Lynyrd Skynyrd "Second Helping" [1974]

Because dumb-ass rednecks in the 70s probably thought women were incapable of playing the guitar, Lynyrd Skynyrd used its 3-guitar hick-dickhead assault as some sort of badge of masculinity. It's no surprise to find this worldview when one listens to the lyrics in "Second Helping": from defending Jim Crow as a Southern "tradition" to Ronnie Van Zant's vocal extrapolation on his unapologetic rant of fecklessness begun on his band's previous album's "Freebird." The slamming of their very own record company helps illustrate that trailer trash often can't keep a job once they bother to find one, and they firmly attest that not all Southern boys are racists, but only if you happen to be an old black guy who's an awesome guitar player. Ultimately, however, Lynyrd Skynyrd re-created themselves as arena rockers from shithole roadhouse lowlifes, secure in the knowledge that you didn't need to be a decent human being to be a rock star -- after all, the Stones had been doing it for years.