Gimme Back My Bullets

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Gimme Back My Bullets
Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released	February 2, 1976 (US)
Recorded	Sep. 7-9, 1975 at the Record Plant, Los Angeles (tracks 2,4,8) and Nov. 28-30, 1975 at Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia
Genre	Southern rock
Length	34:57
Label	MCA Records (US)
Producer	Tom Dowd
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Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
Nuthin' Fancy (1975) Gimme Back My Bullets (1976) One More from the Road (1976)

Gimme Back My Bullets is a 1976 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd (see 1976 in music). This was the fourth album by Lynyrd Skynyrd

The album was originally titled Ain't No Dowd About It, in tribute to the producer Tom Dowd, whom the band idolized. This was the original band's only studio album to not make platinum. However, it did include the hits "Gimme Back My Bullets" "Double Trouble" and "Cry For The Bad Man"

[edit] Track listing

1. "Gimme Back My Bullets" (G.Rossington - R. Van Zant) – 3:28
2. "Every Mother's Son" (A.Collins - R. Van Zant) – 4:56
3. "Trust" (A.Collins - G.Rossington - R. Van Zant) – 4:25
4. "I Got the Same Old Blues" (J.J.Cale) – 4:08
5. "Double Trouble" (A.Collins - R. Van Zant) – 2:49
6. "Roll Gypsy Roll" (A.Collins - G.Rossington - R. Van Zant) – 2:50
7. "Searching" (A.Collins - R. Van Zant) – 3:17
8. "Cry for the Bad Man" (G.Rossington - A.Collins - R. Van Zant) – 4:48
9. "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (A.Collins - R. Van Zant) – 4:16

[edit] Bonus tracks on expanded edition

1. "Gimme Back My Bullets" (live)
2. "Cry For The Bad Man" (live) Both bonus tracks were recorded March 7, 1976 at Bill Graham's Winterland, San Francisco, California and previously unreleased on album

[edit] Personnel

Lynyrd Skynyrd

• Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals, lyrics
• Allen Collins – guitars
• Gary Rossington – guitars
• Billy Powell – keyboards
• Leon Wilkeson – bass, background vocals
• Artimus Pyle – drums, percussion

Additional: The Honkettes (background vocals: 5,8), Lee Freeman (harp: 4), Barry Harwood (dobro & mandolin: 9), violin on (9) is "unidentified"

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