"They were a barely-controlled tornado!
When they took to the stage, it was magic." — RetroTechNoir
ISSUE #35 LYNYRD SKYNYRD
UPDATED FEBRUARY 17, 2023
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"The band practiced like madmen - up to 18 hours a day. When they took to the stage, it was magic." — RetroTechNoir
ISSUE #35 EXCERPTS
August 21, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd took the stage at Knebworth
PEERLESS CHEMISTRY & TALENT - A PHENOMENON
"Lynyrd Skynyrd wasn't a band - it was a barely-controlled tornado. Fistfights & broken bones were common. Drugs & booze were everywhere. Despite it, the band practiced like madmen - up to 18 hours a day. When they took to the stage, it was magic."
— RetroTechNoir
“After smoking pot with Jack Nicholson, according to Gary Rossington, the band was especially loose for their opening slot with the Stones at Knebworth Park in the U.K, 1976. At the climax of a rousing set, Ronnie encouraged his guitarists to solo on the stage’s extending ramp – in the shape of the Stones’ famous tongue logo. “Mick Jagger was mad,” says Rossington. “It took their breath away to see how well we went over and how we broke their only rule: don’t go out on the tongue.”
ISSUE #34 EXCERPTS
Capricorn Records Studio
Alan & Phil Walden at Capricorn Records Studio, Macon, GA, "Birthplace of Rock." As seen in Rock Legend News Issue #34, Capricorn Records, Southern Rock. Tours available at Capricorn.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's demo version of, "Free Bird" was recorded at:
3614 Jackson Highway - Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. Tours available of Muscle Shoals. @BFisch: "There was another demo recorded before the Muscle Shoals "album." The very first recording of Free Bird did not have a piano part since it was recorded before Powell joined the band. It was also recorded before they added the solo at the end, so it faded out after the last chorus (click green record to listen to it)."
Lynyrd Skynyrd 8x10 on the wall of Grant’s Lounge, where they auditioned for Capricorn Records in the early 1970s. You can watch Alan Walden, who managed the band at that time, talk about the early days of Lynyrd Skynyrd on Southern Rock Insider’s Youtube Channel: Southern Rock Insider
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Cody Johnson, Billy Gibbons, Paul Rodgers, Slash, Chuck Leavell, Warren Hayes, Wynonna Judd, and LeAnn Rimes perform “Simple Man” and “Sweet Home Alabama” as tribute to Gary Rossington and Lynyrd Skynyrd at the 2023 CMT Music Awards.
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