Lynyrd Skynyrd: Six Degrees of Swampland
Lynyrd Skynyrd may very well be the most popular Southern Rock band of all time. After a skyrocketing climb to the top of the charts during the 1970’s, combined with exhaustive touring, the band who named themselves after their high school gym coach Leonard Skinner became a household name in the mid-seventies.
Read the band's complete history here.
"With Ronnie we would be making a track and I would be working on the band and he would always have a bottle of Jack in his hand, and he would put it down on the end of the console and he would say that at 2:00 pm tomorrow he would be ready to record the song. Then he would walk out the door. The fact that he put the Jack down on the console meant that he was going home and have something to eat and have some tea and he would come back in the next day and if it was one of those days when he said, “No, not today.” Then the Jack would stay on the end of the console again. On the other hand if he heard himself sounding good, then he would go through it in half an hour and then he would be feeling really good and know that this was the day, and do 2-3 songs in about 2 hours." - Tom Dowd
THE SWAMPLAND SKYNYRD ACHIVE INDEX
ARTICLES
• Lynyrd Skynyrd: Legends of Southern Rock
• JoJo Billingsley Passes Away June 24, 2010
• Skynyrd Receives Congrssional Honor June 18, 2010
• Skynyrd Review Feedback September 4, 2009
• Memorial for Ean Evans May 2009
• Ean Evans Succumbs to Cancer May 8, 2009
• The Future of Lynyrd Skynyrd February 3, 2009
• More Skynyrd News, Alabama Plates and Tammy Van Zant January 30, 2009
• Sweet Home Alabama: New Tags for Old January 30, 2009
• Simple Man Cruise Pics January, 2009
• Billy Powell Has Died January 28, 2009
• Billy Powell Memorial January 29, 2009
• Ean Evans Diagnosed with Cancer January 3, 2009
• Freebird Factoids July 15, 2008
• Jimmy Johnson and Alan Walden Talk Skynyrd: Video February 9, 2008
• Rowdy Friends Tour Stops at Bama Jam February 6, 2008
• Artimus Pyle Jailed November 23, 2007
• 30 Years Agom Today: Last Flight of Free Bird October 19, 2007
• Skynyrd Tribute Weekend Coming October 6, 2007
• Hughie Thomasson Memorial Page September, 2007
• Hughie Thommason Dies September 10, 2007
• Artimus Pyle Arrested July 3, 2007
• All Star Skynyrd Tribute Out This Week March 21, 2007
• Gary's Health Changes Skynyrd Cruise Plans January 4, 2007
• Ed King's Hall of Fame Journal January 2006
• Skynyrd's Well Deserved Hall of Fame Induction December 2005
• Greatest Drummers of The Southern Rock Era
• Greatest Bass Players of The Southern Rock Era
• Greatest Vocalists of The Southern Rock Era
• Greatest Keyboard Players of The Southern Rock Era
• Greatest Guitarists of The Southern Rock Era
• Rowdy Friends Tour with Hank, Jr. February 5, 2007
• Leon Wilkeson Memorial July 27, 2001
INTERVIEWS
• Artimus Pyle September, 2006
• Al Kooper October, 2005
• Hughie Thomasson Spring 2005
• Rickey Medlocke June, 2004
• Larry "LJ" Junstrom July, 2003
• Jo Jo Billingsley July, 2003
• Gary Rossington June, 2003
• Dale Krantz Rossington June, 2003
• Tom Dowd Fall, 2002
• Barry Lee Harwood May, 2002
• Alan Walden January, 2002
• Artimus Pyle December 2001
• Randall Hall July 2001
• Johnny and Donnie Van Zant March, 2001
• Ed King 2001
• Jimmie Van Zant 2000
• Wayne Perkins December, 1999
• Artimus Pyle October, 1999
• Mike Estes June, 1999
• Ed King June, 1999
REVIEWS
• God & Guns September, 2009
• Street Survivors Deluxe Edition
• Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour
• The Unsolved Murder of Leon Wilkeson (Book)
• Skynyrd/Shooter Jennings Pittsburgh, PA July 4, 2006
• Skynyrd/38 Special Clemson, SC November 14, 2003
FAMILY & EXTENDED FAMILY REVIEWS
• Tammy Van Zant Freebird Child
• Jo Jo Billingsley I Will Obey
• Jimmie Van Zant My Name is Jimmie
• Under The Influence: A Jam Band Tribute To Skynyrd
• Tom Dowd & The Language of Music (DVD)
• Artimus Pyle w/ Whiskey Creek September 4, 2006
• Celebration of Life Concert November, 2001
VIDEOS
"Free Bird" Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC 1975
"Sweet Home Alabama" Knebworth, 1976
"Simple Man" Live with Vintage Footage
• God & Guns Video Podcast One
• God & Guns Video Podcast Two
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