The CMT Music Awards 2023

"...Billy Gibbons, Wynonna Judd, and LeAnn Rimes during the Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute..."

April 3, 2023 Photo Gallery

Ten Austin Concert Options for New Year's Eve 2022

From Cumbia to Coconut Club's Last Dance, ring in 2023 musically

"...David Bowie (Moonage Daydreams), Todd Rundgren (Nolan Potter), and Lynyrd Skynyrd (Jim Campo) odes round out the stellar exaltation...."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Cassandra Jenkins, Billy Strings, and SZA on a lighthouse

"...touchpoints of – checks notes – ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd, as they “redefine” Southern music to include pop,..."

Oct. 8, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Spirit Adrift, Austin Reggae Fest, Nilüfer Yanya, Amyl & the Sniffers, and more recommended shows

"...utmost care: Type O Negative, Pantera, Metallica, Thin Lizzy, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and ZZ Top...."

April 22, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

White Reaper's Hunter Thompson Discusses the Band's Evolution and His Guitar Nerd DNA

ACL Fest's a homecoming for the Austin-based guitarist

"...favorite, but I also love classic rock: Joe Walsh, Lynyrd Skynyrd-type playing. I’ve spent so much time learning those..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...Garrett had dawned largely without form and void, but Lynyrd Skynyrd also cleared darkness from the face of the..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Now Streaming in Austin: Dark Side of the Ring

Evan Husney grapples with wrestling's hidden history for Viceland

"...told so many times, it's kind of like the Lynyrd Skynyrd "Freebird" track on your compilation – you've got..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

William Shatner Keeps on Trekking

On Christmas songs and The Wrath of Khan

"...includes Brad Paisley, Joe Louis Walker, Todd Rundgren, former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle, Rick Wakeman, Ian Anderson of..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Terror Fest Picks

"...years in, consider this Richmond, Va., sledgehammer extreme metal's Lynyrd Skynyrd. Cough syrup tempos, concrete density, and doom outlook..."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Caroline Says Has a Few Regrets

Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Caroline Sallee ages gracefully on new LP

"...On the twitchy "Sweet Home Alabama," Sallee takes the Lynyrd Skynyrd anthem title in a drearier direction: "Stuck in..."

March 30, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Review: If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd

The highs and lows of one of the most iconic Southern rock bands

"...a time the choice for Gary Rossington and his Lynyrd Skynyrd bandmates was between cocaine, speed, and booze. Tonight..."

March 14, 2018 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd D: Stephen Kijak The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd;..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Songs for the Deaf

Hearing aid concert streams debut in Austin

"...been doing this for 42 years, managing the Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx, Peter Frampton, and Bad Company. I’ve been..."

Aug. 22, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Jimmy LaFave in the Present Tense

Honoring the local musician’s commitment to life

"...awareness that he's an Oklahoma-Texas folk musician. Hints of Lynyrd Skynyrd appear on the first couple of albums, including..."

May 12, 2017 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"...mournful twang was famously played at the funeral of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant. – Doug Freeman..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Alejandro Escovedo Grinds Axes at ACL

Austin escapee kicks out the jams in his fifth taping for PBS

"...a guitar SWAT team called the True Believers – Lynyrd Skynyrd run by Mexicans as born out of Andy..."

Dec. 1, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Whiskey Myers

"...This Tyler fivepiece clearly thinks stomping down onto the Lynyrd Skynyrd side of the divide is a good thing...."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Worst Tour Stories Ever

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

July 8, 2016 Music Feature

Journeyman Neal Schon

Definitely progressive fusion rock

"...made the big move with Steve Perry – was Lynyrd Skynyrd. We started playing dates with them, and their..."

May 17, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Luv Doc: To Search or Not to Search?

How did you fail so spectacularly as a parent?

"...like when they wax their mustaches or listen to Skynyrd on vinyl. If for some reason you actually do..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock

Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag

"...1970’s “Southern Man” and 1972’s “Alabama.” Two years later, Lynyrd Skynyrd fired back with “Sweet Home Alabama.” Initially played..."

July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Kind of Goofy, Kind of Dicky

Her unique worth as a human being exists outside of your palette of needs

"...meth-head with rotten teeth, a mullet, and a sleeveless Skynyrd T-shirt. Swipe left – ideally with some pepper spray...."

July 3, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Kingsman: The Secret Service

This comic-book riff on James Bond films finds fun amid the ultraviolence.

"...an outrageous sequence in a Westboro-style church (scored to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird”) and the extended climax. If these..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Houses of the Unholy

Housecore Horror by the blurb

"...2013 sophomore effort Bathed in Blood, Ozzy Osbourne meets Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ponder witch burning on the delightfully morbid "Der..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Feature

ACL Live Shot: Blackberry Smoke

Southern rockers pivot on a “Good One Coming On”

"...Zac Brown, and the Southern rock & roll grail, Lynyrd Skynyrd. All that long hair and Starr’s mutton chops..."

Oct. 4, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Tartuffe

David Long's direction of this Molière comedy infuses what could be a dusty antique with light and life

"...versions of rock classics from Guns n' Roses and Lynyrd Skynyrd, among others – serves as a fitting reminder..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans

(Dangerous) Toys for Christmas!

Jason McMaster checks his annual (set)list

"...even recorded “Simple Man” for the All-Star Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd, proving there’s a cachet to being a hard..."

Dec. 5, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Muscle Shoals

The Alabama town that birthed two music studios and inspired great recordings by Aretha, the Rolling Stones, and scores more is viewed in this laid-back documentary.

"...Shoals continued to work its magic on bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, who lovingly immortalized it in “Sweet Home Alabama”...."

Oct. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...played guitar is almost ridiculous: Etta James, Paul Westerberg, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jonny Lang, Meat Puppets, ESPN, and even Leiber..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Tuesday's Gone

On your marks, get set, Tuesday SXSW showcases!

"...four jam-packed days of musical mayhem, but counter to Lynyrd Skynyrd, it's not here and gone just yet. Charli..."

March 8, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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