The yield curve describes the yields for Treasury bills, notes and bonds. It's called a curve because, if it were plotted on a graph, the yields would normally slope up. That's because Treasury bills, which are of short duration, don't usually pay as high a yield as the notes and even longer-term bonds. Why?
Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd Songfacts. Lynyrd Skynyrd is from Jacksonville, Florida. They wrote this song about their impressions of Alabama and as a tribute to the studio musicians at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, where they recorded from 1970-1972.
Although Sweet Home Alabama was Lynryd Skynyrd's most famous song, Alabama had been featured in a number of songs before 1974, including Alabama Bound; Kurt Weill's Alabama Song, later recorded by the Doors; the 1934 jazz standard Stars Fell on Alabama; and Stephen Foster's 1847 classic Oh! Susanna!.