Posted on 10/19/2007 10:21:26 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
we miss you my friend ronnie the genius van zant and the rest of our brothers we lost not only in the crash 30 yrs ago all the southern rockers as you can see our little brother has filled in well we know your up in rock n roll heaven looking down upon the band making sure everythings alright ..we never say good bye we always say so long and remember this my friend ..southern rockers never die..they just keep on playin’ your gone but not forgotten bless you with all our love my friend FEELER POOBAH
As a hard rock fan since 1976, these guys were a no-brainer - and as a developing guitarist, they held my attention. Steve Gaines was a brilliant player, and very hard to mimic.
They got me with “One More From The Road”, one of the better live documents of a band ever put out - live these guys had a serious groove that you just don’t hear anymore, and they were all solid, talented musicians. I can’t imagine what they would have done later if they’d survived, seeing how great they were already. I’ve played ‘One More From The Road” for people who kinda know the band, and they’re amazed - “Dang, these guys were GOOD!”. If you don’t have this album, check it out, it seriously cooks, and shows the band at their best - onstage. Skynyrds rythym section doesn’t get nearly the attention they deserve, because the guitarists got all the lime light (which they more than earned).
I don’t think of them as “southern rock”, they were a rock band (No offense to Southerners, I know you take great pride in their heritage). And, one of the best rock bands ever. You don’t see this level of talent anymore - no flashy light shows, stages, costumes, or gymnastics, no corporate BS, no commerical junk, just a bunch of guys playing their hearts out, playing music they wrote and loved.
Just saw them a couple of months ago opening for Alice Cooper. They still put on a good show.
Randy Rhodes from Ozzy’s band was a plane crash.
What kind of pilots let their plane run out of gas? Had they fried their brains too?
How did you like the cowbell?
But I do think "Tuesday's Gone" is one of the most underappreciated rock tunes of all time.
FYI . . . Did you know that "Freebird" was written as a tribute to Duane Allman?
Ah those good memories....
you've got to hold on loosely, but don't let go.....
I like his “Up against the wall Redneck mother” or “London Homesick Blues”
MORE COWBELL!!
I still miss them.
...Jim Croce, Jim Reeves, John Denver...
Isn't that the band that did "Precious and Few?"
I went to a concert in 1975 at Tulane Stadium where zz Top was the headliner, J Geils was the opener and Lynard Skynard was in between...Skynard was a no show.....
And don’t forget (who COULD forget?) the late, greate Stevie Ray Vaughn, killed in a helicopter crash (I forget the date).
BTW, anyone old enough to remember Walter Cronkite mentioning this on the CBS news the next night, trying to wrap his dentures around pronouncing "Lynyrd Skynyrd?"
Never cared for them. I wonder why?
SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
Two feets they come a creepin
Like a black cat do
And two bodies are lyin naked
Creeper think he got nothin to lose
So he creeps into this house, yeah
And unlocks the door
And while a man reaching for his trousers
Shoots him full of .38 holes
(chorus)
Its a saturday night special
Got a barrel thats blue and cold
Aint no good for nothin
But put a man six feet in a hole
Big jims been drinkin whiskey
And playing poker on a losin night
Pretty soon, big jim starts a thinkin
Somebody been cheatin and lyin
So big jim commences to fightin
I wouldnt tell you no lie
And big jim done grab his pistol
Shot his friend right between the eyes
(chorus)
Hand guns are made for killin
Aint no good for nothin else
And if you like your whiskey
You might even shoot yourself
So why dont we dump em people
To the bottom of the sea
Before some fool come around here
Wanna shoot either you or me
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