Lynyrd Skynyrd - How would you rate them 30 years on?

[Coxy]

There is just something so utterly magic about their sound. Van Zant never moved on stage, albeit may have sort of shuffled over to Rossington or Collins occasionally during the guitar solos - just sang a raw southern vocal- man that dude could sing live! Check out You Tube for some rare concert footage - Knebworth 1976 is just awesome, a year before the plane crash that tragically killed Ronnie Van Zant and Steve and Cassie Gains. Allen Collins (broke his neck) but survived to crash his car drunk in the 80's paralysing him from the waist down and killing his girlfriend. Gary Rossington (broke both arms and legs), Leon Wilkeson (nearly had his arm amputated) survived but died of lung cancer in the eighties. Billy and Gary survive to this day. They were beautiful people in the seventies and songs like Comin Home, Freebird, SH Alabama, Whiskey Rock a roller, Was I right or wrong, etc make you want to pick up guitar and sing! Anyway, just wondered how many fans of theirs reside on KB? Massively :rockon:

[Skyryder]

I'm one. Got a vinyl somewhere and a cd Dammit can't even recall the name. I'll come back on that one.

I usually play Neil Young after or before the other. My way of telling them to get along with each other.

Skyryder

[sunhuntin]

i love them!! picked up some vinyl in canada, and wish i could have afforded more. i did get the double album, and also both versions of street survivors [i think?] the original had flames behind them, and then it was re-released after the crash minus the flames.

got a best of cd as well, which gets used more then the vinyl.

[FREE2B]

Me too the're great. Got the vinyl with the flames and without and another couple.

[dogsnbikes]

I must be number 4 I have on vinyl and those shiney disc things...hell I even have empty CD cases of their's

So they rocked then and still rock now

[Maha]

Massive song list for sure....Free Bird....That Smell etc....got a cassette here somewhere from way back when, another band that i listen too years ago as a teen was Journey...

[NZsarge]

Not knowing too much about Lynyrd Skynyrd a must say Free Bird is one of the all time best songs ever!:yes:

[skidMark]

tuesdays gone

one of loosebruces favourite songs , and i play it pretty often, awesome song, and helps me remember a lost mate.

[yod]

awesome band....legendary sound....

[Pussy]

Ass kicking Southern Rock, just as good now, or even better, than it was then. Quite a big fan of 38 Special, fronted by Van Zandt's younger brother, Donnie

[SARGE]

There is just something so utterly magic about their sound. Van Zant never moved on stage, albeit may have sort of shuffled over to Rossington or Collins occasionally during the guitar solos - just sang a raw southern vocal- man that dude could sing live! Check out You Tube for some rare concert footage - Knebworth 1976 is just awesome, a year before the plane crash that tragically killed Ronnie Van Zant and Steve and Cassie Gains. Allen Collins (broke his neck) but survived to crash his car drunk in the 80's paralysing him from the waist down and killing his girlfriend. Gary Rossington (broke both arms and legs), Leon Wilkeson (nearly had his arm amputated) survived but died of lung cancer in the eighties. Billy and Gary survive to this day. They were beautiful people in the seventies and songs like Comin Home, Freebird, SH Alabama, Whiskey Rock a roller, Was I right or wrong, etc make you want to pick up guitar and sing! Anyway, just wondered how many fans of theirs reside on KB? Massively :rockon:




yea .. big fan .. saw them yearsw ago in Dayton Ohio with Peter Frampton.. great show in the heart of Skynyrd Country

saw the Rosington Collins band open up for Molly Hatchet and the Outlaws at a Southern Rock Festival prior to that ..




Ass kicking Southern Rock,

heres one of my Tat's ..thats what the lettering says.. sorry about the quality of the shot..

[soundbeltfarm]

they rock period
freebird live version is one of the greatest of all time

[FlangMasterJ]

Never really listened to their music but came across a Simple Man cover by The Deftones which is awesome.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sHQ_aTjXObs

[SPman]

Was Townes Van Zandt a relation as well?

[SARGE]

Was Townes Van Zandt a relation as well?



hell man ... were all related over there . :innocent: