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“We were going for a completely different sound, and it didn’t work. We decided to make a clean album”: Ronnie Van Zant hated it. But this Lynyrd Skynyrd album is an unsung Southern Rock classic

The classic line-up’s penultimate album Gimme Back My Bullets is an overlooked Southern Rock gem

Louder · Jul 25

“People are still trying to learn Free Bird and how to play like him. But he never got to hear all the praise about his playing”: Lynyrd Skynyrd legend Gary Rossington’s memories of his fellow guitarist Allen Collins and the band’s heroic ’80s comeback

“He should have known that so many people were influenced by him”

MusicRadar · May 30

“When we went to record it, the record company said, ‘Man, they won’t play that, it’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How the young Lynyrd Skynyrd turned a simple love song into a southern rock epic

"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

MusicRadar · May 25

“When Ronnie sang about Neil Young in that song, that was kind of a joke lyric about him. We loved Neil Young!”: The true story of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama

"Neil wanted to play the song with us!"

MusicRadar · Dec 30, 2025

“When we went to record it, the record company said, ‘Man, they won’t play that, it’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How the young Lynyrd Skynyrd turned a simple love song into a southern rock epic

"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

MusicRadar · Dec 27, 2025

“It’s a true privilege”: YouTuber gets the chance to try Gary Rossington’s legendary Free Bird Gibson Les Paul/SG – so he plays Free Bird

Tyler Larson of Music Is Win was brave enough to try some Free Bird licks on the actual Free Bird guitar

Guitar World · Nov 28, 2025

Watch Blackberry Smoke pay tribute to Gary Rossington with the guitar used during the recording of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird

Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr plays Free Bird and Tuesday's Gone on 1961 Gibson Les Paul/SG guitar in pro-shot video

Louder · Nov 12, 2025

“He used seashells as a pick, that's where he gets all that squank from”: Brilliant players of all persuasions have earned their stripes in Lynyrd Skynyrd's three-guitar army. Rickey Medlocke takes us through all of them, and what made them each special

Having served in Skynyrd as a pre-fame member and later as a crucial part of their reunion, Medlocke has more insight into the idiosyncrasies and genius of each of the band's six-string aces than just about anyone

Guitar World · Nov 9, 2025

“We said, ‘We’re calling the band Leonard Skinner!’ And everybody laughed and clapped and thought it was cool. So we kept it”: The early days of Lynyrd Skynyrd recalled by legendary guitarist Gary Rossington

Plus: the British band that inspired the young Skynyrd to work harder

MusicRadar · Oct 15, 2025

“When Ronnie sang about Neil Young in that song, that was kind of a joke lyric about him. We loved Neil Young!”: The true story of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama

"Neil wanted to play the song with us!"

MusicRadar · Oct 1, 2025