It’s like Freebird for those who aren’t from Dixie.
actually here we prefer Simple Man or Sweet Home Alabama ...but your point is valid
Lynyrd Skynyrd had huge appeal before the crash all over the world...bigtime in Kalifornia.
Keith Richards in his books talks about Mick raising hell about having to follow them in their European Big Tongue tour in mid 70s...Mick knew following them meant you had to be on top of your form...harder to do on Big Dope...Van Zandt ran a firm crew and they either did it his way or kicked the crap out of them
now they still even play all over the US and garner 75K-200k per show...I know this because I know their booking agent really well...small crowds...2500-7500 an some soft tickets where the real cash it
someone mentioned Muzak...man they have been Muzaked to death...Simple man may the most commonly lifted jingle there is for TV commercials