‘God and Guns’ was an album released by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 2009, it was successful in America as it peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200, its best effort since the release of Street Survivors in 1977.

‘Still Unbroken’ is the opening track and it’s a good one; it even got some traction in Australia as at least one internet radio station played it regularly; some called it their ‘fight song’, no matter how bad life can get, don’t let it defeat you, stand your ground, you’ll get through the rough times.

‘Simple Life’ the second song, a yearning for the past which sadly isn’t going to come back, though you can always try, do all the things you want to do again, you never know it may catch on with people.

‘Little Thing Called You’, this song is an enjoyable sounding one though the subject matter isn’t of much joy, a guy who has been lied to and cheated on by a woman who also was greedy.

Fourth track ‘Southern Ways’ is interesting, it also feels that the yearning for southern ways is just a narrower yearning for what was yearned for in ‘Simple Life’.

‘Skynyrd Nation’ is about the fans, this one really does sound good, Lynyrd Skynyrd fans are a loyal bunch of fans, it must be nice to have such a following decade after decade and they’ve stuck with them through both triumph and tragedy.

‘Unwrite That Song’ is one that I like quite a bit even if the subject matter is not very cheerful, couples usually have a song they called theirs and, in this case, when a relationship ends, the song of theirs loses all meaning and one wishes the song was never written.

Seventh track ‘Floyd’ is probably the least played song when I put on the CD, it feels like the words are muddled in with the music, something just is not right.

‘That Ain’t My America’ is an interesting song, some may think that what they are singing in 2009 is very relevant in 2025, the reality is the world and indeed a country is different from one generation to the next.

‘God and Guns’ an interesting song lyrically, some may think is a contradiction of ‘Saturday Night Special’ as ‘God and Guns’ doesn’t want guns to be taken away and ‘Saturday Night Special’ wants guns dumped into the bottom of the sea.

‘Storm’ this one is another one that I enjoy, perfect for those who love their Southern Rock music, the message is clear, no matter how bad that things may get, the bad times (the storm) are going to end.

‘Gifted Hands’ this song is perhaps my favourite of the album, it is about the late Billy Powell who played Keyboard and Piano for the band, his playing really was a key part to the sound, if ‘God and Guns’ was the final studio album, ‘Gifted Hands’ would have been the perfect finale.