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Lynyrd Skynyrd posing for a photograph in 1977
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?

Albums
Lynyrd Skynyrd posing for a photograph in 1975
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

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Albums
Lynyrd Skynyrd pose by their trailer backstage at an outdoor concert in October, 1976 in California
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

Bands & Artists
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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

Bands & Artists
Lynyrd Skynyrd posing for a photograph in 1973
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

Bands & Artists
Neil Young and Ronnie Van Zant in 1976 (composite image)
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

Music
A road beneath a cloudy sky with the words "A History Of Southern Rock in 40 Songs" emblazoned across it
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

Buying guide
Blackfoot publicity photo
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

Interviews
Rickey Medlocke posing for a photograph in 2014
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

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Interviews
Lynyrd Skynyrd group portrait circa 1974
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

Interviews
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