Lynyrd Skynyrd is the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious Southern image and a hard rock swagger.
Skynyrd were a hard-living, hard-driving rock & roll band. They
may have jammed endlessly on-stage, but their music remained firmly entrenched
in blues, rock, and country. Throughout the band's early records, frontman
Ronnie Van Zant demonstrated a knack for lyrical detail and a down-to-earth
honesty that had more in common with country than rock & roll. During the
height of Skynyrd's popularity in the mid-'70s, they adopted a more muscular
and gritty blues-rock sound that yielded the classic rock standards "Sweet
Home Alabama," "Simple Man," "What's Your Name,"
"That Smell," "Gimme Three Steps," and "Free
Bird." The group ceased operations after the tragic deaths of Van Zant,
Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, who were killed in an airplane
crash on October 20, 1977. Skynyrd re-formed in 1987 with Ronnie's younger
sibling Johnny Van Zant on vocals, and guitarist and co-founder Gary
Rossington, who would serve as the group's sole constant member over the years.
In 2018, after decades of performing and recording, the band embarked on a
farewell tour, which was chronicled on the 2020 concert LP and film Last of the
Street Survivors Tour Lyve![biography by allmusic.com]
Now its time to enjoy with some other songs of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Don't Ask Me No Questions
Cry For The Bad Man
You Got That Right
I Know A Little
I Never Dreamed
Ain't No Good Life
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