Lynyrd Skynyrd was far from the first Southern rock band. Acts like Black Oak Arkansas, ZZ Top, Barefoot Jerry, and the Allman Brothers Band were already gaining popularity. Before them, Lonnie Mack ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Lynyrd Skynyrd circa 1976: L-R back row: Leon Wilkeson, Artimus Pyle, Allen Collins, Leslie ...

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The year was 1976, and Lynyrd Skynyrd were opening for The Rolling Stones at Knebworth Festival in England. The Stones were coming off a disappointing tour, and headlining Knebworth was meant to be a ...

July 30 -- Leon Wilkeson, bass player and founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, is dead at age 49. A spokesperson for the band's record label said Wilkeson died in his sleep Friday at a hotel near ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd is bringing its iconic Southern rock hits to the Inland Northwest next week. Initially formed in the 1960s by a group of high schoolers in Jacksonville, Florida, Lynyrd Skynyrd found ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist Johnny Van Zant said the Southern rock titans "will leave that door open" for a new studio album without late co-founding guitarist Gary Rossington, according to a new Classic ...