Lynyrd Skynyrd News

CNY Weekend: Singer Johnny Van Zant keeps the spirit of the mid-1970s alive, but is also recording new music.

When keyboard player Billy Powell died in January at 56, Lynyrd Skynyrd was left with one remaining member from its classic 1970s lineup, but the band soldiers on with its endless parade of rowdy, rough-hewn Southern rock.

When: 7 to 10 p.m. Local vocalist, Linda Amero, invites different guest jazz musicians each week to join her.

Bill it as a battle of the Southern rock titans. Thursday evening, both the Zac Brown Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd headlined separate shows at the Augusta Entertainment Complex.

Since that time, the summertime festival has raised more than $10 million for the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund, according to the event's website .

Canadian singer Neil Young will be named MusiCares Person of the Year during Grammy Awards weekend in January, according to the Canadian Press.

Though many of the original faces that made up Lynyrd Skynyrd have joined the dearly departed, guitarist Rickey Medlock said the sound and spirit remain the same.

An Ashvegas reader writes in to tell me that he witnessed one hell of a bar fight Saturday night involving Artimus Pyle.

Deer Tick: World-weary beyond their years. Deer Tick With Jonny Corndawg and The Backwater Racket.

Itis been some time since weive been treated to good Southern Fried Rock n so we welcome, with open arms, the Kings of Leon.

To lead guitarist Gary Rossington, it wasn't fate that saved his life when he was a passenger on the plane that went down in 1977, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and two other members of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 3:38 p.m. Not long ago, Ocala-based entertainer Steve Champagne and a buddy were listening to music when the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic 'Sweet Home Alabama' started playing.

Readers of news-press.com voted last week for their favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd song, and the results are hardly surprising.

Champaign Urbana's Classic Rock 105.9 WGKC is sending you to see Lynyrd Skynyrd Live in Concert on Saturday November 7th at The US Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL.

The Second Fret is bringing some internationally known performers to downtown Statesville.

Readers of news-press.com voted Thursday for their favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd song, and the results are hardly surprising.

Jewelry designer and sometime actor Waris teamed up with French label A.P.C to create these Waris Tear Pins .

After each tour, after thousands and thousands of fans chanting "Free Bird," Rickey Medlocke can't wait to slip out of his leather concert clothes and get back to sweet home Fort Myers.

In this 1995 interview , Neil Young mentions that he played the Lynyrd Skynyrd song, Sweet Home Alabama , live a couple of times.

It's hard to imagine there was a time when "Free Bird" wasn't a running joke, shouted out at the most awkward moments in concert halls across the country.