Lynyrd Skynyrd
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | |
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 Lynyrd Skynyrd at Hellfest 2019 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Jacksonville , Florida , United States |
| Genre (s) | Southern rock , hard rock , blues rock , roots rock , country rock |
| founding | 1964, 1987 |
| resolution | 1977, 2018/19 |
| Website | lynyrdskynyrd.com |
| Founding members | |
| Ronnie Van Zant (until † 1977) | |
| Larry Junstrom (until 1972; † 2019) | |
Guitar , vocals |
Allen Collins (until 1977; † 1990) |
Guitar, vocals |
Gary Rossington |
| Robert "Bob" Burns (until 1971, 1972–1974; † 2015) | |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Johnny Van Zant (since 1987) |
bass |
Johnny Colt (since 2012) |
guitar |
Gary Rossington |
guitar |
Mark Matejka (since 2006) |
Drums |
Michael Cartellone (since 2001) |
guitar |
Rickey Medlocke (since 1996) (1971–1972 and 1973 as drummer) |
Background vocals |
Dale Krantz Rossington (since 1987) |
Background vocals |
Carol Chase (since 1987) |
| Peter Keys (since 2009) | |
| former members | |
bass |
Greg T. Walker (1970-1971) |
Bass, vocals |
Leon Wilkeson (1972– † 2001) |
bass |
Ean Evans (2001– † 2009) |
Guitar, vocals |
Ed King (1973–1975 and 1987–1996; † 2018) |
guitar |
Mike Estes (1993-1996) |
guitar |
Steve Gaines (1976– † 1977) |
guitar |
Randall Hall (1987-1993) |
guitar |
Hughie Thomasson (1996-2005; † 2007) |
Drums |
Artimus Pyle (1975-1992) |
Drums |
Kurt Custer (1990-1994) |
Drums |
Owen Hale (1994-1998) |
Drums |
Jeff McAllister (1998-1999) |
Drums |
Kenny Aronoff (1999) |
Background vocals |
Cassie Gaines (1975– † 1977) |
Background vocals |
JoJo Billingsley (1975–1977; † 2010) |
Background vocals |
Leslie Hawkins (1975-1977) |
Keyboard |
Billy Powell (1972– † 2009) |
Lynyrd Skynyrd [ ˈlɛnɝd ˈskɪnɝd ], initially spelled Lynard Skynard (old and new names are pronounced the same), is an American rock band . She is one of the most important representatives of Southern Rock , which was popular in the 1970s . Well-known songs are Simple Man (1973), Tuesday's Gone (1973), What's Your Name (1977), That Smell (1977), Free Bird (1973) and especially Sweet Home Alabama from 1974.
Their music - often played with three lead guitars - is a hard-played mixture of rock , blues-rock and country ; the texts deal with typical southern themes . The appearance and flair of the band also embody the typical southern state mentality. Lynyrd Skynyrd differ from the other, typical southern rock bands, such as the Allman Brothers , whose music also includes jazz elements.
Band history
During her time at the high school in Jacksonville ( Florida ) played Ronnie Van Zant , Allen Collins , Gary Rossington , Bob Burns and Larry Junstrom in a band called The Noble Five . The local sports teacher Leonard Skinner caught several members of the band violating the school's dress code, which also stipulated the haircut. When they gave up school, the band name was initially changed to Leonard Skinnerd . In order to avoid any further difficulties, the name was gradually alienated, all vowels were exchanged for 'y'. Leonard Skinner died in September 2010, the New York Times called him "probably the most influential physical education teacher in American pop culture". The band rehearsed in Ronnie's garage, but after disputes with the neighbors increased, they moved their sessions to a farmhouse near Green Cove Springs. This place was called "Hell House" and was the origin of Lynyrd Skynyrd's music.
The band started performing all over the southern United States. The first major success came in 1968 when Lynyrd Skynyrd won a competition to produce a single in the studio. However, this debut single was a flop. The band toured the US as an opening act , and among the first demos of the rockers is the song Free Bird (but still without a guitar solo), which later became one of the band's first hits. In 1971 Johnny Johnson brought Lynyrd Skynyrd into his Muscle Shoals Sound Studio , where the ensemble was able to gain their first real studio experience. During these sessions, however, Leon Wilkeson took over the bass and Rickey Medlocke took over the drums. It was not until 1973 that the band (with new entry Ed King as third guitarist and bassist Wilkeson) signed to Al Kooper's record company Sound of the South ( sold to MCA in 1974 ). Al Kooper is credited with the actual discovery of Lynyrd Skynyrd. He produced their first three albums. The first was called pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd' skin-'nérd and was released in 1973. The band's early hit, Free Bird , and appearances as opening act for The Who added greatly to the band's popularity.
In 1974 she released her album Second Helping , from which her hit single Sweet Home Alabama (number 8 in the US charts) comes, a musical answer to the songs Alabama and Southern Man by Neil Young . The LP reached number 12 in the US charts and went platinum several times. Nuthin 'Fancy , released in 1975, became the band's first CD to be ranked in the US Top 10. The long-playing record Gimme Back My Bullets , which followed in 1976 , could not continue the success of its predecessors. That only succeeded at the end of 1976 with the live double album One More from the Road . The band's new guitarist, Steve Gaines, played here for the first time. The band was completed by three background singers. The live album became Lynyrd Skynyrd's second top 10 hit.
On October 17, 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd released her sixth album Street Survivors . Three days later, the charter plane crashed, with the band on the road from Greenville to Baton Rouge ( Louisiana was). The machine crashed in a wooded area in Amite County near Gillsburg, Mississippi , just a few hundred meters from the McComb, Mississippi airfield . The pilots had hoped to be able to land there. Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines , his sister Cassie Gaines and the band manager Dean Kilpatrick were killed in the crash. The other band members survived seriously injured. The accident was attributed to insufficient fuel. A year later, a court blamed human error on the crew. After the crash, it turned out that some passengers wanted to reschedule before the flight. Cassie Gaines wanted to ride in one of the equipment trucks, others had already booked alternative flights. Only when Ronnie Van Zant decided to use the museum-quality Convair CV 300 (a converted CV-240) one last time shortly before leaving , the rest of the crew followed him. The Scottish rock band Nazareth almost got on board the plane. Both groups were on a joint US tour at the time, and the southern rockers had invited the Scots to join them on the group's own plane. However, Nazareth had to refuse due to a press conference and later fly after.
The LP Street-Survivors , which was delivered just a few days after the crash, featured the band in the midst of flames on the cover. Out of respect for the victims of the tragic event, this cover was then replaced by another (just the band, against a black background). This album became one of their greatest successes for the band: number 13 in the UK and number 5 in the American LP charts. From the rest of the group emerged the Rossington-Collins Band , which released two albums between 1980 and 1982.
Reorganization
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In 1987, on the tenth anniversary of the crash, Lynyrd Skynyrd reorganized. Johnny Van Zant, the brother of the late Ronnie Van Zant, called in Rossington, Powell, King, Wilkeson and the guitarist Randall Hall (who replaced Allen Collins, who was paralyzed in a car accident and who died on January 23, 1990 as a result of the accident) . Initially only planned as a revival band for a tour (reunion tour) with 32 concerts, it then proved to be stable and in 1988 released the live double album Southern by the Grace of God - Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour .
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Lynyrd Skynyrd released new albums regularly. With Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 , The Last Rebel and the 1997 work Twenty , they keep the spirit and idea of Southern Rock and the memory of the deceased band members alive.
In 1998 the live double CD Lyve from Steel Town was released , which, in addition to new titles and old classics, also contains two radio interviews and some videos for the PC.
Edge of Forever was released in 1999 . Here the new band members Hughie Thomasson (previously with the Outlaws ) and Ricky Medlocke (previously Blackfoot ) were able to get involved in the new songs. Her new influence made for a fresh, rocking sound in addition to the hard voice of Johnny van Zant. At the same time it was possible to continue the tradition of the old Lynyrd-Skynyrd-Band.
In 2001 bassist Leon Wilkeson died of emphysema and liver damage; he was replaced by Ean Evans.
In 2006 Hugh "Hughie" Edward Thomasson Jr. left the band to reform The Outlaws . Mark “Sparky” Matejka took his place as 3rd guitarist.
On March 13, 2006, Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , along with Black Sabbath , Blondie , Miles Davis and the Sex Pistols , but the latter refused to accept. On September 9, 2007, Thomasson died of a heart attack at his home in Brooksville, Florida, at the age of 55.
In 2009, Billy Powell died of a heart attack in Orange Park, Florida, on January 28th at the age of 56. The paramedics, whom he himself had called by phone, could only determine his death. That same year, on May 6th, bassist Donald "Ean" Evans died. He died of cancer. The background singer JoJo Billingsley died on June 24, 2010 of cancer.
In September 2012, the band announced that they would no longer display the Confederate flag . They did not want to be associated with racists who had appropriated this flag. After fan protests, the band rowed back again. Gary Rossington said in a statement on the band's website that showing the flag would symbolize the commitment to state rights and also show the band members' pride in being from the southern United States. He stressed that the flag would mean “Heritage not Hate” for the group.
On April 4, 2015, Bob Burns, the band's drummer on their first two albums, died at the age of 64. He 'd gone off the road in his car in Cartersville , Georgia and crashed into a tree without his seat belt on.
resolution
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In early 2018, the band announced that they would split up after completing their "Last of the Street Survivors" farewell tour. As part of this tour, there were also concerts in Germany in 2019.
The Rolling Stone listed Lynyrd Skynyrd 95th of the 100 greatest musicians of all time .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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 US
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| 1973 | Pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd | - | - | - |
UK-  |
US27  × 2
(79 weeks)US |
Released in the US charts in 1975 in 2001 |
| 1974 | Second helping | - | - | - | - |
US12 × 2
(45 weeks)US |
|
| 1975 | Nuthin 'Fancy | - | - | - |
UK43 (1 week) UK |
US9 (20 weeks)US |
|
| 1976 | Gimme Back My Bullets | - | - | - |
UK34 (5 weeks) UK |
US20th  (16 weeks)US |
|
| 1977 | Street survivors | - | - | - |
UK13 (4 weeks) UK |
US5 × 2
(34 weeks)US |
Released in 2001
|
| 1978 | Skynyrd's First and ... Last | - | - | - |
UK50 (1 week) UK |
US15th (18 weeks)US |
Unreleased songs from before the first official album
|
| 1987 | Legend | - | - | - | - |
US41 (17 weeks)US |
Unreleased songs and B-sides
|
| 1991 | Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 | - | - | - | - |
US64 (16 weeks) US |
|
| 1993 | The Last Rebel |
DE80 (7 weeks) DE |
- |
CH18 (7 weeks) CH |
- |
US64 (7 weeks) US |
|
| 1994 | Endangered Species | - | - | - | - |
US115 (4 weeks) US |
|
| 1997 | Twenty |
DE70 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US97 (6 weeks) US |
|
| 1999 | Edge of Forever |
DE47 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US96 (2 weeks) US |
|
| 2000 | Christmas Time Again | - | - | - | - | - |
Christmas album
|
| 2003 | Vicious cycle |
DE44 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US30 (11 weeks) US |
|
| 2009 | God & Guns |
DE37 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
CH38 (3 weeks) CH |
UK36 (1 week) UK |
US18 (8 weeks) US |
|
| 2011 | Icon - Lynyrd Skynyrd | - | - | - | - |
US145 (10 weeks)US |
|
| 2012 | Last of a Dyin 'Breed |
DE14 (4 weeks) DE |
AT33 (1 week) AT |
CH13 (5 weeks) CH |
UK83 (1 week) UK |
US14 (5 weeks) US |
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Live albums and compilations
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
|
CH
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UK
|
US
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| 1976 | One more from the road | - | - | - |
UK17th (4 weeks)UK |
US9 × 3
(43 weeks)US |
Live album, republished in 2001
|
| 1979 | Gold & Platinum | - | - | - |
UK49 (4 weeks) UK |
US12 × 3
(65 weeks)US |
|
| 1982 | Best of the rest | - | - | - | - |
US171 (7 weeks) US |
|
| 1988 | Southern by the Grace of God - Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour | - | - | - | - |
US68 (11 weeks)US |
|
| 1989 | Skynyrd's Innyrd's / Their Greatest Hits | - | - | - | - |
US- × 5
|
compilation
|
| 1993 | A retrospective | - | - | - |
UK- |
- |
compilation
|
| 1996 | Freebird - The Movie | - | - | - | - | - |
compilation
|
| Southern Knights | - | - | - | - | - |
Live album
|
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| 1997 | Old time greats | - | - | - | - | - |
compilation
|
| Sweet Home Alabama - Best | - | - | - | - |
US- |
Compilation, 1974–77, Zounds, all tracks digitally remastered
|
|
| 1998 | Lyve from Steel Town | - | - | - | - |
US- |
Live album
|
| gold | - | - | - | - |
US- |
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| 1999 | The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection | - | - | - |
UK- |
US60 × 2
(135 weeks)US |
|
| 2000 | Then and Now | - | - | - | - | - |
Compilation of the first two SPV albums
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| Collectybles | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002 | Turn it up | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2003 | Thyrty - 30th Anniversary Collection | - | - | - | - |
US16 (16 weeks)US |
limited edition
|
| 2004 | Lyve - The Vicious Cycle Tour | - | - | - | - |
US- |
Live album
|
| 2005 | Greatest hits UMTV |
- | - | - |
UK47 (3 weeks) UK |
US- |
|
| 2006 | Family | - | - | - | - |
US142 (46 weeks) US |
contains 6 Lynyrd-Skynyrd-Song and 10 songs from related projects like 38 Special , the Rossington Collins Band and others
|
| 2007 | Sweet Home Alabama - Best | - | - | - |
UK- |
- | |
| 2008 | Greatest Hits Island |
- | - | - |
UK16 (4 weeks)UK |
- | |
| 2009 | Live at Cardiff Capitol Theater 1975 | - | - | - | - | - |
Compilation, republication, 1973–88, Zounds, all tracks digitally remastered, CD-Text
|
| Collector's Edition | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010 | Live from Freedom Hall (CD + DVD) |
DE74 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - | - |
recorded 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky, Roadrunner Records (Warner)
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| 2013 | All Time Greatest Hits | - | - | - | - |
US56 (75 weeks) US |
|
| 2015 | One more for the fans |
DE67 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - |
US81 (2 weeks) US |
Recorded November 2014 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta
with Gregg Allman, Cheap Trick, Peter Frampton, Warren Haynes and others |
| Pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd & Second Helping - Live from Jacksonville at the Florida Theater |
DE86 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - | - | ||
| 2020 | Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour Lyve! | - | - | - | - |
US196 (1 week) US |
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
more publishments
- Skynyrd Summer Sampler
- Species Acoustic Sampler
- From Twenty (4-song sampler)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 1974 | Sweet Home Alabama |
DE87 (1 week) DE |
AT56 (7 weeks) AT |
CH51 (10 weeks) CH |
UK31 1 (22 weeks)UK |
US8th (17 weeks)US |
Several times in the charts, including 1974, 1976, 1989, 2007
|
| 1975 | Free Bird | - | - | - |
UK21 1 (23 weeks)UK |
US19 (20 weeks) US |
Several times in the charts, including 1975, 1979, 1982
|
| Saturday Night Special | - | - | - | - |
US27 (9 weeks) US |
||
| 1976 | Double trouble | - | - | - | - |
US80 (3 weeks) US |
|
| 1978 | What's your name | - | - | - | - |
US13 (18 weeks)US |
|
| You got that right | - | - | - | - |
US69 (4 weeks) US |
||
More singles
- 1968: Need All My Friends
- 1971: I've Been Your Fool
- 1973: Gimme Three Steps
- 1974: Don't Ask Me No Questions
- 1987: Truck Drivin 'Man
- 1988: Swamp Music
- 1991: Keeping the Faith
- 1991: Smokestack Lightning
- 1993: Born to Run
- 1993: Good Lovin's Hard to Find
- 1997: Bring It On
- 1997: Travelin 'Man
- 1999: Preacher Man
- 1999: workin '
- 2003: Red, White and Blue
- Georgia Peaches
- Gimme Back My Bullets
- Pure and Simple
- All I Can Do I Is Write About It
- Ten from the Swamp
- Devil in the Bottle
- White Knuckle Ride
Video albums
- 1974: Sweet Home Alabama
- 1975: Same Old Blues - Live in London
- 1976/1987: Free Bird / Tribute Tour (US:gold)
- 1996: Sweet Home Alabama, Loreley Festival Hamburg
- 1997: Another One from the Road
- 1999: Live From The Heartland
- 1999: Live from Austin, Texas (US:gold)
- 1999: Lyve From Steel Town (US:gold)
- 2003: Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour (US:gold)
- 2006: Signature Licks
- 2007: Rock Case Studies
- 2010: Live from Freedom Hall
- 2012: Home Sweet Home
- 2013: Sweet Home Alabama - A Musical Documentary
- 2013: The Early Years
- 2015: Gone with the Wind
- 2015: One More for the Fans (concert for Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 2015: Pronouced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd & Second Helping - Live
- 2015: Southern Rock Heroes
- 2015: Southern Surroundings
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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United States (RIAA)
|
- |
11 × gold11
|
26 × platinum26th
|
29,700,000 | riaa.com |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
4 × silver4th
|
4 × gold4th
|
platinum1
|
1,990,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
4 × silver4th
|
15 × gold15th
|
27 × platinum27
|
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literature
- Siegfried Schmidt-Joos , Barry Graves : Rock Lexicon. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1973, 2nd edition 1975, reprint 1978, ISBN 3-499-16177-X , p. 222.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Involuntary "Lynyrd Skynyrd" namesake dead ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), story in relevant.at, September 21, 2010
- ^ Leonard Skinner, Namesake of Rock Band, Dies . New York Times, September 20, 2010
- ↑ Accident Report CV-300 N55VM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 8, 2017th
- ^ Ernst Hofacker: Giants. The legendary builders of rock music. Hannibal-Verlag, Innsbruck 2011, ISBN 978-3-85445-364-2 , pp. 392, 393
- ↑ The-Pit.de: Lynyrd Skynyrd: Another member of the original cast has died , accessed on February 18, 2009
- ↑ CBC News, May 8, 2009: Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Ean Evans dies at 48 , accessed September 20, 2015
- ↑ Fans' outrage prompts Lynyrd Skynyrd to keep Confederate flag . Houston Chronicle, September 25, 2012.
- ^ Statement by Gary Rossington on the subject of the Confederate flag ( Memento of February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Lynyrd Skynyrd: Drummer Bob Burns is dead , accessed April 10, 2015
- ↑ Rock magazines: LYNYRD SKYNYRD announce farewell tour , accessed July 27, 2018
- ↑ 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 8, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Family (Lynyrd-Skynyrd-Album) on Allmusic
- ↑ Chart sources for singles: DE AT CH UK US
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd at laut.de.
- Lynyrd Skynyrd on Allmusic (English)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd at Discogs (English)