LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 17, 2019…IT WAS 1991 AND A REVAMPED VERSION OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD TOOK THE STAGE IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA TO OPEN UP A WORLD TOUR. FOURTEEN YEARS EARLIER, THE GROUP WAS ON ITS WAY TO A CONCERT IN THAT CITY WHEN THEIR PRIVATE PLANE CRASHED, KILLING THREE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP INCLUDING LEAD SINGER RONNIE VAN ZANT. THE NEW LYNYRD SKYNYRD WAS FRONTED BY VAN ZANT’S BROTHER JOHNNY AND FEATURED ORIGINAL GUITARIST GARY ROSSINGTON. IT’S INTERESTING TO NOTE THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP OF THE GROUP WAS TOGETHER FOR 13 YEARS. THIS VERSION HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR 28 YEARS.
THE BAND KEEPS ON TICKING LIKE A FINE SWISS WATCH. LYNYRD SKYNYRD SOUNDS AS GOOD AS EVER WITH ORIGINAL MEMBER GARY ROSSINGTON, JOHNNY VAN ZANT, RICKEY MEDLOCKE, MARK MATEJKA, MICHAEL CARTELLONE, JOHNNY COLT, PETER KEYS, DALE KRANTZ ROSSINGTON, AND CAROL CHASE. THIS CURRENT LINE-UP DOES THE SKYNYRD LEGACY PROUD.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD HAS SOLD OVER 30 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE AND ARE A CULTURAL ICON. THEY ARE SET TO MAKE ONE MORE APPEARANCE THIS YEAR ON THE FAREWELL TOUR, SET FOR AUGUST 24TH AT THE CONCORD PAVILION.
HERE’S ONE OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S BEST, A LIVE VERSION OF SIMPLE MAN
(GREAT QUALITY VIDEO)……
AND THE EVENING’S ENCORE AT LAST YEAR’S CONCERT IN THE BAY AREA
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