Lynryd Skynrd "Prounounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd" original 1973 vinyl LP MCG 3502

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Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced 'L?h-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) is the debut album from American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released in 1973. Several of the album's songs remain among the band's most well-known: "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man", "Tuesday's Gone" and "Free Bird", the last of which launched the band to national stardom.

The album was certified gold on December 18, 1974, and double platinum on July 21, 1987, by the RIAA. The album also peaked at 27 in the Billboard 200 in 1975.

The cover photograph was taken on Main Street in Jonesboro, Georgia, and shows, from left to right, Leon Wilkeson (seated), Billy Powell (seated), Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington (seated), Bob Burns, Allen Collins and Ed King. The photo was the last in a long day of shooting for the album cover, and Rossington vomited on the sidewalk seconds after it was taken.

With Ed King's death on August 22, 2018, Rossington is the last surviving member of Lynyrd Skynyrd pictured in this photo.

Lynyrd Skynyrd (/?l?n?rd ?sk?n?rd/ LEN-?rd SKIN-?rd) is an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964. The group was originally named My Backyard and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom (bass guitar) and Bob Burns (drums). The band spent five years touring small venues under a variety of different names and with several lineup changes before finally deciding on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" in 1969. The band released their first album in 1973, having settled on a lineup that included bassist Leon Wilkeson and former Strawberry Alarm Clock guitarist Ed King. Burns would later be replaced by Artimus Pyle, and King by Steve Gaines. At the height of their fame during the 1970s, the band popularized the Southern rock genre with songs such as "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird".

Their career was abruptly halted after Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines were killed in an airplane crash on October 20, 1977. The band re-formed in 1987 for a reunion tour with Ronnie's brother, Johnny Van Zant, as its lead vocalist. Lynyrd Skynyrd continues to tour and record with co-founder Rossington (being the band's sole continuous member), Johnny Van Zant, and Rickey Medlocke, who first wrote and recorded with the band from 1971 to 1972 before his return in 1996.

Lynyrd Skynyrd has sold 28 million records in the United States. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006. In January 2018, Lynyrd Skynyrd announced their farewell tour, and are also working on a final studio album.

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Track listing[edit]

Personnel

• Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals, lyrics
• Gary Rossington – lead guitar on "Tuesday's Gone," "Gimme Three Steps," "Things Goin' On", "Simple Man" and "Poison Whiskey"; rhythm guitar on all others, slide guitar on "Free Bird."
• Allen Collins – lead guitar on "I Ain't The One", "Simple Man" and "Free Bird," rhythm guitar on all others
• Ed King – lead guitar on "Mississippi Kid," bass guitar on all tracks except "Mississippi Kid" and "Tuesday's Gone", guitar fills on "Tuesday's Gone" (during piano solo), Mellotron on "Free Bird"
• Leon Wilkeson - bass, backing vocals
• Billy Powell – keyboards
• Bob Burns – drums except on "Tuesday's Gone"

• Al Kooper (Roosevelt Gook) – bass, Mellotron and back-up harmony on "Tuesday's Gone," mandolin & bass drum on "Mississippi Kid," organ on "Simple Man," "Poison Whiskey" and "Free Bird"
• Robert Nix – drums on "Tuesday's Gone"
• Bobbye Hall – percussion on "Gimme Three Steps" and "Things Goin' On"
• Steve Katz – harmonica on "Mississippi Kid"