But that would not be the way of this Rock & Roll Hall of Fame powerhouse. With the passing of Powell and Evans, “a lot of people probably expected us to say enough is enough,” admits Medlocke. Since then, the band tragically lost Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson and Hughie Thomasson, yet they rock on. Recorded in Nashville in 2008-2009, the project was interrupted-but, tellingly, not ended-by the deaths of founding member/keyboardist Billy Powell and longtime bassist Ean Evans earlier this year.ĭriven by core members Gary Rossington (guitar), Johnny Van Zant (vocals) and Rickey Medlocke (guitar), along with longtime drummer Michael Cartellone, Lynyrd Skynyrd have recorded an album (“under duress, as usual,” according to Van Zant) that very much lives up to the legacy begun some 35 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida, and halted for a decade by the 1977 plane crash that killed three band members, including Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines. With their first set of new studio material since 2003’s Vicious Cycle, legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd returns with God & Guns, due out September 29 on Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records. About survival of spirit unbowed, uniquely American, stubbornly resolute. ![]() Recorded at WEBB IV Studios, Atlanta, in January 1975 and Studio One, Doraville, Georgia in August 1974ĭigitally remastered by Doug Schwartz, Audio Mechanics, Los Angeles, Californiaīeyond the tragedy, the history, the raging guitars and the killer songs, ultimately, Lynyrd Skynyrd is about an indomitable will. Gary Rossington, acoustic & electric guitar 'Nuthin' Fancy kicks off further proof of Skynyrd's idiosyncrazy 'Satur- day Night Special', the band's hardest rocker, is also a full-bore assault against handguns.' (Rolling Stone)Īllen Collins, guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, background vocalsĮd King, acoustic, electric & slide guitars But he and Skynyrd prove that what makes a great band great is how they treat generic material, and Skynyrd makes the whole of Nuthin' Fancy feel every bit as convincing as their first two records.' (All Music Guide) The second notable difference is that Ronnie Van Zant may have been pressed for material, since there are several songs here that are just good generic rockers. The biggest difference with this record is that the band, through touring, has become heavier and harder, fitting right in with the heavy album rock bands of the mid-'70s. ![]() ![]() It was a self-deprecating title for a record that may have offered more of the same, at least on the surface. 'Second Helping brought Lynyrd Skynyrd mass success and for the follow-up they offered Nuthin' Fancy.
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