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The chilling prophecy and unthinkable tragedy that overshadows one of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s greatest albums
By Mark Blake Published
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s final album of the 70s is forever linked to the fatal plane crash that followed – but did Ronnie Van Zant predict it?

The Lynyrd Skynyrd album that Ronnie Van Zant hated but became an overlooked classic
By Paul Elliott Published
The classic line-up’s penultimate album Gimme Back My Bullets is an overlooked Southern Rock gem

On the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd: A story of guns and homicidal bass players
By Peter Makowski Published
Terrifying tales from the road as a 20-year-old British writer tours the American south with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Atlanta Rhythm Section

Gary Rossington interview: The triumph and tragedy of Lynyrd Skynyrd
By Paul Elliott Published
He started the band and survived its darkest hour, never losing faith in music’s healing power. If anyone represented the soul of Lynyrd Skynyrd, it was their late guitarist, Gary Rossington

How Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote the accidental classic that lifted them to immortality – and defined a genre
By Dave Everley Published
Lynyrd Synyrd’s Free Bird was the monster hit that the band themselves didn’t believe in

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young, and the truth about rock's most misreported beef
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
The story of three songs that started fifty years of fake news

The genre that refuses to die: A history Of Southern rock In 40 songs
By Polly Glass, Jerry Ewing, Malcolm Dome, Philip Wilding, Dave Ling Published
Buying guide From the late 60s until today, here are 40 songs that show why Southern rock continues to thrive

The story of Blackfoot, the southern rock legends who took ten years to become an overnight success
By Ken McIntyre Published
A tale of terrifying underachievement
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