Lynyrd Skynyrd
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The southern rock legend who quit Lynyrd Skynyrd before they became famous and then rejoined 25 years later
By Paul Rees published
Rickey Medlocke has been involved in not one but two iconic Southern Rock bands

Born in a dream, the solos in Sweet Home Alabama were out of key, but superstition kept them in
By Rob Hughes published
Lynyrd Skynyrd's down-home anthem was a retort to Neil Young's Southern Man, but decades on it's soundtracked everything from KFC to video games

Surgeon defends video of Allen Collins playing guitar in hospital after Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash
By Fraser Lewry published
The footage shows Allen Collins wearing hospital pyjamas, neck brace and orthopaedic fixator

Foreigner and Lynyrd Skynyrd announce Double Trouble Double Vision tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner will hit the road with Six Gun Sally

Watch Blackberry Smoke pay tribute to Gary Rossington with the original Free Bird guitar
By Fraser Lewry published
Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr plays Free Bird and Tuesday's Gone on 1961 Gibson Les Paul/SG guitar in pro-shot video

The best rock debut album from every year of the 1970s
By Classic Rock published
The debut albums that shaped the 70s

What happened when The Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd played Knebworth
By Ian Fortnam published
In 1976, the Stones pulled a vast crowd to Knebworth. It was a day of surprises, not least how late everything ran

The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the plane that fell from the sky
By Jaan Uhelszki published
Fist fights, premonitions and a flight into hell: This is the tale of Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd
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