Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Formed: 1965 in Jacksonville, FL
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Genre: Rock
Styles: Southern Rock, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Boogie Rock, Rock & Roll, Blues-Rock, Album Rock
Group Members: Carol Chase, Allen Collins, Artimus Pyle, Steve Gaines, Billy Powell, Jo Jo Billingsley, Carol Bristow, Bob Burns, Michael Cartellone, ...View All
Biography: Lynyrd Skynyrd was the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious Southern image and a hard rock swagger. Skynyrd never relied on the jazzy improvisations of the Allman Brothers. Instead, they were a hard-living, hard-driving rock & roll band -- they may ...Read full biography
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
Released: 1973
Label: Universal
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The Allman Brothers came first, but Lynyrd Skynyrd epitomized Southern rock. The Allmans were exceptionally gifted musicians, as much bluesmen as rockers. Skynyrd was nothing but rockers, and they were ...Read full review
Second Helping [Reissue]
Released: 1997
Label: Geffen
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Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote the book on Southern rock with their first album, so it only made sense that they followed it for their second album, aptly titled Second Helping. Sticking with producer Al Kooper ...Read full review
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