Did you notice the list of "Top Southern Rock Albums" w/LAFE being #1?

Just for the sake of conversation, name a "Southern Rock" tune on the recording?

The list of songwriters here is a roll call for the Blues HOF

so this tour isn't actually the end of LS:

Lynyrd Skynyrd have extended their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour to cover a good chunk of 2019, adding 21 more dates in the U.S.
The entire tour calendar, including Canada and Europe legs, is below. These additional shows are spread out between May and late September. Look for them in bold. Tickets for the new dates go on sale Feb. 8; more information is available at the band's website.
Gary Rossington has said that Lynyrd Skynyrd have plans to stay together even after they leave the road. "After a few years of doin’ [the farewell tour], we’re gonna do a new record," he said. "So, we won’t go away, but we won’t be touring every year like we do.”

Recently, Rossington, Johnny Van Zant and Rickey Medlocke appeared on the public television show Speakeasy, with Van Zant joking about the idea of whether or not this will be their last time out on the road.
“I was talking to the guys and they said, ‘You know the the best part of a farewell tour?’" he recalled. "I said, ‘No, what's that?’ They said, ‘The reunion tour!’

Are they still gonna be the Fox News house band?

Talk about long goodbyes. I know they have critics but ive seen them several times since the 90s and it was always a great show. I read somewhere once that Gary has earned the right to do as he wants and the crowd is ready and i gotta agree with that.

Why am I not surprised.

Did you notice the list of "Top Southern Rock Albums" w/LAFE being #1?

Just for the sake of conversation, name a "Southern Rock" tune on the recording?

The list of songwriters here is a roll call for the Blues HOF

I liked that article. I think there is only one CD / /vinyl / cassette that I don't have. Not sure I would have put Mule's Dose on the list. Not that it a bad album by any means, just doesn't seem to rely fit the genre. Obviously whoever was in charge of the rankings likes The ABB. Wouldn't put Fillmore in the Southern Rock category though.

I find it utterly astonishing that in 2019 people will still fork up cash to see this band which was a retread 20 years ago.

I'm a snob. I never saw the original Skynyrd, but I saw the reunited band with Leon, Ed, Gary, Billy & Artiums in 1987 back to back nights. It was a musical highlight among my top concert expriences. I then saw them twice in the early 90s with Ed, Leon, Billy & Gary.

I was offered a free ticket to see their November Atlanta show and I passed. Just felt sort of like an insult to what I experienced in 1987 to go (though I did watch about 30 minutes of their Wanee set 5 years ago....mostly because I dig Johnny Colt....who is not longer in the band).

That said, I do see why others enjoy it and buy tickets. Fun show is put on, even if a lot of nuance in the music a snob like me would miss.

I seen them last night, I wanted to see Gary one more time.... and Randy Bachman was back up and I always love seeing him.

The show was fun, they opened with Workin' For MCA and played 6 out of 8 songs from my favorite Skynyrd album Second Helping.

Johnny plays up the Skynyrd Nation thing too much for my liking but it is what it is.

I loved the encore of Freebird with the video of Ronnie singing it.... all in all a fun night out which is what a concert is all about.

I was sad Dale Krantz Rossington wasn't there due to a recent back surgery, I loved her with The Rossington Collins Band!

[Edited on 3/17/2019 by canuckABBfan]

[Edited on 3/17/2019 by canuckABBfan]

First, a quick story. I had tickets to see the original band at Madison Square Garden when they did the tour with Ted Nugent’s in November 1977. Obviously they never performed due to the plane crash. Nugent’s did perform that night with the band Rex opening up, Nugent’s was great.

So I saw Skynyrd a couple of times when they reunited in their different incarnations. Always enjoyed them.

I saw them recently in December in Atlantic City and thought they were great. Would I see them again? Depends on the price and venue. But they are still a damn good live band.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is headlining our town party this year. Looking forward to it.

LS absolutely killed it saturday night. Gary can still bring it big time. Great show and a fun time. If you're a fan try to catch them if they come your way you won't be disappointed.

Just read LS farewell tour extended through 2023. Just kidding.

I saw the original LS several times. I never thought the individual players were that technically advanced except for Ed King but the entire ensemble brought high energy and left a trail of smoke on the stage everytime I saw them including opening fof Z Z Top and another show Jeff Beck. ZZ Top and Beck never topped the intense energy LS laid down before the headliner came on with Free Bird.

LS also blew the Chuck/Lamar version of the ABB off the stage at the Braves baseball stadium in Atlanta in 1974. LS shook the ground and lit a fire under everyone with an extra long powerful version of Free Bird as their final number. Then the Allman Brothers came on and was jaded, sloppy, no energy and mistake after mistake. It was so embarrassing to play like that in Atlanta of all places that Phil Walden and Capricorn apologized to the Atlanta crowd and promised a great show next time.

Gregg blew the words several times, came in at the wrong place some, Dickey didn't play his solos on some songs including Southbound. Chuck covered for him. Dickey stood behind the drums with a towel over his face for awhile. Lamar Williams didn't play at all. I think Gregg said the bassist for Grinderswitch was filling in. Butch left the stage once and Jaimoe played a song or two as the only drummer. Gregg was difficult to understand that night but it sounded as if he said someone dosed them and poisoned them.

Later it was in the music press the ABB members who were using where given bad drugs apparently to sabotage their show. Said Lamar Williams was so dosed he couldn't perform at all. Maybe they should have canceled as my favorite band that night sucked and LS blew the roof off. To me LS then became the no 1 band from the south. Their records sold better than the ABB and their tours did better. I dont know if Capricorn ever wondered, but I wondered if someone involved with LS did that to the ABB. The ABB got dosed by the Grateful Dead people and then were too dosed to play with percision but that was acid. Butch said his drums kept floating out away from him and it seemed he couldn't reach them with his sticks at times. I think he said someone with the Dead used a water pistol to squirt acid laced liquid into their drinks. But what happened in Atlanta was poisoning the band not getting them too high and silly to play right.

They did play Atlanta in 1975 on the Win Loose or Draw tour and they were determined to make it up to Atlanta and they did. I was one of the best Chuck/Lamar version of the band shows I ever saw. Lamar Williams was a fantastic bass player.

The year before Chuck and Jaimoe seemed okay and Chuck tried to make up for Gregg and Dickey. In 1975 all 6 came to show just what that line up could do and they smoked about as well as they did in Nashvile in 1973. About as powerful as the Duane/Berry band...just different.

But Win, Loose or Draw didn't sell over a million copies like Brothers and Sisters and Eat A Peach but LS albums did. I think LS had taken over as the number 1 southern rock band then.

But when Duane was alive, I never head of southern rock. And as posted above, Fillmore East isn't a southern rock album at all. And it too sold over a million copies and to me is the best live rock album ever released.

The Fox news house band, no thanks.

LS absolutely killed it saturday night. Gary can still bring it big time. Great show and a fun time. If you're a fan try to catch them if they come your way you won't be disappointed.

Not happening, ever. I saw the original band twice and prefer to remember the name "Lynyrd Skynyrd" as that group...

If this ensemble is Skynyrd,...then next time McCartney is in town I think I"ll grab a ticket and tell everyone here, I saw the Beatles

LS absolutely killed it saturday night. Gary can still bring it big time. Great show and a fun time. If you're a fan try to catch them if they come your way you won't be disappointed.

Not happening, ever. I saw the original band twice and prefer to remember the name "Lynyrd Skynyrd" as that group...

If this ensemble is Skynyrd,...then next time McCartney is in town I think I"ll grab a ticket and tell everyone here, I saw the Beatles

But you were ok when the ABB was down to Gregg, Butch & Jaimoe, correct?
All I'm saying is that it was a great show and if you like LS, it would be worth your while to catch them.

LS absolutely killed it saturday night. Gary can still bring it big time. Great show and a fun time. If you're a fan try to catch them if they come your way you won't be disappointed.

Not happening, ever. I saw the original band twice and prefer to remember the name "Lynyrd Skynyrd" as that group...

If this ensemble is Skynyrd,...then next time McCartney is in town I think I"ll grab a ticket and tell everyone here, I saw the Beatles

But you were ok when the ABB was down to Gregg, Butch & Jaimoe, correct?
All I'm saying is that it was a great show and if you like LS, it would be worth your while to catch them.

Actually, no. I need new music and although I love the interpretive aspect of what the original six did, the band that took the stage with Warren and Derek, was not the ABB, at least not to me. To be fair, I saw them in '06 and again in '09 and walked away being impressed only by Derek Trucks. At least in seeing the GAB it was marketed and packaged honestly.

I agree with hankpipes. I totally understand people thinking that LS is just a shadow of the past but I've been seeing them for 25 plus years and they always put on great shows. And to the last two points the bands are not the original. But how many bands are ALL original. Heck, that would be a nice topic in and of itself. Not many!

I do have a hard time thinking that with Derek & Warren they weren't the ABB. They added sparks to their shows that really didn't exist in the late 90s. The SAME shows every night. IF I had been in the band then I would have been bored.

I agree with hankpipes. I totally understand people thinking that LS is just a shadow of the past but I've been seeing them for 25 plus years and they always put on great shows. And to the last two points the bands are not the original. But how many bands are ALL original. Heck, that would be a nice topic in and of itself. Not many!

I do have a hard time thinking that with Derek & Warren they weren't the ABB. They added sparks to their shows that really didn't exist in the late 90s. The SAME shows every night. IF I had been in the band then I would have been bored.

and at least LS put out a new album every 4-5 years

Every band, even back to the big bands of the 1930's and 40's, that has been around for several decades has undergone change with few exceptions. Z. Z. Top comes to mind but it probably is easier to keep the original lineup when it's just 3 men.

Some original lineups aren't the lineup that became famous. LS its self is one of those and so is Fleetwood Mac and Journey.

The lineup that is the breakout lineup is the one fans develope tremendous affection for just like TV shows that try to continue when key cast members leave.

With LS when Ronnie was killed it was as big from them as Duane being killed for the ABB. There is just no way the band will ever be the same.

We try to be as enthusiastic with the next lineup but when more changes happen it becomes harder for many fans. Allen Collins then Leon and Billy, then loosing Ed King a second time and just Gary left from the classic lineup is a bridge too far for many. But some, especially new fans, may find the current LS lineup their favorite.

When Duane Allman died the Allman Brothers changed forever. That energy and vibe was lost. Then Berry. The next lineup became the lineup many saw the first time because of the success of Brothers and Sisters and Ramblin Man. The Chuck/Lamar lineup had some real fine shows but it was a different band using the ABB name. Death was the reason for the changes. When Dickey was ousted, we were down to 3 originals and 2 of them were drummers. But those 2 drummers were huge to the ABB sound so that was still there but with Gregg the only 1 left on the front line just as with Gary the only 1 left in any line in LS, becomes a bridge too far for many. Gregg even stated he had no interest in bringing in a new guitarist in the ABB. Both Warren and Derek played with Dickey and Dickey played with Duane which linked up to the original. But Gregg said if Warren of Derek left he would leave too. But to me Dickey being missing made it distracting. I'm seeing a band and 3 of the key players that got me hooked on the band are gone including both guitar players.

The last ABB lineup was very talented but for old guys who saw and loved the originial band, it was easy to think "this isn't the Allman Brothers Band". Same seeing LS or Marshall Tucker now. Last I saw Tucker, Doug Gray was the only originial left. The lead player was real good. But it felt like Doug Gray and the guys Gray got to play with him passing themselves off as the Marshall Tucker Band when MTB actually didn't exist anymore.

The ABB felt that way a little to me after Dickey was gone. I didn't go as much with the last lineup. But to knew to new fans the last lineup was the Allman Brothers. To me the last lineup was a very good group of musicians but it wasn't the real ABB to me no matter how hard I tried. Had the same difficulty with the 1981 band which didn't have Jaimoe. It actually felt like the Gregg and Dickey solo bands playing together back then calling it the ABB..

I was thinking about the Stones today. If Keith or Watts or both were gone it would be hard for me to see the Stones without having that feeling.

i just want to point out that the 3 guys who are zz top are not the original. there was a lineup before dusty and frank joined that cut a single

Some original lineups aren't the lineup that became famous. LS its self is one of those and so is Fleetwood Mac and Journey.

The lineup that is the breakout lineup is the one fans develope tremendous affection for just like TV shows that try to continue when key cast members leave.

The last ABB lineup was very talented but for old guys who saw and loved the originial band, it was easy to think "this isn't the Allman Brothers Band". Same seeing LS or Marshall Tucker now. Last I saw Tucker, Doug Gray was the only originial left. The lead player was real good. But it felt like Doug Gray and the guys Gray got to play with him passing themselves off as the Marshall Tucker Band when MTB actually didn't exist anymore.

I love Blackey's posts. Some of his key points above are interesting. Some bands that became famous are not the original ones. So i think the answer (if we're looking for one) is it depends. I know Grateful Dead fans said the Dead were never the same after Pigpen died.

Marshall Tucker is different in my mind. That original band was great and could really never be better because of Toy and Tommy.

Santana is...who? i don't even know but we go see Santana no matter what because of Carlos. As long as Gregg was alive, they would be the ABB even without Dickey. Good conversation

Some bands that became famous are not the original ones. So i think the answer (if we're looking for one) is it depends.

Fair enough. I think it's safe to say that in most cases "Original" is the group of players that touched the most people's musical ear. Skynyrd's heyday was from about 73' > the plane crash; the regrouping in '87 brought most everyone together for a while. But the band out there now (Imho) as entertaining as some might find them is nothing more than a glorified cover band.

Name another "band" you would fork over big $$ to see with only one original member who wasn't the vocalist ....

. . .nothing more than a glorified cover band.

Legally, technically false. Rossington cowrote plenty Skynyrd. Man if I was keeping a band going with songs I helped create and someone came along and told me I was covering the music he would get the el kabong.

. . .nothing more than a glorified cover band.

Legally, technically false. Rossington cowrote plenty Skynyrd. Man if I was keeping a band going with songs I helped create and someone came along and told me I was covering the music he would get the el kabong.

Well then "The Rossington Collins Band" shoe fits just fine.

One original member with a group of hired guns does not fit the bill, sorry. I repeat, a glorified Cover band riding the gravy train.

If you are listed in the songwriting credits you are not covering a song.

If you are listed in the songwriting credits you are not covering a song.

exactly and the current LS besides rossington, johnny has been in the band 32 years now and appeared on 9 studio albums, medlocke who had an association with the band in the 70's has been there now 23 years and been on 6 studio albums and the drummer has been there 20 years now and been on 5 studio albums.

also the band is working an a final studio album due out next year.

LS absolutely killed it saturday night. Gary can still bring it big time. Great show and a fun time. If you're a fan try to catch them if they come your way you won't be disappointed.

Not happening, ever. I saw the original band twice and prefer to remember the name "Lynyrd Skynyrd" as that group...

If this ensemble is Skynyrd,...then next time McCartney is in town I think I"ll grab a ticket and tell everyone here, I saw the Beatles

McCartney puts on a GREAT show, you won't be disappointed.