Guitarist Rickey Medlocke said Lynyrd Skynyrd's record label wasn't thrilled about issuing “Free Bird.” The single originally appeared on their 1973 debut album, reaching No. 19. Since then, it's ...

It’s one of the most iconic classic rock songs of all time, and yet Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird," released in 1973, never had an official music video. Crazy, right? The legendary song, which has ...

After perusing the store's wares, Larson homes in on the late Gary Rossington's Cherry Red 1961 Gibson Les Paul/SG, with which he recorded the 1973 track. It still sits in its original hard case, ...

Classic rock can get a little melodramatic. For example, the lyrics of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” don’t warrant the tune’s over the top instrumental. The song was a hit but it missed the No. 1 spot.

Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Johnny Van Zant and guitarist Garry Rossington recalled the struggle to perform the band's signature song “Free Bird” during their comeback tour, 10 years after the plane crash ...

A black and white photo of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The ad appeared in the December 8, 1975 issue of Billboard and can be dated from that publication. It ran to promote the single release of "Gimme ...

The group is now the prevue of Johnny Van Zant, younger brother of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant -- who was one of four Skynyrd members killed in an October 1977 plane crash that put the band away for a ...

Fifteen months after they last performed a live concert, Lynyrd Skynyrd returned to the stage on Friday to shake off the rust. The titans of Southern rock closed out Night One of the Pepsi Gulf Coast ...

Southern rock royalty Lynyrd Skynyrd, traveling around the country on a farewell tour, will stop at the Brandon Amphitheater in September. The band's "Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour" will ...

Shannon Hunt remembers mechanic Scott "Scooter" Stewart of Shiloh, Ill., whom she called her "bonus dad." Scott Stewart, 57: Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Free Bird' In March 2020, the World Health Organization ...