When a bunch of ass-kicking redneck, whiskey rock and rollers from Jacksonville, Florida formed a band called Lynyrd Skynyrd, one of their greatest hits was the story of a real life situation band leader Ronnie Van Zant had at a bar when a guy pulled a gun on him for dancing with another man’s woman.
When Ronnie was telling the story to another band member, Gary Rossington, they had to change the name of the bar to better fit the lyrics of the song.
“I was cutting the rug down at a place called the Jug with a girl named Linda Lu, when in walked a man with a gun in his hand and he was looking for you know who”…