Don't Ask Me No Questions

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"Don't Ask Me No Questions"
Single by Lynyrd Skynyrd
from the album Second Helping
B-side "Take Your Time"
ReleasedApril 1974
Recorded Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, January 1974
Genre Southern rock, blues rock
Length3:27
Label MCA Records
Songwriters Ronnie Van Zant
Gary Rossington
Producer Al Kooper
Lynyrd Skynyrd singles chronology
"Gimme Three Steps"
(1973)		"Don't Ask Me No Questions"
(1974)		"Sweet Home Alabama"
(1974)

"Don't Ask Me No Questions" is a song by American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on their 1974 album Second Helping . It was written by Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant. [1]

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The song is notable for its lyrics and simple guitar riff. Lynyrd Skynyrd, depicting themselves as just working-class musicians who liked making music at the time, were anxious in the world of record companies, managers, and agents. The song is a message to the people who did not want anything to do with the band during their early years, but became demanding when the band became successful. It was written by Rossington and Van Zant during a fishing trip. The song failed to reach chart status; however, their later song "Sweet Home Alabama" achieved worldwide recognition. [1] Buckrail said that "it’s a simple D-C-G progression with chicken-pickin’ hammer-ons and pull-offs". [2]

Personnel

Personnel taken from Second Helping liner notes. [3]

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Additional musicians

References

  1. 1 2 "Don't Ask Me No Questions by Lynyrd Skynyrd". Songfacts.
  2. ↑ Buckrail (2014-08-27). "Don't Ask Me No Questions". Buckrail - Jackson Hole, news. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  3. ↑ Second Helping (Album liner notes). Lynyrd Skynyrd. 1974.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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