When the band first started playing live in their hometown of Jacksonville, Florida in the late ’60s, they called themselves My Backyard. Then they were known as The Noble Five and The One Percent ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd are the subject of a documentary film that premieres next month on Showtime. Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow is said to cover the entirety of the band’s career, from their ...

Today, March 5, marks the one-year anniversary of the death of original Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington. Rossington, who had battled heart issues for several years, passed away at the age of ...

Jacksonville, Florida spawned a disproportionate amount of now-classic Southern rock bands. Allman Brothers. Molly Hatchet. 38 Special. Blackfoot. Cowboy. And, yes, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Johnny Van Zant is ...

Before his death in March 2023, Gary Rossington — the last original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd — told his bandmates that he wanted the legendary Southern rock group to live on. “He knew his health was ...

"Free Bird," the epic rock anthem released by Jacksonville's Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1973, is back in the spotlight, appearing in a new Budweiser Clydesdales commercial to air during this year's Super Bowl ...

Since its 1973 breakout album “(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nerd 'Skin-'nerd),” Lynyrd Skynyrd has become synonymous with Southern rock. Songs like “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Simple Man” have entered the canon of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Free Bird" has been a rock anthem for more than half a century. It's been used in movies and TV shows, closed just about every ...

King played guitar in Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975 and and again in 1987 during the band's comeback after a decade of inactivity, following the tragic 1977 airplane crash that took the lives of ...

More than four decades after he survived the crash that took the lives of three of his fellow Lynyrd Skynyrd bandmates, including lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant, Artimus Pyle still feels the loss. “It’s ...