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![Lynyrd Skynyrd FreeBird [HQ] (LIVE) 1977](http://web.archive.org./web/20120829155324im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VX3cbFJ3lYU/0.jpg "- July 4'th 1977, Oakland, great quality. \"Free Bird\" (also spelled \"Freebird\") is a song by the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was first featured on the band's debut album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) in 1973, and has been included on subsequent albums released by the band. Released as a single in November 1974, \"Free Bird\" became the band's second Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1975, where it peaked at No. 19. A live version of the song also reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977, peaking at No. 38. Free Bird also achieved the No. 3 spot on Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. It is used as a finale by Lynyrd Skynyrd during their live performances, and is their longest song, often going well over 14 minutes when played live. The lyrical portion of the song was written early in the group's history. Roadie Billy Powell was discovered as a keyboardist for the band when he played the intro piece to \"Free Bird\" at a high school prom. Lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant noted his talent and invited him to join. Allen Collins's then-girlfriend, Kathy, whom he later married, asked him, \"If I leave here tomorrow would you still remember me?\" Collins jotted the question down and it eventually became the opening line of \"Free Bird\". Gary Rossington played a Gibson SG and used a glass Coricidin bottle for a slide on this song to emulate one of his heroes, Duane Allman. This was the only song he used a guitar other than a Les Paul on <b>...</b>")
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Rickey Medlocke
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Steve Gaines
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Uncle Kracker
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Zakk Wylde
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Filmography
- New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin (2011)
- Fashion Rocks (2008)
- 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live from Austin, TX (2006)
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- The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005)
- One Less Tear (2003)
- 24 Hours in Rock and Roll (1994)
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Authorized Bootleg: Live / Winterland - San Francisco, CA 3/07/1976
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- One More Time
- I Know a Little
- You Got That Right
- I Never Dreamed
- Honky Tonk Night Time Man
- Ain't No Good Life
- Sweet Home Alabama
- I Need You
- Don't Ask Me No Questions
- Workin' for MCA
- The Ballad of Curtis Loew
- Swamp Music
- The Needle and the Spoon
- Call Me the Breeze
- You Got That Right
- Gimme Three Steps
- One More Time
- On the Hunt
- Down South Junkin'
- All I Can Do Is Write About It
- Am I Losin'
- Double Trouble
- Comin' Home
- Saturday Night Special
- Cheatin' Woman
- Railroad Song
- I'm a Country Boy
- On the Hunt
- Am I Losin'
- Made in the Shade
- Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
- Railroad Song (live)
- On the Hunt (live)
- Introduction by Lacy Van Zant / Workin' for MCA
- That Smell
- I Know a Little
- Comin' Home
- You Got That Right
- What's Your Name?
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Swamp Music
- Call Me the Breeze
- Dixie / Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Every Mother's Son
- Trust
- Got the Same Old Blues
- Double Trouble
- Roll Gypsy Roll
- Searching
- Cry for the Bad Man
- All I Can Do Is Write About It
- Gimme Back My Bullets (live)
- Cry for the Bad Man (live)
- Introduction / Workin' for MCA
- I Ain't the One
- Saturday Night Special
- Searching
- Travellin' Man
- Simple Man
- Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
- The Needle and the Spoon
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Tuesday's Gone
- Gimme Three Steps
- Call Me the Breeze
- T for Texas
- Sweet Home Alabama
- What's Your Name
- Gimme Three Steps
- Double Trouble
- Saturday Night Special
- That Smell
- Free Bird
- Don't Ask Me No Questions
- Call Me the Breeze
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
- Tuesday's Gone
- Comin' Home
- I Got the Same Old Blues
- Sweet Home Alabama
- I Ain't the One
- Was I Right or Wrong
- Gimmie Three Steps
- Workin' for MCA
- Simple Man
- Swamp Music
- The Ballad of Curtis Loew
- Saturday Night Special
- Mr. Banker
- Comin' Home
- Call Me the Breeze
- Free Bird
- I Ain't the One
- Tuesday's Gone (album version)
- Gimme Three Steps (album version)
- Simple Man
- Things Goin' On
- Mississippi Kid
- Poison Whiskey
- Free Bird (album version)
- Mr. Banker
- Down South Jukin'
- Tuesday's Gone (demo version)
- Gimme Three Steps (demo version)
- Free Bird (1973/live demo version)
- Call Me the Breeze
- Saturday Night Special
- Railroad Song
- I'm a Country Boy
- On the Hunt
- Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- I Got the Same Old Blues
- Double Trouble
- Searchin'
- Cry for a Bad Man
- What's Your Name
- That Smell
- I Know a Little
- You Got That Right
- Free Bird (demo version)
- Junkie (demo version)
- He's Alive (demo version)
- One More Time
- Gimmie Three Steps
- Trust
- Mr. Banker (demo version)
- Down South Jukin' (demo version)
- Truck Drivin' Man (demo version)
- I Ain't the One (demo version)
- Poison Whiskey (demo version)
- Was I Right or Wrong?
- What's Your Name (live)
- Gimme Three Steps (live)
- Red White and Blue
- I Know a Little (live)
- That's How I Like It
- The Way
- Tuesday's Gone (live)
- Call Me the Breeze (live)
- Lucky Man
- The Ballad of Curtis Loew (live)
- We Ain't Much Different
- That's How I Like It
- What's Your Name
- I Know a Little
- Pick 'em Up
- Simple Man
- That Smell
- Red, White & Blue
- Down South Jukin'
- Gimmie Back My Bullets
- Double Trouble
- The Ballad of Curtis Loew
- Tuesday's Gone
- Mississippi Kid
- That's How I Like It
- Pick 'em Up
- Dead Man Walkin'
- The Way
- Red, White & Blue
- Sweet Mama
- All Funked Up
- Hell or Heaven
- Mad Hatter
- Rockin' Little Town
- Crawl
- Jake
- Life's Lessons
- Lucky Man
- Gimme Back My Bullets (feat. Kid Rock)
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Need All My Friends
- Blues Medley: Sweet Little Angel / How Blue Can You Get / I Got a Mind to Give Up Living
- Down South Jukin'
- Was I Right or Wrong?
- I Ain't the One
- Tuesday's Gone
- Gimme Three Steps
- Workin' for MCA
- The Ballad of Curtis Loew
- Call Me the Breeze
- Saturday Night Special
- All I Can Do Is Write About It (acoustic)
- Free Bird
- Born to Run
- One Thing
- The Last Rebel
- Devil in the Bottle
- Edge of Forever
- Money Back Guarantee
- FLA
- Smokestack Lightning
- I've Seen Enough
- Travelin' Man
- Never Too Late
- O R R
- Gimme Three Steps
- Preacher Man
- Saturday Night Special
- Workin'
- I Know a Little
- Berneice
- Simple Man
- Travelin' Man
- That Smell
- Home Is Where the Heart Is
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Gimme Three Steps (original version)
- Simple Man (original version)
- Swamp Music
- The Needle and the Spoon
- I'm a Country Boy
- What's Your Name
- I Ain't the One (original version)
- Don't Ask Me No Questions
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Saturday Night Special
- Honky Tonk Night Time Man
- Railroad Song
- Workin' for MCA
- Every Mother's Son
- Whiskey Rock-a-roller
- That Smell
- Introduction by Alex Cooley / Workin' for MCA
- I Ain't the One
- Saturday Night Special
- Searching
- Travellin' Man
- Simple Man
- Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
- The Needle and the Spoon
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Tuesday's Gone
- Gimme Three Steps
- Call Me the Breeze
- T for Texas
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Swamp Music
- Gimme Three Steps
- I Ain't the One
- Double Trouble (outtake version)
- Free Bird (outtake version)
- Truck Drivin' Man (demo)
- Working for MCA
- Saturday Night Special
- What's Your Name
- That Smell
- Don't Ask Me No Questions
- Call Me the Breeze
- You Got That Right
- Gimme Three Steps
- One More Time
- On the Hunt
- Down South Jukin'
- All I Can Do Is Write About It
- Am I Losin'
- Double Trouble
- Comin' Home
- Saturday Night Special
- Workin'
- Preacher Man
- Tomorrow's Goodbye
- That Smell
- Gone Fishin'
- Simple Man
- Voodoo Lake
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- Free Bird
- Need All My Friends
- Michelle
- If I'm Wrong
- No One Can Take Your Place
- Hide Your Face
- Bad Boy Blues
- Memphis
- I Ain't the One
- Call Me the Breeze
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Woman of Mine
- Workin' for MCA (live)
- Free Bird (live)
- Santa's Messin' With the Kid
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Christmas Time Again
- Greensleeves
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- Run Run Rudolph
- Mama's Song
- Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'
- Classical Christmas
- Hallelujah , It's Christmas
- Skynyrd Family
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Gimme Three Steps
- Simple Man
- Saturday Night Special
- Swamp Music
- The Ballad of Curtis Loew
- Call Me the Breeze
- Comin' Home
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- What's Your Name
- You Got That Right
- All I Can Do Is Write About It (acoustic version)
- That Smell
- Free Bird (live)
- Workin'
- Full Moon Night
- Preacher Man
- Mean Streets
- Tomorrow's Goodbye
- Edge of Forever
- Gone Fishin'
- Through It All
- Money Back Guarantee
- G.W.T.G.G.
- Rough Around the Edges
- FLA
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20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released 1999
Released 1999
- Sweet Home Alabama
- What's Your Name?
- Gimme Three Steps
- Double Trouble
- You Got That Right
- Saturday Night Special
- That Smell
- Swamp Music
- I Ain't the One
- Freebird
- Free Bird
- One More Time
- Gimme Three Steps
- Was I Right or Wrong
- Preacher's Daughter
- White Dove
- Down South Jukin'
- Wino
- Simple Man
- Trust
- Comin' Home
- The Seasons
- Lend a Helpin' Hand
- Things Goin' On
- I Ain't the One
- You Run Around
- Ain't Too Proud to Pray
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Gimme Three Steps
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Tuesday's Gone
- Gotta Go
- I Need You
- Swamp Music
- You Got That Right
- I'm a Country Boy
- We Ain't Much Different
- Saturday Night Special
- What's Your Name
- On the Hunt
- You Got That Right
- Voodoo Lake
- That Smell
- Bring It On
- Simple Man
- I Know a Little
- Berneice
- Gimme Three Steps
- What's Your Name (live)
- We Ain't Much Different
- Berneice
- Free Bird (live)
- Sweet Home Alabama (live)
- Home Is Where the Heart Is
- O.R.R.
- Bring It on Home
- You Got That Right (live)
- Travelin' Man (feat. Ronnie Van Zant)
- Sweet Home Alabama
- I Ain't the One
- Was I Right or Wrong
- Gimme Three Steps
- Workin' for MCA
- Simple Man
- Swamp Music
- The Ballad of Curtis Loew
- Saturday Night Special
- Mr. Banker
- Comin' Home
- Call Me the Breeze
- Free Bird
- I've Been Your Fool
- Comin' Home
- Down South Jukin'
- White Dove
- I Ain't the One
- Tuesday's Gone
- Gimme Three Steps
- Simple Man
- Poison Whiskey
- Freebird
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Don't Ask Me No Questions
- Workin' for MCA
- Swamp Music
- The Needle and the Spoon
- I've Been Your Fool
- Comin' Home
- Down South Jukin'
- White Dove
- I Ain't the One
- Tuesday's Gone
- Gimme Three Steps
- Simple Man
- Poison Whiskey
- Free Bird
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Don't Ask Me No Questions
- Workin' for MCA
- Swamp Music
- The Needle and the Spoon
- That Smell
- Workin' for MCA
- Call Me the Breeze
- Mississipi Kid
- What's Your Name
- Simple Man
- Things Goin' On
- I Need You
- Swamp Music
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Down South Jukin'
- Swamp Music
- Call Me the Breeze
- I Know a Little
- The Needle and the Spoon
- That Smell
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Made in the Shade
- Simple Man
- Workin' for MCA
- Gimme Three Steps
- Comin' Home
- We Ain't Much Different
- Bring It On
- Voodoo Lake
- Home Is Where the Heart Is
- Travelin' Man
- Talked Myself Right Into It
- Never Too Late
- O.R.R.
- Blame It on a Sad Song
- Berneice
- None of Us Are Free
- How Soon We Forget
- Sign of the Times
- Working for MCA
- I Ain't the One
- Down South Jukin'
- Double Trouble
- I Know a Little
- Saturday Night Special
- Swamp Music
- What's Your Name
- That Smell
- Simple Man
- Gimme Three Steps
- Call Me the Breeze (Incl. Guitar Improvisations)
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Workin' for MCA
- I Ain't the One
- Saturday Night Special
- Down South Jukin'
- Double Trouble
- Devil in the Bottle
- "T" For Texas
- What's Your Name
- That Smell
- Workin' for MCA
- I Ain't the One
- Saturday Night Special
- Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
- Travellin' Man
- Searching
- What's Your Name
- That Smell
- Gimme Three Steps
- Call Me the Breeze
- T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- Dixie
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King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Lynyrd Skynyrd in Concert
Released 1995
Released 1995
- Double Trouble
- I Ain't the One
- The Needle and The Spoon
- Saturday Night Special
- Gimme Three Steps
- I Got the Same Old Blues
- Simple Man
- Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
- Call Me the Breeze
- T for Texas
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- Saturday Night Special
- Swamp Music
- Whiskey Rock & Roller
- Gimme Three Steps
- What's Your Name
- Workin' for M.C.A.
- Ballad of Curtis Loew
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Tuesday's Gone
- Call Me the Breeze
- That Smell
- The Needle & The Spoon
- You Got That Right
- Double Trouble (live)
- Saturday Night Special
- Whiskey Rock & Roller
- Workin' for M.C.A.
- I Ain't the One
- Sweet Home Alabama
- The Ballad of Curtis Loew
- Tuesday's Gone
- Gimme Three Steps
- The Needle and the Spoon
- Free Bird
- Call Me the Breeze
- What's Your Name
- Swamp Music
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- That Smell
- You Got That Right
- Good Lovin's Hard to Find
- One Thing
- Can't Take That Away
- Best Things in Life
- The Last Rebel
- Outta Hell in My Dodge
- Kiss Your Freedom Goodbye
- South of Heaven
- Love Don't Always Come Easy
- Born to Run
- Down South Jukin'
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Devil in the Bottle
- Things Going On
- Saturday Night Special
- Sweet Home Alabama
- I Ain't the One
- Am I Losin'?
- All I Have Is a Song
- Poison Whiskey
- Good Luck, Bad Luck
- The Last Rebel
- Hillbilly Blues
- Comin' Home
- When You Got Good Friends
- Down South Jukin'
- Mississippi Kid
- Things Goin' On
- Made in the Shade
- Ballad of Curtis Loew
- Workin' for MCA
- Saturday Night Special
- Swamp Music
- What's Your Name
- Tuesday's Gone
- That Smell
- I Know a Little
- One Thing
- Good Lovin' Is Hard to Find
- Outta Hell in My Dodge
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Swamp Music
- I Ain't the One
- Gimme Three Steps
- Double Trouble (outtake version)
- Free Bird (outtake version)
- Truck Drivin' Man
- Saturday Night Special
- Workin' for MCA
- What's Your Name
- That Smell
- Don't Ask Me No Questions
- Call Me the Breeze
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Freebird
- Saturday Night Special
- Double Trouble
- What's Your Name?
- You've Got That Right
- Am I Losing?
- Gimme Three Steps
- Don't Ask Me No Questions
- Made in the Shade
- All I Can Do Is Write About It
- I Know a Little
- Mr. Banker
- Truck Drivin' Man
- Smokestack Lightning
- I Know a Little
- Saturday Night Special
- You Got That Right!
- What's Your Name?
- Keeping the Faith
- Good Thing
- Simple Man
- Write Me a Song
- I've Seen Enough
- Sweet Home Alabama
- All I Can Do Is Write About It (acoustic)
- What's Your Name
- I Ain't the One (demo)
- Call Me the Breeze
- Gimme Back My Bullets (live)
- Gimme Three Steps (original version)
- Saturday Night Special
- That Smell
- Free Bird
- Smokestack Lightning
- Keeping the Faith
- Southern Women
- Pure & Simple
- I've Seen Enough
- Good Thing
- Money Man
- Backstreet Crawler
- It's a Killer
- Mama (Afraid to Say Goodbye)
- End of the Road
- Free Bird (demo)
- Junkie (demo)
- He's Alive (demo)
- One More Time (original version)
- Gimme Three Steps (original version)
- Trust (original version)
- Comin' Home
- Mr. Banker (demo)
- Down South Jukin' (demo)
- Truck Drivin' Man (demo)
- I Ain't the One (demo)
- Poison Whiskey (demo)
- Tuesday's Gone
- Things Goin' On
- Free Bird
- Georgia Peaches
- When You Got Good Friends
- Sweet Little Missy
- Four Walls of Raiford
- Simple Man
- Truck Drivin' Man
- One in the Sun
- Mr. Banker
- Take Your Time
- I've Been Your Fool
- Gotta Go
- I'm a Country Boy
- Double Trouble
- Workin' for MCA
- Call Me The Breeze
- I Never Dreamed
- T for Texas
- Down South Jukin'
- Preacher's Daughter
- White Dove
- Was I Right or Wrong
- Lend a Helpin' Hand
- Wino
- Comin' Home
- Seasons
- Things Goin' On
- I Ain't the One
- I'm a Country Boy
- The Needle and the Spoon
- Saturday Night Special
- Don't Ask Me No Questions
- Am I Losin'
- Made in the Shade
- Railroad Song
- Call Me the Breeze
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Woman of Mine
- Workin' for MCA
- Down South Jukin' (acoustic)
- Saturday Night Special (acoustic)
- Heartbreak Hotel (acoustic)
- Devil in the Bottle (acoustic)
- Things Goin' On (acoustic)
- I Know a Little
- That Smell
- You Got That Right
- What's Your Name
- Simple Man
- Gimme Three Steps
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- Call Me the Breeze (live, 1976: Cardiff)
- Workin' for MCA
- I Ain't the One
- Saturday Night Special
- Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
- That Smell
- Travelin' Man
- Ain't No Good Life
- Gimme Three Steps
- Call Me the Breeze
- T for Texas
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- Double Trouble
- I Ain't the One
- The Needle & the Spoon
- Saturday Night Special
- Gimme Three Steps
- I Got the Same Old Blues
- Simple Man
- Whiskey Rock a Roller
- Call Me the Breeze
- T for Texas
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- Double Trouble
- Saturday Night Special
- Gimme Three Steps
- Same Ol' Blues
- Simple Man
- Whiskey Rock a Roller
- Call Me the Breeze
- T for Texas
- T for Texas, Part 2
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- Workin' for MCA
- I Ain't the One
- Saturday Night Special
- That Smell
- Swamp Music
- I Know a Little
- Gimme Three Steps
- Call Me the Breeze
- Simple Man
- Dixie
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- Down South Jukin'
- Saturday Night Special
- Gimme Three Steps (live)
- What's Your Name
- You Got That Right
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Free Bird
- That Smell
- On the Hunt
- I Ain't the One (live)
- Whiskey Rock-a-Roller
- Simple Man
- I Know a Little
- Tuesday's Gone
- Comin' Home
- I Ain't the One
- Tuesday's Gone
- Gimme Three Steps
- Simple Man
- Things Goin' On
- Mississippi Kid
- Poison Whiskey
- Free Bird
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
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- Duration: 7:40
- Published: 20 Aug 2006
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Good
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Lynyrd Skynyrd-Free Bird-BBC 1975
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- Duration: 10:13
- Published: 01 Dec 2007
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Old Grey Whistle Test 1975 live
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Lynyrd Skynyrd-Free bird
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- Duration: 9:03
- Published: 11 Mar 2008
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Awesome guitar solo at the end If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be travelling on, now, cause theres too many places Ive got to see. But, if I stayed here with you, girl, Things just couldnt be the same. cause Im as free as a bird now, And this bird you can not change. Lord knows, I cant change. Bye, bye, its been a sweet love. Though this feeling I cant change. But please dont take it badly, cause lord knows Im to blame. But, if I stayed here with you girl, Things just couldnt be the same. Cause Im as free as a bird now, And this bird youll never change. And this bird you can not change. Lord knows, I cant change. Lord help me, I cant change (AWESOME GUITAR SOLO)
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Lynyrd Skynyrd FreeBird [HQ] (LIVE) 1977
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- Duration: 12:04
- Published: 23 Dec 2010
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
- July 4'th 1977, Oakland, great quality. "Free Bird" (also spelled "Freebird") is a song by the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was first featured on the band's debut album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) in 1973, and has been included on subsequent albums released by the band. Released as a single in November 1974, "Free Bird" became the band's second Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1975, where it peaked at No. 19. A live version of the song also reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977, peaking at No. 38. Free Bird also achieved the No. 3 spot on Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. It is used as a finale by Lynyrd Skynyrd during their live performances, and is their longest song, often going well over 14 minutes when played live. The lyrical portion of the song was written early in the group's history. Roadie Billy Powell was discovered as a keyboardist for the band when he played the intro piece to "Free Bird" at a high school prom. Lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant noted his talent and invited him to join. Allen Collins's then-girlfriend, Kathy, whom he later married, asked him, "If I leave here tomorrow would you still remember me?" Collins jotted the question down and it eventually became the opening line of "Free Bird". Gary Rossington played a Gibson SG and used a glass Coricidin bottle for a slide on this song to emulate one of his heroes, Duane Allman. This was the only song he used a guitar other than a Les Paul on <b>...</b>
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Lynyrd Skynyrd-Call Me The Breeze-1976
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- Duration: 5:22
- Published: 09 Nov 2007
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
knebworth
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LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Still Ubroken
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- Duration: 3:57
- Published: 26 Aug 2009
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
The clip for Lynyrd Skynyrd's first single 'Still Ubroken', taken from the upcoming album God & Guns. The album is released in Australia on the 15th September.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama, Live Nashville, TN, USA
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- Duration: 6:46
- Published: 12 Feb 2008
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Live in Nashville TN, USA, The Vicious Cycle Tour 2003
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Sweet Home Alabama
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- Duration: 6:14
- Published: 08 Apr 2006
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Lynard Skynard Gimme Three Steps Live
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- Duration: 4:49
- Published: 21 Jun 2006
- Updated: 25 Aug 2012
Performance at Knebworth. One of the great ones
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Still Unbroken
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- Duration: 3:56
- Published: 19 Jul 2010
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
© 2009 WMG Purchase God & Guns from iTunes - bit.ly Lynyrd Skynyrd - Still Unbroken
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That Smell...Lynyrd Skynyrd
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- Duration: 6:27
- Published: 25 Oct 2007
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
Live at the Rockpalast...1996
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Lynyrd Skynyrd- Gimme Back My Bullets
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- Duration: 3:47
- Published: 25 Nov 2007
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
Skynyrd Rockin another 1.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell (live '77)
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- Duration: 5:50
- Published: 09 Jul 2008
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars Oak tree you're in my way There's too much coke and too much smoke Look what's going on inside you Ooooh that smell Can't you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of death surrounds you Angel of darkness is upon you Stuck a needle in your arm So take another toke, have a blow for your nose One more drink fool, will drown you Ooooh that smell Can't you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of death surrounds you Now they call you Prince Charming Can't speak a word when you're full of 'ludes Say you'll be all right come tomorrow But tomorrow might not be here for you Ooooh that smell Can't you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of death surrounds you Hey, you're a fool you Stick them needles in your arm I know I been there before One little problem that confronts you Got a monkey on your back Just one more fix, Lord might do the trick One hell of a price for you to get your kicks Ooooh that smell Can't you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of death surrounds you Ooooh that smell Can't you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of death surrounds you
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LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Sweet Home Alabama
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- Duration: 5:43
- Published: 15 Mar 2007
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
LYNYRD SKYNYRD Sweet Home Alabama
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Lynyrd Skynyrd- Mr Banker
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- Duration: 5:23
- Published: 20 Mar 2009
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
Awesome southern blues song from Lynyrd Skynyrd, enjoy!
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (1977)
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- Duration: 6:59
- Published: 19 Jun 2011
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
"The Day On The Green" at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium, July 2, 1977. Just three months before plane crash. Thanks Bill Graham. Skynyrd rocks! You can see Neil Young on Ronnie's T-shirt.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man 1987
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- Duration: 7:25
- Published: 26 Sep 2008
- Updated: 25 Aug 2012
from 1987 skynyrd tribute tour
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps (live '76)
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- Duration: 4:51
- Published: 02 Mar 2008
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
Lynyrd Skynyrd is performing "Gimme Three Steps" live in Knebworth Fair Hertfordshire, England. The date is August 21th 1977. Personally this is one of my favourite Skynyrd tune. Love the text and I'm happy for Ronne Van Zant that he managed to flee! Ronnie Van Zant is singing about when he was facing trouble in the bar called "The Little Brown Jug" (the Jug). He was dancing (cutting a rug) with Linda Lu, when her boyfriend showed up. And he wasn't that kind to Ronnie... The text is based on a true story that Ronnie was experienced in the middle of the 60s. Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins wrote the song the same night as Ronnie was facing trouble in the bar. Listen to the text and just enjoy the song (: Gimme Three Steps is covered in Lynyrd Skynyrds' first album - (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd). Gimme Three Steps live song text; 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 Looking for you know who. He said, "Hey there fellow, With the hair colored yellow, Watcha tryin' to prove? 'Cause that's my woman there And I'm a man who cares So this might be all for you." I said "excuse me" I was scared and fearing for my life. Shakin' like a leaf on a tree. 'Cause he was lean, mean, Big and bad, Lord, Pointin' that gun at me. Ohh "Wait a minute, mister, I didn't even kiss her. Don't want no trouble with you. And I know you don't owe me But I wish you would let me Ask one favor from you." "Won't <b>...</b>
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Lynyrd Skynyrd-Gimme Three Steps-1976
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- Duration: 4:48
- Published: 09 Nov 2007
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
knebworth
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Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973)
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- Duration: 9:10
- Published: 12 Jun 2007
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
From their 1973 album "Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd"
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - That aint my America
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- Duration: 3:46
- Published: 04 Oct 2009
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
You hate the USA?? www.youtube.com
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Lynyrd Skynyrd "Free Bird" Live BBC 1975.
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- Duration: 10:13
- Published: 22 Jul 2010
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama - live 3 June 2012 - Hammersmith Odeon
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- Duration: 6:36
- Published: 06 Jun 2012
- Updated: 19 Aug 2012
Lynyrd Skynyrd perform a live version of "Sweet Home Alabama" from a show at the Hammersmith Odeon on Sunday June 3 2012. I have remastered the audio. Please click like and comment in the respond box, thanks Ally.
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.jpg) Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert, 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Skynyrd |
| Origin | Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
| Genres | Rock, southern rock, boogie rock, blues rock, country rock, hard rock |
| Years active | 1964–1977, 1979 (reunion), 1987–present |
| Labels | MCA, Atlantic, Capricorn, SPV, CMC International, Sanctuary, Universal, Roadrunner/Loud & Proud |
| Associated acts | .38 Special, Van Zant, Rossington Collins Band, Allen Collins Band, The Rossington Band, Outlaws, Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Black Crowes |
| Website | www.lynyrdskynyrd.com |
| Members | |
| Gary Rossington Rickey Medlocke Johnny Van Zant Michael Cartellone Mark Matejka Peter Keys Johnny Colt |
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| Past members | |
| See Former members | |
Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced /ˌlɛ-nərd ˈskɪn-nərd/ LEN-ərd-SKIN-ərd) is an American rock band best known for popularizing the Southern rock genre during the 1970s. Originally formed in 1964 as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tune, "Free Bird". At the peak of their success, three members died in an airplane crash in 1977, putting an abrupt end to the band's most popular incarnation.
Surviving members re-formed in 1987 for a reunion tour with lead singer Ronnie Van Zant's younger brother Johnny as frontman. A version of the band continues to tour and record, with only Gary Rossington of its original members remaining as of 2012. Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006.[1]
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History[link]
Early years[link]
In the summer of 1964, teenage friends Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, and Gary Rossington formed the band "The Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida. The band changed in 1965 to "My Backyard", when Larry Junstrom and Bob Burns joined. In 1968, the group won a local Battle of the Bands contest and the opening slot on several Southeast shows for the California-based psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock.[citation needed]
In 1970, Van Zant sought a new name. "One Percent" and "The Noble Five" were each considered before the group settled on "Leonard Skinner", a mocking tribute to a physical-education teacher at Robert E. Lee High School, Leonard Skinner,[2] who was notorious for strictly enforcing the school's policy against boys having long hair.[3][4] Rossington dropped out of school, tired of being hassled about his hair.[5] The more distinctive spelling was adopted before they released their first album. Despite their high-school acrimony, the band developed a friendlier relationship with Skinner in later years, and invited him to introduce them at a concert in the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum.[6]
Skinner allowed the band to use a photo of his Leonard Skinner Realty sign for the inside of their third album.[7] Skinner died on September 20, 2010, at age 77 after suffering with Alzheimer's disease.[8]
In 1970, the band auditioned for Alan Walden, who would later become their manager on the newly formed Hustler's Inc. Walden worked with the band until 1974, when management was turned over to Pete Rudge. The band continued to perform throughout the South in the early 1970s, further developing their hard-driving, blues-rock sound and image, and experimenting with making studio recordings.
During this time, the band experienced some lineup changes for the first time. Junstrom left and was briefly replaced by Greg T. Walker on bass. At the same time, Ricky Medlocke joined as a second drummer. Some versions of the band's history also have Burns leaving the band for a short time during this period of time. The band played some shows with both Burns and Medlocke participating, utilizing a dual-drummer approach similar to that of The Allman Brothers. In 1971, they made some recordings at the famous Muscle Shoals Sound Studio with Walker and Medlocke serving as the rhythm section, without the participation of Burns. Medlocke grew up with the founding members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. When Blackfoot's attempts to move north and play New York and New Jersey were not successful enough for him, he called up Ronnie Van Zant and was asked to play drums for Lynyrd Skynyrd. Medlocke and Walker did not appear on any album until 1978, when came out "First and... Last", which collected the band's recordings in the biennium 1971-1972. This album was considered essential by most fans.
Medlocke and Walker left the band to play with another southern rock band, Blackfoot, and when the band made a second round of Muscle Shoals recordings in 1972, Burns was featured on drums and Leon Wilkeson was Larry Junstrom's permanent replacement on bass. Also in 1972, roadie Billy Powell became the keyboardist for the band.
Peak years (1973–1977)[link]
In 1972 the band (now Van Zant, Collins, Rossington, Burns, Wilkeson, and Powell) was discovered by musician, songwriter, and producer Al Kooper of Blood, Sweat, and Tears, who had attended one of their shows at a club in Atlanta, GA. They changed the spelling of their name to "Lynyrd Skynyrd",[9] and Kooper signed them to his Sounds of the South label that was to be distributed and supported by MCA Records, producing their first album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd). Leon Wilkeson temporarily left the band during the early recording sessions for the album only playing on two tracks. Wilkeson rejoined the band shortly after the album's release at Van Zant's invitation and is pictured on the album cover.[citation needed] Strawberry Alarm Clock guitarist Ed King joined the band and played Wilkeson's bass parts on the rest of the album, which Wilkeson had already written, along with some guitar. King stayed in the band and switched to guitar after the album's release, allowing the band to replicate the three-guitar mix used in the studio for their live performances. Released August 13, 1973,[10] the album featured the hit song "Free Bird", which received national airplay, eventually reaching #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
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Ronnie Van Zant
Lynyrd Skynyrd's fan base continued to grow rapidly throughout 1973, largely due to their opening slot on The Who's Quadrophenia tour in the United States. On their 1974 follow-up, Second Helping, the band successfully avoided any sophomore slump, with King, Collins and Rossington all collaborating with Van Zant on the songwriting. The album was the band's breakthrough hit, and featured their most popular single, "Sweet Home Alabama" (#8 on the charts in August 1974), a response to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man". (Young and Van Zant were not rivals, but fans of each other's music and good friends; Young even wrote the song "Powderfinger" for the band, but they never recorded it.[11] Van Zant, meanwhile, can be seen on the cover of Street Survivors wearing a Neil Young t-shirt.) The album reached #12 in 1974, eventually going multi-platinum. In July of that year, Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the headline acts at The Ozark Music Festival at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri.
In January 1975, Burns left the band and was replaced by Kentucky native Artimus Pyle on drums. Lynyrd Skynyrd's third album, Nuthin' Fancy, was released the same year. The album had lower sales than its predecessor. Kooper and the band parted by mutual agreement after the raucous recording of the LP. Kooper was left with the tapes to complete the mix before release. Midway through the tour, Ed King left the band, citing tour exhaustion. In January 1976, backup singers Leslie Hawkins, Cassie Gaines and JoJo Billingsley (collectively known as The Honkettes) were added to the band, although they were not considered official members. Lynyrd Skynyrd's fourth album Gimme Back My Bullets was released in the new year, but did not achieve the same success as the previous two albums. Van Zant and Collins both felt that the band was seriously missing the three-guitar attack that had been one of its early hallmarks. Although Skynyrd auditioned several guitarists, including such high-profile names as Leslie West, the solution was closer than they realized.
Soon after joining Skynyrd, Cassie Gaines began touting the guitar and songwriting prowess of her younger brother, Steve. The junior Gaines, who led his own band, Crawdad (which occasionally would perform Skynyrd's "Saturday Night Special" in their set), was invited to audition onstage with Skynyrd at a concert in Kansas City on May 11, 1976. Liking what they heard, the group also jammed informally with the Oklahoma native several times, then invited him into the group in June. With Gaines on board, the newly-reconstituted band recorded the double-live album One More From the Road at the Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Georgia) in Atlanta, and performed at the Knebworth festival, which also featured The Rolling Stones.
Both Collins and Rossington had serious car accidents over Labor Day weekend in 1976 which slowed the recording of the follow-up album and forced the band to cancel some concert dates. Rossington's accident inspired the ominous "That Smell" – a cautionary tale about drug abuse that was clearly aimed towards him and at least one other band member. Rossington has admitted repeatedly that he was the "Prince Charming" of the song who crashed his car into an oak tree while drunk and stoned on Quaaludes. Van Zant, at least, was making a serious attempt to clean up his act and curtail the cycle of boozed-up brawling that was part of Skynyrd's reputation.
1977's Street Survivors turned out to be a showcase for guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, who had joined the band just a year earlier and was making his studio debut with them. Publicly and privately, Ronnie Van Zant marveled at the multiple talents of Skynyrd's newest member, claiming that the band would "all be in his shadow one day." Gaines' contributions included his co-lead vocal with Van Zant on the co-written "You Got That Right" and the rousing guitar boogie "I Know A Little" which he had written before he joined Skynyrd. So confident was Skynyrd's leader of Gaines' abilities that the album (and some concerts) featured Gaines delivering his self-penned bluesy "Ain't No Good Life" – the only song in the pre-crash Skynyrd catalog to feature a lead vocalist other than Ronnie Van Zant. The album also included the hit singles "What's Your Name" and "That Smell". The band was poised for their biggest tour yet, with shows always highlighted by the iconic rock anthem "Free Bird".[12] In November, the band was scheduled to fulfill Van Zant's lifelong dream of headlining New York's Madison Square Garden.
The song, "Freebird", in the movie "Freebird the Movie" was actually filmed on July 2, 1977, at the Oakland Coliseum, and not on Monday, July 4 as proclaimed by Bill Graham and listed in the credits.[citation needed]
Plane crash (1977)[link]
Main article: 1977 Convair CV-300 crash
On October 20, 1977, just three days after the release of Street Survivors, and five shows into their most successful headlining tour to date, Lynyrd Skynyrd's chartered Convair CV-300 ran out of fuel near the end of their flight from Greenville, South Carolina, where they had just performed at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium, to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Though the pilots attempted an emergency landing on a small airstrip, the plane crashed in a forest in Gillsburg, Mississippi.[13] Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray were killed on impact; the other band members (Collins, Rossington, Wilkeson, Powell, Pyle, and Hawkins) and road crew suffered serious injuries.
Following the crash and the ensuing press, Street Survivors became the band's second platinum album and reached #5 on the U.S. album chart. The single "What's Your Name" reached #13 on the single airplay charts in January 1978.
The original cover sleeve for Street Survivors had featured a photograph of the band, particularly Steve Gaines, engulfed in flames. Out of respect for the deceased (and at the request of Teresa Gaines, Steve's widow), MCA Records withdrew the original cover and replaced it with a similar image of the band against a simple black background.[14] Thirty years later, for the deluxe CD version of Street Survivors, the original "flames" cover was restored.
Lynyrd Skynyrd disbanded after the tragedy, reuniting just once to perform an instrumental version of "Free Bird" at Charlie Daniels' Volunteer Jam V in January 1979. Collins, Rossington, Powell and Pyle performed the song with Charlie Daniels and members of his band. Leon Wilkeson, who was still undergoing physical therapy for his badly broken left arm, was in attendance, along with Judy Van Zant, Teresa Gaines, JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins.
Hiatus (1977–1987)[link]
Rossington, Collins, Wilkeson and Powell formed The Rossington-Collins Band, which released two albums between 1980 and 1983. Deliberately avoiding comparisons with Ronnie Van Zant as well as suggestions that this band was Lynyrd Skynyrd reborn, Rossington and Collins chose a woman, Dale Krantz, as lead vocalist. However, as an acknowledgment of their past, the band's concert encore would always be an instrumental version of "Free Bird". Rossington and Collins eventually had a falling out over the affections of Dale Krantz, whom Rossington married and with whom he formed the Rossington Band, which released two albums in the late 1980s and opened for the Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour in 1987–1988.
The other former members of Lynyrd Skynyrd continued to make music during the hiatus era. Billy Powell played keyboards in a Christian Rock band named Vision, touring with established Christian rocker Mylon LeFevre (who, like Skynyrd, had once opened for The Who). During Vision concerts, Powell's trademark keyboard talent was often spotlighted and he spoke about his conversion to Christianity after the near-fatal plane crash. Pyle formed The Artimus Pyle Band in 1982, which occasionally featured former Honkettes JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins.
In 1980, Allen Collins's wife Kathy died of a massive hemorrhage during a miscarriage of their third child. He formed the Allen Collins Band in 1983 from the remnants of the Rossington-Collins Band, releasing one tepidly-received album, but many around him believed that the guitarist's heart just wasn't in it anymore. Most point to his wife's death as the moment that Collins' life began to spin out of control; he spent several years binging on drugs and alcohol. In 1986, Collins crashed his car while driving drunk near his home in Jacksonville, killing his girlfriend and leaving him permanently paralyzed from the chest down. Collins eventually pled no contest to DUI manslaughter, but was not given a prison sentence since his injuries made it obvious that he would never drive or be a danger to society again.
Return (1987–present)[link]
In 1987, Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited for a full-scale tour with five major members of the pre-crash band: crash survivors Gary Rossington, Billy Powell, Leon Wilkeson and Artimus Pyle, along with guitarist Ed King, who had left the band two years before the crash. Ronnie Van Zant's younger brother, Johnny, took over as the new lead singer and primary songwriter. Due to Collins' paralysis from a 1986 car accident, he was only able to participate as the musical director, choosing Randall Hall, his former bandmate in the Allen Collins Band, as his stand-in. As part of his plea deal, Collins would be wheeled out onstage each night to explain to the audience why he could no longer perform (usually before the performance of "That Smell", which had been partially directed at him). Collins was stricken with pneumonia in 1989 and died on January 23, 1990.
The reunited band was meant to be a one-time tribute to the original lineup, captured on the double-live album Southern By The Grace Of God/Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour 1987. The fact that the band chose to continue after the 1987 tribute tour caused legal problems for the survivors, as Judy Van Zant Jenness and Teresa Gaines Rapp (widows of Ronnie and Steve, respectively) sued the others for violating an agreement made shortly after the plane crash, stating that they would not "exploit" the Skynyrd name for profit. As part of the settlement, Jenness and Rapp collect nearly 30% of the band's touring revenues (representing the shares their husbands would have earned had they lived), and hold a proviso which forces any band touring as "Lynyrd Skynyrd" to include at least two from the pre-crash era.
The reconstituted Lynyrd Skynyrd has gone through a large number of lineup changes and continues to record and tour today. One by one, the members of the pre-crash band have left, been forced out, or have died. Artimus Pyle left the band in 1991 and his place has been taken by a variety of drummers since, with Michael Cartellone finally becoming his permanent replacement. Randall Hall was replaced by Mike Estes in 1993. Ed King had to take a break from touring in 1996. In his absence, he was replaced by Hughie Thomasson. King has stated that his break from the band was to be temporary, but the band did not let him rejoin after he recovered[citation needed]. At the same time, Mike Estes was replaced by Rickey Medlocke, who was briefly the second drummer and a vocalist (playing also mandolin) with the band in the early 1970s. Leon Wilkeson, Skynyrd's bassist since 1972, was found dead in his hotel room on July 27, 2001; his death was found to be due to emphysema and chronic liver disease. He was replaced in 2001 by Ean Evans. The remaining members released a double album called Thyrty which had songs from the original line up to the present. Lynyrd Skynyrd also released a live DVD of their Vicious Cycle Tour and on June 22, 2004, Lynyrd Skynyrd released the album Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour. On December 10, 2004, Lynyrd Skynyrd did a show for CMT, Crossroads, a concert featuring country duo Montgomery Gentry and other genres of music. In the beginning of 2005 Hughie Thomasson left the band to reform his disbanded Southern Rock band Outlaws. Thomasson died in his sleep on September 9, 2007 of an apparent heart attack in his home in Brooksville, Florida. He was 55 years old.
On February 5, 2005, Lynyrd Skynyrd did a Super Bowl party in Jacksonville with special guests 3 Doors Down, Jo Dee Messina, Charlie Daniels and Ronnie and Johnny Van Zant's brother Donnie Van Zant of 38 Special. On February 13 of that year Lynyrd Skynyrd did a tribute to Southern Rock on the Grammy Awards with Gretchen Wilson, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban and Dickey Betts. On May 10, 2005, Johnny and Donnie Van Zant released a country album called Get Right with the Man which featured the hit single "Help Somebody". In the summer of 2005, lead singer Johnny Van Zant had to have surgery on his vocal cord to have a polyp removed. He was told not to sing for three months. On September 10, 2005, Lynyrd Skynyrd performed without Johnny Van Zant at the Music Relief Concert for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, with Kid Rock standing in for Johnny. In December 2005, Johnny Van Zant returned to sing for Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band performed live at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, as a part of their 2007 tour. The concert was recorded in high definition for HDNet and premiered on December 1, 2007.
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Mark "Sparky" Matejka, formerly of the country music band Hot Apple Pie, joined Lynyrd Skynyrd in 2006 as Thomasson's replacement. On November 2, 2007, the band performed at the University of Florida's Gator Growl, the world's largest student-run pep rally, in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium – also known as "The Swamp." The event's 50,000-person attendance marked the largest crowd that Lynyrd Skynyrd had ever played in front of in the United States, until the July 2008 Bama Jam in Enterprise, Alabama where more than 111,000 people were in attendance.[15]
On January 28, 2009, keyboardist Billy Powell died at age 56 at his home near Jacksonville, Florida. Powell called 911 at 12:55 a.m., complaining of shortness of breath. He had previously missed his doctor's appointment on the day before his death; the appointment was for a checkup on his heart. The EMS responders found Powell unconscious and unresponsive, with the telephone still in his hand. Rescue crews performed CPR, but he was pronounced dead at 1:52 a.m. Although a heart attack was suspected, and it was originally reported that an autopsy was to be performed, none in fact was ever done. Powell's death left Gary Rossington as the sole pre-crash member of the band, unless Rickey Medlocke's brief stint with the band in the early 1970s is counted.
On March 17, 2009, it was announced that Skynyrd had signed a worldwide deal with Roadrunner Records, in association with their label, Loud & Proud Records, and released their new album God & Guns on September 29 of that year. They toured Europe and the United States in 2009 with Peter Keys of the 420 Funk Mob on keyboards and Robert Kearns of The Bottle Rockets on bass (in place of Ean Evans, who died of cancer at age 48 on May 6, 2009, at his home in Columbus, Mississippi).[16] Scottish rock band Gun performed as special guests for the UK leg of Skynyrd's tour in 2010. [17]
In addition to the tour, Skynyrd appeared at the Sean Hannity Freedom Concert series in late 2010. Hannity had been actively promoting the God & Guns album, frequently playing portions of the track "That Ain't My America" on his radio show.
The band continued to tour throughout 2011, in a tour known as "Rebels and Bandoleros" playing alongside ZZ Top and The Doobie Brothers.
On 2 May 2012, the band announced the impending release of a new studio album, Last of a Dying Breed, along with a North American and European tour.[18]
Recognition[link]
Honors[link]
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the group #95 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[19][20]
On November 28, 2005, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that Lynyrd Skynyrd would be inducted alongside Black Sabbath, Blondie, Miles Davis, and the Sex Pistols. They were inducted in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan on March 13, 2006. Lynyrd Skynyrd had been nominated 7 times.[citation needed]
On March 13, 2006, Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 21st annual induction ceremony. The inductees included Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ed King, Steve Gaines, Billy Powell, Leon Wilkeson, Bob Burns, and Artimus Pyle (no post-crash members of the band were inducted, nor were any of the Honkettes). The current version of Skynyrd, augmented by King, Pyle, Burns and former Honkettes JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins, performed "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird" at the ceremony, which was also attended by Judy Van Zant Jenness and Ronnie's two daughters, Teresa Gaines Rapp and her daughter Corinna, Allen Collins' daughters, and Leon Wilkeson's mother and son.
In September 2010, Lynyrd Skynyrd was named #77 VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
In October 2008, Lynyrd Skynyrd's song Free Bird's solo was named the 3rd greatest guitar solo by Guitar World.
Tributes[link]
- In 1994, various country music artists united to record a Skynyrd tribute album titled Skynyrd Frynds.
- In 2010, another country tribute album was produced, primarily by Jay Joyce, entitled Sweet Home Alabama – The Country Music Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This album features a more modern country flavor than the 1994 tribute, featuring Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Eric Church, Eli Young Band, Uncle Kracker, Ashley Ray, Randy Montana, and Shooter Jennings.[21]
- Ronnie Van Zant's widow, Judy Van Zant Jenness, operates a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute website for the educational purpose of sharing the original Lynyrd Skynyrd band's history,[22] as well as Freebird Live,[23] a live music venue in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
- The Drive-By Truckers dedicated their album Southern Rock Opera to Lynyrd Skynyrd.[24]
- Progressive metal band Dream Theater pay tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd on their live album Once in a LIVEtime, whereby the song "Take the Time" is modified to include the solo from "Free Bird".
- Kid Rock, who frequently performed with (post-reform) Skynyrd '"All Summer Long"; he mentions "Sweet Home Alabama" in the chorus of the song and even had Billy Powell duplicate his distinctive piano solo for the song's conclusion.
- Taj Mahal once covered "Gimme Back My Bullets" at a show in Charlottesville
- Bo Bice, an avowed Skynyrd fan, performed with Skynyrd on American Idol and on several awards shows.
- There are also a few tribute bands all over the globe, paying tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd only. The main bands are: the European "Leonard Skinner Band" located in Barcelona, Spain; "Poison Whiskey" in Rochester, NY, USA; and "Leotard Skynyrno" in Tokyo, Japan.
- The bands Shinedown, The Deftones and Gov't Mule covered the song "Simple Man".
- Metallica covered the song Tuesday's Gone as the 10th track from the first CD on their Garage Inc. album.
- Grey Ghost album by The Henry Paul Band was mostly a tribute to Skynyrd, especially the song Grey Ghost.
- Zakk Wylde, with Black Label Society, covered the song "I Never Dreamed" in their own rendition on their album Mafia.
- Widespread Panic occasionally covers the song "None of Us Are Free" in concert.
- "Under the Influence: A Jam Band Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd" (2004) features Les Claypool, Galactic, Gov't Mule, North Mississippi Allstars, John Hiatt, Blues Traveler, Drive-By Truckers, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, The Disco Biscuits, Yonder Mountain String Band, and Particle.
- "An All-Star Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd (2007) features Molly Hatchet with Charlie Daniels, Outlaws (band) (feat. Hughie Thomasson), Artimus Pyle, Ed King & The Honkettes, Great White, Canned Heat, Blackfoot (band) (Feat. Rickey Medlocke), Walter Trout, Jim Dandy's Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers, Dangerous Toys, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Rick Derringer, Sky Saxon (of The Seeds) & Joey Covington (of Jefferson Airplane)
Members[link]
Main article: List of Lynyrd Skynyrd band members
- Current members
- Gary Rossington – guitars (1964–1977, 1979, 1987–present)
- Rickey Medlocke – vocals, drums, mandolin (1970–1971), guitars, backing vocals (1996–present)
- Johnny Van Zant – lead vocals (1987–present)
- Michael Cartellone – drums (1999–present)
- Mark Matejka – guitars (2006–present)
- Peter Keys – keyboards (2009–present)
- Johnny Colt – bass (March 2012–present)
- Current touring members
- Dale Krantz-Rossington – backing vocals (1987–present)
- Carol Chase – backing vocals (1991–present)
- Former members
- Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals (1964–1977; died 1977)
- Allen Collins – rhythm and lead guitars (1964–1977, 1979; died 1990)
- Bob Burns – drums (1964–1970, 1972–1974)
- Larry Junstrom – bass (1964–1970)
- Greg T. Walker – bass (1970–1971)
- Leon Wilkeson – bass, backing vocals (1972–1973, 1973–1977, 1987–2001; died 2001)
- Billy Powell – keyboards (1972–1977, 1979, 1987–2009; died 2009)
- Ed King – rhythm and lead guitars, bass, backing vocals (1972–1975, 1987–1996)
- Artimus Pyle – drums, percussion (1974–1977, 1979, 1987–1991)
- Steve Gaines – rhythm and lead guitars, backing vocals (1976–1977; died 1977)
- Randall Hall – rhythm and lead guitars, backing vocals (1987–1993; previously touring member: 1970)
- Kurt Custer – drums, perscussion (1991–1994)
- Mike Estes – rhythm and lead guitars (1993–1996)
- Owen Hale – drums, percussion (1994–1998)
- Hughie Thomasson – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals (1996–2005; died 2007)
- Jeff McAllister – drums (1998–1999)
- Kenny Aronoff – drums (1999)
- Ean Evans – bass, backing vocals (2001–2009; died 2009)
- Robert Kearns – bass, backing vocals (2009–2012)
- Former touring members
- Leslie Hawkins – backing vocals (1975–1977)
- JoJo Billingsley – backing vocals (1975–1977; died 2010)
- Cassie Gaines – backing vocals (1975–1977; died 1977)
- Robert (Bob) Brown – guitars (1982–1984)
- Carol Bristow – backing vocals (1987–1991)
- Tim Lindsey – bass (1993; filled in for Leon Wilkeson on tour)
- Joey Huffman – keyboards (2008; filled in for Billy Powell on tour)
Discography[link]
Main article: Lynyrd Skynyrd discography
| Date of release | Title | Billboard peak | RIAA cert. | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 13, 1973 | (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) | 27 | 2× Platinum | MCA |
| April 15, 1974 | Second Helping | 12 | 2× Platinum | |
| March 24, 1975 | Nuthin' Fancy | 9 | Platinum | |
| February 2, 1976 | Gimme Back My Bullets | 20 | Gold | |
| October 17, 1977 | Street Survivors | 5 | 2× Platinum | |
| June 11, 1991 | Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 | 64 | — | Atlantic |
| February 16, 1993 | The Last Rebel | 64 | — | |
| August 9, 1994 | Endangered Species | — | — | Capricorn |
| April 29, 1997 | Twenty | 97 | — | CMC |
| August 10, 1999 | Edge of Forever | 96 | — | |
| May 20, 2003 | Vicious Cycle | 30 | — | Sanctuary |
| September 29, 2009 | God & Guns | 18 | — | Roadrunner |
| August 21, 2012 | Last of a Dying Breed |
References[link]
- ^ "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum". Rockhall.com. http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/inductee-list/. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ Soergel, Matt. "Honoring a namesake (5/1/09)". Chronicle.augusta.com. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/01/26/met_509196.shtml. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ Robert E. Lee.
- ^ Band Name.
- ^ "The Official Lynyrd Skynyrd History Website – History Lessons". Lynyrdskynyrdhistory.com. http://www.lynyrdskynyrdhistory.com/less2.html. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ Namesake.
- ^ "Leonard Skinner, Rock Band Muse, Dies at 77". Associated Press. September 21, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/arts/music/21skinner.html. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ "Rock band inspiration Leonard Skinner dies - Entertainment - Music - TODAY.com". Today.msnbc.msn.com. 2010-09-20. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39276125/ns/today-entertainment/. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ History Lessons.
- ^ "Lynyrd Skynyrd Discography". Lynyrdskynyrd.com. http://www.lynyrdskynyrd.com/board_posts/pronounced. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ Simmons, p. 135.
- ^ "Freebird". Wolfgangsvault.com. http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/lynyrd-skynyrd. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
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- ^ The Immortals.
- ^ The Originals.
- ^ "Lynyrd Skynyrd Gets Country Tribute From Eric Church, Jamey Johnson". Billboard.com. 2009-09-14. http://www.billboard.com/news/lynyrd-skynyrd-gets-country-tribute-from-1004098324.story#/news/lynyrd-skynyrd-gets-country-tribute-from-1004098324.story. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
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- ^ FreeBird Live.
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Literature[link]
- Brant, Marley (2002). Freebirds: The Lynyrd Skynyrd Story. Billboard Books. p. 256. ISBN 0-8230-8321-7. http://books.google.com/?id=mQO9RghlcZoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Freebirds:+The+Lynyrd+Skynyrd+Story#PPA11,M1. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
- Check-Six (2007-05). "The 'Lynyrd Skynyrd' Crash". http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/LynyrdSkynyrd-N55VM.htm. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
- Davis, Stephen (1997). Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith. HarperCollins. p. 304. ISBN 0-380-97594-7. http://books.google.com/?id=k3xeHAAACAAJ&dq=Walk+This+Way:+The+Autobiography+of+Aerosmith. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
- "Freebird Live – Premier Live Concert Venue – Jacksonville Beach, FL – Home Page". http://www.freebirdlive.com. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
- Hood, Patterson. "Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera – Writeup". http://www.drivebytruckers.com/writeup_sro.html. Retrieved October 18, 2008. [dead link]
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- Odom, Gene, with Frank Dorman. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock. Broadway Books. ISBN 0-7679-1026-5.
- Simmons, Sylvie (February 7, 2003). Neil Young: Reflections in Broken Glass. Canongate Books. p. 240. ISBN 1-84195-317-2. http://books.google.com/?id=uEOM7-oX-K0C&pg=PA114&lpg=PA135&dq=Neil+Young:+Reflections+in+Broken+Glass+%2B135. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
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- "The Immortals: The First Fifty". Rolling Stone Issue 946. Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
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- Soergel, Matt. "Leonard Skinner: Honoring a namesake," The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL), Wednesday, January 21, 2009.
- Soergel, Matt. "Leonard Skinner, Lynyrd Skynyrd inspiration, dies at 77," The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL), Monday, September 20, 2010.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps (live '76)
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps (live '76)
Lynyrd Skynyrd is performing "Gimme Three Steps" live in Knebworth Fair Hertfordshire, England. The date is August 21th 1977. Personally this is one of my favourite Skynyrd tune. Love the text and I'm happy for Ronne Van Zant that he managed to flee! Ronnie Van Zant is singing about when he was facing trouble in the bar called "The Little Brown Jug" (the Jug). He was dancing (cutting a rug) with Linda Lu, when her boyfriend showed up. And he wasn't that kind to Ronnie... The text is based on a true story that Ronnie was experienced in the middle of the 60s. Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins wrote the song the same night as Ronnie was facing trouble in the bar. Listen to the text and just enjoy the song (: Gimme Three Steps is covered in Lynyrd Skynyrds' first album - (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd). Gimme Three Steps live song text; 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 Looking for you know who. He said, "Hey there fellow, With the hair colored yellow, Watcha tryin' to prove? 'Cause that's my woman there And I'm a man who cares So this might be all for you." I said "excuse me" I was scared and fearing for my life. Shakin' like a leaf on a tree. 'Cause he was lean, mean, Big and bad, Lord, Pointin' that gun at me. Ohh "Wait a minute, mister, I didn't even kiss her. Don't want no trouble with you. And I know you don't owe me But I wish you would let me Ask one favor from you." "Won't <b>...</b>
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