After perusing the store's wares, Larson homes in on the late Gary Rossington's Cherry Red 1961 Gibson Les Paul/SG, with ...

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.

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 ...

"Free Bird" has been a rock anthem for more than half a century. It's been used in movies and TV shows, closed just about every Lynyrd Skynyrd concert ever played and burned out more than one ...

The Free Bird has taken off for one last flight. But Gary Rossington says Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour may stretch out much like the epic guitar jam at the end of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Billy Powell, the former roadie who became a rock star for his keyboard work with the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died early Wednesday morning apparently of heart problems at his home in Orange Park, Fla., ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s next tour will be its last, closing the door on a live career that started more than 40 years ago and helped make the band one of the best-selling Southern rock groups in the genre’s ...

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - With apologies to NASA . . . Cleveland, Lynyrd Skynyrd Retirement Base: The "Free Bird" has landed.'' A week removed from the 49 th anniversary of Ohio native Neil Armstrong's ...