The real Billy Tubbs would never encourage academic activity!

Right, it's Jango Fett.

Right, it's Jango Fett.

Only really works at family reunions.

Only really works at family reunions.

Ripped ones too, with like six degrees of separation.

Ripped ones too, with like six degrees of separation.

I hope those are Quicksilver shorts he's wearing.

I hope those are Quicksilver shorts he's wearing.

Do you go into articles about the Red Sox complaining about references to the Yankees? They're not "inextricably linked", they're just linked. With possible apologies to Sigur Rós and Sufjan, the Truckers are the most visible spiritual inheritors of Skynyrd's driving, multiple-guitar attack. It's like going into an…

Do you go into articles about the Red Sox complaining about references to the Yankees? They're not "inextricably linked", they're just linked. With possible apologies to Sigur Rós and Sufjan, the Truckers are the most visible spiritual inheritors of Skynyrd's driving, multiple-guitar attack. It's like going into an…

Yeah, I could see that. I got into the Allman Brothers well before Skynyrd (basically via buying the "Dreams" box set and then treating it like that was the thing I was supposed to be researching instead of my college classes).

Yeah, I could see that. I got into the Allman Brothers well before Skynyrd (basically via buying the "Dreams" box set and then treating it like that was the thing I was supposed to be researching instead of my college classes).

Yeah, he definitely seems like a sweet guy, I just can't make it through him trouncing songs by acts I like.

Yeah, he definitely seems like a sweet guy, I just can't make it through him trouncing songs by acts I like.

Maybe they were worried a gym teacher in the South wasn't quite rich enough to ignore the legal possibilities.

Maybe they were worried a gym teacher in the South wasn't quite rich enough to ignore the legal possibilities.

Yeah, I feel like there was something really good going on in Southern music in the '70s that got lost (probably due to the sheer amount of drugs ingested and the fact Southern rock stars died off like F1 drivers on a bender). The sole remaining connection is ZZ Top, but if Skynyrd still being around is a cynical…

Yeah, I feel like there was something really good going on in Southern music in the '70s that got lost (probably due to the sheer amount of drugs ingested and the fact Southern rock stars died off like F1 drivers on a bender). The sole remaining connection is ZZ Top, but if Skynyrd still being around is a cynical…

When else would you listen to him? Sit down with a brandy snifter and dig into the leitmotifs in You'll Accomp'ny Me?