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With roots going back to 1964 when this fledgling bunch of Southern Rockers from Jacksonville, Florida were playing colleges before graduating to local bars, Lynyrd Skynyrd were primed for international success with their debut record in 1973. Tragically, their career was cut short in October 1977 when their plane crashed at the outset of their Street Survivors tour. The surviving members regrouped in 1987 for the Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour.
Fronted by Johnny Van Zandt, younger brother of inimitable Skynyrd singer and front man Ronnie Van Zandt, he was joined by original band members Gary Rossington on guitar, Ed King on guitar, Leon Wilkeson on bass, Billy Powell on keyboards and Artimus Pyle on drums for Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991. Guided by legendary producer Tom Dowd, and signing to Atlantic Records, 1991 kicks off with single Smokestack Lightning. This release includes the single edit of Keeping The Faith as a bonus track.
1993s The Last Rebel, their seventh album, and second for Atlantic, included the singles Good Lovins Hard To Find and Born To Run. The three bonus tracks included here are The Last Rebel (Edit) The Last Rebel (Acoustic) and Born To Run (Edit)
Lynyrd Skynyrd continued to tour and release records throughout the 1990s and into the next decade, eventually releasing their thirteenth record Gods & Guns in 2009 on Roadrunner Records. Including guest spots from John 5 and Rob Zombie, and produced by Bob Marlette, God & Guns was their highest charting release since 1977s Street Survivors, peaking at #18 on the U.S. Billboard chart. By this time, southern rock legend Ricky Medlocke had been a fully paid up member of Skynyrd for more than twenty years. Kicking off with the singles Still Unbroken and Simple Life, it marked the final album to feature keyboard player Billy Powell, who sadly passed away at the beginning of 2009. The bonus tracks from the special edition are included here; Bang Bang, Raining In My Heartland, Hobo Kinda Man, plus three live tracks recorded at the Freedom Hall in Lousiville, Kentucky, Red White & Blue (Live), JJ Cales Call Me The Breeze (Live) and the perennial classic, Sweet Home Alabama (Live).
Released in 2012, fourteenth studio album Last Of A Dyin Breed made an even better dent on the U.S. chart, peaking at #14. Again produced by Bob Marlette and released on Roadrunner Records, the title track was released as the lead single. Released in various formats, including a Classic Rock magazine fanpack, this version includes six bonus tracks from the album; Poor Mans Dream, Do It Up Light, Sad Songs, Low Down Dirty, Skynyrd Nation (Live) and fittingly finishing off with a live rendition of a track from their 1973 debut, (Pronounced LÃâ ¢h-nérd Skin-nérd), Gimme Three Steps (Live).
FOR FANS OF: ALLMAN BROTHERS, OUTLAWS, BLACKFOOT
Tracklisting:
DISC ONE:
1991
1. SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING
2. KEEPING THE FAITH
3. SOUTHERN WOMEN
4. PURE & SIMPLE
5. IVE SEEN ENOUGH
6. GOOD THING
7. MONEY MAN
8. BACKSTREET CRAWLER
9. ITS A KILLER
10. MAMA (AFRAID TO SAY GOODBYE)
11. END OF THE ROAD
BONUS TRACK
12. KEEPING THE FAITH (EDIT)
DISC TWO:
THE LAST REBEL
1. GOOD LOVINS HARD TO FIND
2. ONE THING
3. CANT TAKE THAT AWAY
4. BEST THINGS IN LIFE
5. THE LAST REBEL
6. OUTTA HELL IN MY DODGE
7. KISS YOUR FREEDOM GOODBYE
8. SOUTH OF HEAVEN
9. LOVE DONT ALWAYS COME EASY
10. BORN TO RUN
BONUS TRACKS
11. THE LAST REBEL (EDIT)
12. THE LAST REBEL (ACOUSTIC)
13. BORN TO RUN (EDIT)
DISC THREE:
GOD AND GUNS
1. STILL UNBROKEN
2. SIMPLE LIFE
3. LITTLE THING CALLED YOU
4. SOUTHERN WAYS
5. SKYNYRD NATION
6. UNWRITE THAT SONG
7. FLOYD
8. THAT AINT MY AMERICA
9. COMIN BACK FOR MORE
10. GOD & GUNS
11. STORM
12. GIFTED HANDS
BONUS TRACK
13. STILL UNBROKEN (EDIT)
DISC FOUR:
GOD AND GUNS BONUS EP
1. BANG BANG
2. RAINING IN MY HEARTLAND
3. HOBO KINDA MAN
4. RED WHITE & BLUE (LIVE)
5. CALL ME THE BREEZE (LIVE)
6. SWEET HOME ALABAMA (LIVE)
DISC FIVE:
LAST OF A DYIN BREED
1. LAST OF A DYIN BREED
2. ONE DAY AT A TIME
3. HOMEGROWN
4. READY TO FLY
5. MISSISSIPPI BLOOD
6. GOOD TEACHER
7. SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
8. LIFES TWISTED
9. NOTHING COMES EASY
10. HONEY HOLE
11. START LIVIN LIFE AGAIN
BONUS TRACKS
12. POOR MANS DREAM
13. DO IT UP LIGHT
14. SAD SONGS
15. LOW DOWN DIRTY
16. SKYNYRD NATION (LIVE)
17. GIMME THREE STEPS (LIVE)
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