"Lynyrd Skynyrd trotted out the flag as a symbol of rebellion in the 1970s, as seen on <a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVT-K82aoVI"" target=""_blank"">a clip of the band performing ""Sweet Home Alabama"" in 1975</a>. The group's Gary Rossington<a href=""http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/09/lynyrd-skynyrd-talks-southern-roots/""> told CNN in 2012</a> that it would stop using it, though <a href=""http://theboot.com/lynyrd-skynyrd-confederate-flag/"" target=""_blank"">Skynyrd soon brought it back</a>. But now <a href=""http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2015/06/even_lynyrd_skynyrd_wanted_to.html"" target=""_blank"">they give American flags more prominence</a>."
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