Lynyrd Skynyrd are an American institution. Their story may be marked by tragedy, most notably the death of Ronnie Van Zant in a plane crash in 1977, but songs such as Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird and albums like (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) and Second Helping remain the foundation stones on which the whole southern rock genre are built.
Yet there’s much more to Skynyrd than those two songs. No one knows this more than Rickey Medlocke, who was originally the band’s drummer during their early days before returning as guitarist in 1996.
