I watched a 30 minute show yesterday on AXS where they talked about Skynyrd in the very early days. Ronnie didn't allow improvisation while performing live. He insisted they memorize their music and perform it just as it was written. This fascinated me.....because it meant there were no jam solos.
Yeah I saw a video of the engineer that recorded freebird and it turns out that some parts of the solo is actually 2 tracks overlaid.
Alan played the lead exactly the same in different takes. Note for note.
Ronnie was a notorious task master. But it paid off.
Long interview with Ed King