On October 17, 1977, “MCA” label released “Street Survivors”, the fifth Lynyrd Skynyrd studio album. It was recorded April – August 1977, at “Criteria Studios” in Miami, Florida; “Studio One” in Doraville, Georgia, and “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Tom Dowd, Jimmy Johnson and Tim Smith. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.
Personnel:
- Ronnie Van Zant– lead vocals
- Steve Gaines– lead, co-lead and backing vocals, guitar
- Allen Collins– guitar
- Gary Rossington– guitar
- Billy Powell– keyboards
- Leon Wilkeson– bass, backing vocals
- Artimus Pyle– drums
- Ed King– guitar
- Greg T. Walker – bass
- Rickey Medlocke– drums, backing vocals
- Barry Lee Harwood – dobro
- The Honkettes (JoJo Billingsley, Cassie Gaines, Leslie Hawkins) – backing vocals
- Tim Smith – backing vocals
Track listing:
- What’s Your Name – Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
- That Smell – Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
- One More Time – Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
- I Know a Little – Steve Gaines
- You Got That Right – Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant
- I Never Dreamed – Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant
- Honky Tonk Night Time Man – Merle Haggard
- Ain’t No Good Life – Steve Gaines