the guitarist from their 1974 song “The Ballad of Curtis Loew.” According to the band, Curtis Loew wasn’t an actual person but a composite of several people who lived in their neighborhood, growing up in Jacksonville, Florida. The backing track for "Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones” is available with background vocals or as an instrumental on Karaoke Version.