Gary Rossington...dead

[Kristy]

The good LAWD won't take me until a certain limey dies. I still have my fund money to fly to Limeyland to shit all over that fucker's grave.

[ZahZoo]

Shame they are all gone... Saw both Skynyrd and Molly Hatchett in their prime a bunch of times. Some of the best live performers of that era. Our former band manager for my Southern Rock band back in the 80's was a former Skynyrd roadie and backline tech... one of the toughest women in that part of the business!!

I got to spend an hour chatting with the guys in Molly Hatchett after a show at the Saddle Rack in San Jose, CA back in '83. Fun bunch of crazy guys... We had finished a west coast leg of a tour as an opening act with Marshall Tucker band and the Outlaws. Had talks with the promoters as a potential opening act for both Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet but both deals fell through.

[Nickdfresh]

The good LAWD won't take me until a certain limey dies. I still have my fund money to fly to Limeyland to shit all over that fucker's grave.

Maybe your money would be better spent going to Nepal and hanging out with Buddhist Jedi warrior monks and learning shit like transcendence and letting go....

[Nickdfresh]

Fuck this this is a dangerous band to be in at this point.

I wonder if the current batch of replacement Skynyrds ever ride tour buses. I'm pretty fucking sure I never would!

Whoever thought their "Saturday Night Special" wouldn't turn out to be a Smith and Wesson .38 but a Prevost...

[silverfish]

Looks like there's gonna be a Skynyrd Tribute at the CMT Awards on Sunday:

Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash and ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons are among the artists who will honor
Lynyrd Skynyrd during the CMT Music Awards.

Joining the guitarists for the performance will be Wynonna Judd, Allman Brothers Band members Chuck
Leavell and Warren Haynes, Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers, country singer Cody Johnson and LeAnn Rimes.

According to Billboard, “Johnson and Rodgers will [sing] lead vocals with Gibbons, with Slash and Haynes
on electric guitar for a one-time-only performance of a pair of timeless Lynyrd Skynyrd hits.” They also
noted that “Rimes and Judd will fill the role of the Honkettes,” the women singers that backed Lynyrd
Skynyrd during their rise to fame.


Full story at:

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/slash-billy-gibbons-lynyrd-skynyrd-tribute/

[silverfish]

LYNYRD SKYNYRD Announces Plans To Continue Following Passing Of GARY ROSSINGTON

The current members, led by Johnny Van Zant, the singer for the past 36 years, was unsure if
they would continue following Gary's untimely passing. After much discussion with the band, the
families of Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins and Dale Rossington, the collective has reached
unified support, and feel that continuing to perform live, and keeping the music alive, is in the
best interest of the fans and everyone involved.

Full story at:

https://blabbermouth.net/news/lynyrd-skynyrd-announces-plans-to-continue-following-passing-of-gary-rossington

Looks like JVZ has a Vince Neil/Chumley vibe going on:

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[FORD]

Maybe they can tour with the "zero actual members" version of Quiet Riot?

[Rikk]

I will always and regularly play my original and posthumous records of LS with Ronnie Van Zant singing. Their catalog has almost no bad songs at all.

The reunion band, however, started as a tribute and then tried to pretend it wasn't. They have barely ever written ANYTHING that even comes close to the original band. JVZ has none of the charisma his brother did. And I couldn't believe it when they kicked out Ed King, one of the best players they ever had.

Even worse, they were originally a Democrat-supporting band (playing Carter's inauguration or at least a fundraiser, if I recall correctly) and eventually turned into a band preaching "God & Guns" (certainly contradicts SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL, one of their best songs) and appearing on fuckin' Hannity.

Now they have NO original members left (I like Medlocke's work on their pre-MCA album, FIRST & LAST, but I don't really count him as an original member). They've been talking about retiring for years.

Rossington died...they say they'll continue to "keep the music alive" and that it's "for the fans." No, it's for your pocketbooks, nothing else. I guess Artimus Pyle really was right about the greed of Dale Krantz-Rossington.

Like a lot of older bands with few or no original members (I'm looking at you, Steve Howe), they just need to hang it fucking up and let Ronnie rest in peace.

[FORD]

Steve Howe wasn't an original member either... though to be fair about it, I couldn't name a single song from the first two Yes albums off the top of my head.

[Nickdfresh]

LYNYRD SKYNYRD Announces Plans To Continue Following Passing Of GARY ROSSINGTON

Well I couldn't have called that one! Those heroic bastards carrying the legacy for a paycheck! You selfless sonsofbitches! Doing it for the children aren't cha'!

[Rikk]

Steve Howe wasn't an original member either... though to be fair about it, I couldn't name a single song from the first two Yes albums off the top of my head.

You're right. He's one of those rare guys that people "think of" as an original member even though they're not...like Ian Gillan & Roger Glover (joined for 4th Deep Purple album).

[Seshmeister]

Or Neil Peart.

[FORD]

As great of a drummer as Neil Peart was, his lyric writing talent probably saved the band as much as his drumming did. I love the music on Rush's first album, but some of the lyrics were almost Hagar-level weak.

[Rikk]

Or Neil Peart.

Yup. I love John Rutsey's playing on the 1st album...but it doesn't come close to Peart's skills.

[Rikk]

As great of a drummer as Neil Peart was, his lyric writing talent probably saved the band as much as his drumming did. I love the music on Rush's first album, but some of the lyrics were almost Hagar-level weak.

Agreed. The lyrics of a song like IN THE MOOD are as embarrassing as pooping in your underwear at a Gala.

That said, I do really enjoy the debut LP. You're right the music is great on it. I tend to look past the lyrics and just enjoy the album. Lifeson plays his heart out on that LP, and Rutsey (while no Peart) is a very good drummer.