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Lynyrd skynyrd greatest hits12/16/2023 Second Helping (2013, Analogue Productions, CAPP 413 SA, USA)ġ975. Pronounced `Leh-`nerd `Skin-`Nerd (1993, Ultimate Master Disc, MCAD-10953, USA)ġ973. Skynyrd split up after the plane crash, but they reunited a decade later, becoming a popular concert act during the early ’90s. Sadly, it wasn’t until he was killed in a tragic plane crash in 1977 along with two other bandmembers that many listeners began to realize his talents. During the height of Skynyrd’s popularity in the mid-’70s, however, Van Zant’s talents were overshadowed by the group’s gritty, greasy blues-rock. Throughout the band’s early records, Van Zant demonstrated a knack for lyrical detail and a down-to-earth honesty that had more in common with country than rock & roll. For many, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s redneck image tended to obscure the songwriting skills of their leader, Ronnie Van Zant. Instead, they 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. Skynyrd never relied on the jazzy improvisations of the Allman Brothers. Lynyrd Skynyrd was the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious Southern image and a hard rock swagger. Label: Various | Genre: Blues Rock, Southern Rock STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS | BOX SET II continued to record and tour for decades.Lynyrd Skynyrd – Discography (1973 – 2015)ĮAC Rip | 60xCD + 1xDVD | FLAC/APE/WV Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included Johnny’s vocal and visual resemblance to his brother helped revitalize the band, which released a new album in ’91. In 1987, most of the surviving members reunited to tour, with Van Zant’s little brother Johnny as the singer. Days after its release, Skynyrd’s plane crashed in Baton Rouge, killing Van Zant, new guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines (Steve’s sister), and several others, and severely wounding the rest of the band. ![]() The band seemed to be peaking on 1977’s Street Survivors, but fate had other ideas. The epic, 10-minute-plus, jam-frenzied live version of "Free Bird" released in 1976 became one of the most ubiquitous anthems in the classic-rock canon. Skynyrd found swift success, but 1974’s Second Helping really made them rock stars via “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird,” the “Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful” of Southern rock. Kooper produced their 1973 debut album, adding Ed King to the band’s signature “guitar army.” While Skynyrd lived up to their bluesy, boozy swagger, there were deeper levels to be discovered, like the reflective balladry of “Tuesday’s Gone,” and “Gimme Three Steps,” in which the narrator does his damnedest to talk his way out of a bar brawl. Bassist Leon Wilkeson and keyboardist Billy Powell were aboard when producer/musician Al Kooper discovered Skynyrd in 1972. Singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarists Allen Collins and Gary Rossington, and drummer Bob Burns started playing together around their hometown of Jacksonville, FL, in 1964. Combining bluesy riffs, a touch of country twang, and a three-guitar rock ’n’ roll onslaught, they perfected the template. ![]() Lynyrd Skynyrd didn’t invent Southern rock, but they defined it with the five albums they released in the ’70s.
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