Lynyrd Skynyrd

Origin Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Genres Southern roc k blues rock country rock hard rock Years active 1964–197719791987–present Lynyrd Skynyrd (/lɛnərd ˈskɪnərd/, LEN-ərd SKIN-ərd)[2] is an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The group originally formed as My Backyard and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom (bass), and Bob Burns (drums). The band spent four years touring small venues under various names and with several lineup changes before deciding on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" in 1968. The band released its first album, (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), in 1973. By then, they had settled on a lineup that included bassist Leon Wilkeson, keyboardist Billy Powell, and guitarist Ed King. Burns left and was replaced by Artimus Pyle in 1974. King left in 1975 and was replaced by Steve Gaines in 1976. At the height of their fame in the 1970s, the band popularized the Southern rock genre with songs such as "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird". After releasing five studio albums and one live album, the band's career was abruptly halted on October 20, 1977, when their chartered airplane crashed, killing Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, and seriously injuring the rest of the band. Lynyrd Skynyrd reformed in 1987 for a reunion tour with Ronnie's brother, Johnny Van Zant, as lead vocalist. They continued to tour and record with co-founder Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, and Rickey Medlocke, who first wrote and recorded with the band from 1971 to 1972 before his return in 1996. Over the years, other founding members of the band have died either during—or after—their time in the band. In January 2018, Lynyrd Skynyrd announced its farewell tour,[3] and continued touring until 2022. Members were still working on the band's fifteenth album at the time of Rossington's death in 2023,[4] after which no founding members remained in the band. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Lynyrd Skynyrd No. 95 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".[5][6] Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006.[7] As of 2023, the band has sold more than 28 million records in the United States. AllMusic called them "the definitive Southern rock band" History Early years (1963–1973) Allen Collins received his first guitar in 1963 and was later in a band called The Mods in Jacksonville, Florida. The Mods membership included J.R. Rice and Larry Steele. In early 1964, Ronnie Van Zant joined another local band, The Squires, that he soon renamed to Us. That year, at a local 'Battle of the Bands', Us performed against The Mods and won the competition. Van Zant, however, left Us shortly afterward. In the early summer of 1964, bassist Larry Junstrom, drummer Bob Burns, and guitarist Gary Rossington formed a trio called Me, You, and Him.[a] Later in the summer of 1964, teenagers Van Zant, Rossington, and Burns all became acquainted while playing on rival baseball teams. The trio decided to jam together one afternoon after Burns was injured by a ball hit by Van Zant. They set up their equipment in the carport of Burns' parents' house and played The Rolling Stones' hit "Time Is on My Side". Liking what they heard, they immediately decided to form a band. Bassist Larry Junstrom rounded out the lineup. They soon approached guitarist Allen Collins to join the band just two weeks later, and he agreed to join.[b][8] The band later rehearsed in Junstrom's carport after Burns' parents said the band was too loud. The band settled on the name My Backyard, later changed to Conquer the Worm for a day or two, then The Noble Five,[9] and finally The One Percent by 1967.[9] Leonard Skinner was a physical education instructor at Robert E. Lee High School (pictured) in Jacksonville, Florida, known for his strict enforcement of the school's regulations on male hair length. In 1968, Van Zant sought a new name after growing tired of taunts from audiences that the band had "one percent talent". At Burns' suggestion,[8] the group settled on Leonard Skinnerd, which was in part a reference to a character named "Leonard Skinner" in Allan Sherman's novelty song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"[10] and in part a mocking tribute to P.E. teacher Leonard Skinner at Robert E. Lee High School.[11] Skinner was notorious for strictly enforcing the school's policy against boys having long hair.[12] Rossington dropped out of school, tired of being hassled about his hair.[13] The more distinctive spelling "Lynyrd Skynyrd" was adopted at least as early as 1969.[c] By 1970, Lynyrd Skynyrd had become a top band in Jacksonville, headlining at some local concerts, and opening for several national acts. Pat Armstrong, a Jacksonville native and partner in Macon, Georgia-based Hustlers Inc.; along with Phil Walden's younger brother, Alan, became the band's managers. Armstrong left Hustlers shortly thereafter to start his own agency. Walden stayed with the band until 1974, when management was transferred to Peter Rudge. The band continued to perform throughout the South in the early 1970s, further developing their hard-driving blues rock sound and image, and experimenting with recording their sound in a studio. Skynyrd crafted this distinctively "southern" sound through a creative blend of country, blues, and a slight British rock influence.[17] During this time, the band experienced some lineup changes for the first time. Junstrom left and was briefly replaced by Greg T. Walker on bass. At that time, Rickey Medlocke joined as a second drummer and second vocalist to help fortify Burns' sound on the drums. Medlocke had grown up with the founding members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and his grandfather, Shorty Medlocke, was an influence in the writing of "The Ballad of Curtis Loew".[d] Peak (1973–1977) Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1973 In 1972, the band (then comprising Van Zant, Collins, Rossington, Burns, Wilkeson, and Powell) was discovered by musician, songwriter, and producer Al Kooper of Blood, Sweat & Tears, who had attended one of their shows at Funocchio's in Atlanta. Kooper signed them to his Sounds of the South label, which was to be distributed and supported by MCA Records, and produced their first album. Wilkeson, citing nervousness about fame, temporarily left the band during the early recording sessions, playing on only two tracks. He rejoined the band shortly after the album's release at Van Zant's invitation and is pictured on the album cover. To replace him, Strawberry Alarm Clock guitarist Ed King joined the band and played bass on the album (the only part that Wilkeson had not already written being the solo section in "Simple Man"), and also contributed to the songwriting and did some guitar work on the album. After Wilkeson rejoined, King stayed in the band and switched solely to guitar, allowing the band to replicate its three-guitar studio mix in live performances. The band released their debut album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) on August 13, 1973.[20] It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.[21] The album featured the hit song "Free Bird", which received national airplay,[22] eventually reaching No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[23] Lynyrd Skynyrd's fan base continued to grow rapidly in 1973, thanks to their opening on the Who's Quadrophenia tour in the United States. Their 1974 follow-up album, Second Helping, featuring King, Collins and Rossington all collaborating with Van Zant on the songwriting, cemented the band's breakthrough. Its single "Sweet Home Alabama", a response to Neil Young's "Southern Man", reached #8 on the charts that August. Young and Van Zant were not rivals, but fans of each other's music and good friends; Young wrote the song "Powderfinger" for the band, but they never recorded it.[24] During their peak years, most of their records sold over one million copies, but "Sweet Home Alabama" was the only single to crack the top ten.[22] By 1975, personal issues began to take their toll on the band. In January, drummer Burns left the band after suffering a mental breakdown during a European tour[8] and was replaced by Kentucky native and former US Marine Artimus Pyle. The band's third album, Nuthin' Fancy, was recorded in 17 days.[25] Unhappy with the band's lack of preparation for the album's recording,[8] Kooper and the band parted ways by mutual agreement after the tracking was completed, with Kooper mixing the album while the band left for the tour that had precipitated the constricted recording schedule.[26] Though the album fared well, it ultimately had lower sales than its predecessors. Midway through the Nuthin' Fancy tour, guitarist Ed King abruptly left the band after a falling out with Van Zant. King's guitar roadie and Van Zant were arrested together and spent the night in jail. With his guitar roadie unavailable, King played that night's show with old strings that broke and caused his performance to be substandard, and Van Zant subsequently belittled him in front of his bandmates. King quit and returned home to Los Angeles, believing Van Zant had been responsible for his guitar roadie being in jail in the first place.[8] Collins and Rossington both had serious car accidents over Labor Day weekend in 1976, which slowed the recording of the follow-up album and forced the band to cancel some concert dates. Rossington's accident inspired the ominous Van Zant/Collins composition "That Smell" – a cautionary tale about drug abuse that was aimed towards him and at least one other band member. Rossington has admitted repeatedly that he was the "Prince Charming" of the song who crashed his car into an oak tree while drunk and stoned on Quaaludes. With the birth of his daughter Melody in 1976, Van Zant was making a serious attempt to clean up his act and curtail the cycle of boozed-up brawling that was part of Skynyrd's reputation.[8] The Street Survivors album of 1977 turned out to be a showcase for guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, who had joined the band just a year earlier and was making his studio debut with them. Publicly and privately, Ronnie Van Zant marveled at the multiple talents of Skynyrd's newest member, claiming that the band would "all be in his shadow one day".[27] Gaines' contributions included his co-lead vocal with Van Zant on the co-written "You Got That Right" and the rousing guitar boogie "I Know a Little", which he had written before he joined Skynyrd. So confident was Skynyrd's leader of Gaines' abilities that the album (and some concerts) featured Gaines delivering his self-penned bluesy "Ain't No Good Life" – the only song in the pre-crash Skynyrd catalog to feature a lead vocalist other than Ronnie Van Zant (the album Skynyrd’s First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album, which features two songs sung by former drummer/future guitarist Rickey Medlocke, was released after the plane crash). The album also included the hit singles "What's Your Name" and "That Smell". The band was poised for their biggest tour yet, with shows always highlighted by the iconic rock anthem "Free Bird".[28] Plane crash (1977) Main article: Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash Following a performance at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina, on October 20, 1977, the band boarded a chartered Convair CV-240 bound for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they were scheduled to appear at LSU the following night. After running out of fuel, the pilots attempted an emergency landing before crashing in a heavily forested area five miles northeast of Gillsburg, Mississippi.[29][30] Killed on impact were Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines, along with backup singer Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot John Gray. Other band members (Collins, Rossington, Wilkeson, Powell, Pyle, and Hawkins), tour manager Ron Eckerman, and several road crew members suffered serious injuries.[31] The accident came just three days after the release of the group's fifth studio album Street Survivors. Following the crash and the ensuing press, Street Survivors became the band's second platinum album and reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200, their highest position on the chart. The single "What's Your Name" reached No. 13 on the single charts in 1978. The original cover sleeve for Street Survivors had featured a photograph of the band amid flames, with Steve Gaines nearly obscured by fire. Out of respect for the deceased (and at the request of Teresa Gaines, Steve's widow), MCA Records withdrew the original cover and replaced it with the album's back photo, a similar image of the band against a simple black background.[32] However, the group would restore the original image for the 30th anniversary deluxe edition of the album.[33] Hiatus (1977–1987) Lynyrd Skynyrd disbanded after the tragedy, reuniting only on one occasion to perform an instrumental version of "Free Bird" at Charlie Daniels' Volunteer Jam V in January 1979. Collins, Rossington, Powell, and Pyle were joined by Daniels and members of his band. Leon Wilkeson, who was still undergoing physical therapy for his badly broken left arm, was in attendance, along with Judy Van Zant, Teresa Gaines, JoJo Billingsley, and Leslie Hawkins.[34] Rossington, Collins, Wilkeson and Powell formed the Rossington Collins Band,[35] which released two MCA albums, Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere in 1980 and This Is The Way in 1981. Deliberately avoiding comparisons with Ronnie Van Zant as well as suggestions that this band was Lynyrd Skynyrd reborn, Rossington and Collins chose a woman, Dale Krantz, as the lead vocalist. However, as an acknowledgement of their past, the band's concert encore would always be an instrumental version of "Free Bird". Rossington and Collins eventually had a falling out over the affections of Dale Krantz, whom Rossington married[36] and with whom he formed The Rossington Band, which released two albums, Returned to the Scene of the Crime in 1986 and Love Your Man in 1988 and also opened for the Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour in 1987–1988. The other former members of Lynyrd Skynyrd continued to make music during the hiatus era. Billy Powell played keyboards in a Christian rock band named Vision, touring with established Christian rocker Mylon LeFevre. During Vision concerts, Powell's trademark keyboard talent was often spotlighted and he spoke about his conversion to Christianity after the near-fatal plane crash. Pyle formed the Artimus Pyle Band in 1982, which occasionally featured former Honkettes JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins[37] and released one MCA album, titled A.P.B. In 1980, Allen Collins's wife Kathy died of a massive hemorrhage while miscarrying their third child. He formed the Allen Collins Band in 1983 from the remnants of the Rossington Collins Band and released one MCA studio album, Here, There & Back. He was visibly suffering from Kathy's death; he excessively drank and consumed drugs. On January 29, 1986, Collins, then 33, crashed his Ford Thunderbird into a ditch near his home in Jacksonville, killing his girlfriend Debra Jean Watts and leaving himself permanently paralyzed from the chest down.[38][39] Return (1987–1995) In 1987, Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited for a full-scale tour with five major members of the pre-crash band: crash survivors Gary Rossington, Billy Powell, Leon Wilkeson and Artimus Pyle, along with guitarist Ed King, who had left the band two years before the crash. Ronnie Van Zant's younger brother, Johnny, took over as the new lead singer and primary songwriter. Due to founding member Allen Collins' paralysis from his 1986 car accident, he was only able to participate as the musical director, choosing Randall Hall, his former bandmate in the Allen Collins Band, as his stand-in. In return for avoiding prison following his guilty plea to DUI manslaughter, Collins would be wheeled out onstage each night to explain to the audience why he could no longer perform (usually before the performance of "That Smell", the lyrics of which had been partially directed at him).[citation needed] Collins was stricken with pneumonia in 1989 and died on January 23, 1990, at age 37.[39] The reunited band was intended to be a one-time tribute to the original lineup, captured on the double-live album Southern by the Grace of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour 1987. That the band chose to continue after the 1987 tribute tour caused legal problems for the survivors, as Judy Van Zant Jenness and Teresa Gaines Rapp (widows of Ronnie and Steve, respectively) sued the others for violating an agreement made shortly after the plane crash, stating that they would not "exploit" the Skynyrd name for profit. As part of the settlement, Jenness and Rapp collect nearly 30% of the band's touring revenues (representing the shares their husbands would have earned had they lived), and hold a proviso requiring any band touring as Lynyrd Skynyrd to include Rossington and at least two of the other four surviving members from the pre-crash era, namely Wilkeson, Powell, King and Pyle.[40] Following this rule, the band would have been forced to retire in 2001, but they have still continued to tour for another two decades.[citation needed] The band released its first post-reunion album in 1991, entitled Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991. By that time, the band had added a second drummer, Kurt Custer. Artimus Pyle left the band during the same year, with Custer becoming the band's sole drummer. That lineup released a second post-reunion album, entitled The Last Rebel in 1993. Later that year, Randall Hall was replaced by Mike Estes.[41] In 1994, Owen Hale replaced Kurt Custer on drums. Member changes and deaths (1996–2019) Ed King had to take a break from touring in 1996 due to heart complications that required a transplant. In his absence, he was replaced by Hughie Thomasson. The band did not let King rejoin after he recovered.[42] At the same time, Mike Estes was replaced by Rickey Medlocke, who had previously played and recorded with the band for a short time in the early 1970s. The result was a major retooling of the band's 'guitar army'. Medlocke and Thomasson would also become major contributors to the band's songwriting along with Rossington and Van Zant.[citation needed] The first album with this new lineup, released in 1997, was titled Twenty. The band released another album, Edge of Forever in 1999. By that time, Hale had left the band, and the drums on the album were played by session drummer Kenny Aronoff. Michael Cartellone became the band's permanent drummer on the subsequent tour. Despite the growing number of post-reunion albums that the band had released up to this time, setlists showed that the band was playing mostly 1970s-era material in concert.[citation needed] The band released a Christmas album, titled Christmas Time Again in 2000. Leon Wilkeson, Skynyrd's bassist since 1972, was found dead in his hotel room on July 27, 2001. His death was found to be due to emphysema and chronic liver disease. He was replaced in 2001 by Ean Evans.[43] The first album to feature Evans was Vicious Cycle, released in 2003. This album had improved sales over the other post-reunion albums, and had a minor hit single in the song "Red, White and Blue". The band also released a double album called Thyrty, which had songs from the original lineup to the present, and also a live DVD of their Vicious Cycle Tour. On June 22, 2004, the album Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour was released.[44] Thomasson left the band in 2005 to reform The Outlaws, and Mark "Sparky" Matejka, formerly of the country music band Hot Apple Pie, joined in 2006 as his replacement. On March 13, 2006, Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (also discussed later in the article), and they reunited with former members Bob Burns (drums), Artimus Pyle (drums), and Ed King (guitar) for a performance of "Free Bird."[45] On November 2, 2007, the band performed for a crowd of 50,000 people at the University of Florida's Gator Growl student-run pep rally in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium ("The Swamp" football stadium). This was the largest crowd that Lynyrd Skynyrd had played to in the U.S., until the July 2008 Bama Jam in Enterprise, Alabama where more than 111,000 people attended.[46] On January 28, 2009, keyboardist Billy Powell died of a suspected heart attack at age 56 at his home near Jacksonville, Florida. No autopsy was carried out. He was replaced by Peter Keys.[47] On March 17, 2009, it was announced that Skynyrd had signed a worldwide deal with Roadrunner Records, in association with their label, Loud & Proud Records, and released their new album God & Guns on September 29 of that year. They toured Europe and the U.S. in 2009 with Keys on keyboards and Robert Kearns of the Bottle Rockets on bass; bassist Ean Evans died of cancer at age 48 on May 6, 2009.[43] Scottish rock band Gun performed as special guests for the UK leg of Skynyrd's tour in 2010.[48] In addition to the tour, Skynyrd appeared at the Sean Hannity Freedom Concert series in late 2010. Hannity had been actively promoting the God & Guns album, frequently playing portions of the track "That Ain't My America" on his radio show. The tour is titled "Rebels and Bandoleros". The band continued to tour throughout 2011, playing alongside ZZ Top and the Doobie Brothers.[49] On May 2, 2012, the band announced the impending release of a new studio album, Last of a Dyin' Breed, along with a North American and European tour.[50] On August 21, 2012, Last of a Dyin' Breed was released. In celebration, the band did four autograph signings throughout the southeast.[51] Lynyrd Skynyrd used a Confederate flag from the 1970s until the 2010s, and several criticisms have been raised against them because of this.[52][53] While promoting the album on CNN on September 9, 2012, members of the band talked about its discontinued use of Confederate imagery.[54] In September 2012, the band briefly did not display the Confederate flag, which had for years been a part of their stage show, because they did not want to be associated with racists that adopted the flag. However, after protests from fans, they reversed this decision, citing it as part of their Southern American heritage and states' rights symbolism.[55] The band would later cease use of the Confederate flag starting with their 2019 tour. Original drummer Bob Burns died at age 64 on April 3, 2015; his car crashed into a tree while he was driving alone near his home in Cartersville, Georgia.[56] From 2015 through 2017, the band had periods of being sidelined or having to cancel shows due to health problems suffered by founding member Gary Rossington.[57] Former member Ed King, who had been battling cancer,[52] died in his Nashville, Tennessee, home on August 22, 2018, at 68 years of age.[58] Farewell tour, upcoming fifteenth album and the death of Rossington (2018–present) On January 25, 2018, Lynyrd Skynyrd announced their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour, which started on May 4, 2018. Supporting acts included Kid Rock, Hank Williams Jr., Bad Company, the Charlie Daniels Band, the Marshall Tucker Band, .38 Special, Cheap Trick, Blackberry Smoke, the Randy Bachman Band, Blackfoot, Massive Wagons, and Status Quo.[3] Concerts were usually on Fridays and Saturdays. On January 8, 2020, Rossington stated in an interview that while they would no longer be touring, they will continue to play occasional live shows. On March 19, 2019, Johnny Van Zant announced that the band intended to go into the studio to record one last album after completing the tour with several songs ready or "in the can".[4] They appeared at the Kaaboo Texas festival on May 11, 2019.[60][61] Lynyrd Skynyrd was among hundreds of recording artists whose original master recordings were believed to have been destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. Though it is not known with certainty which, if any, of the band's master recordings were lost in the blaze, Lynyrd Skynyrd was among the artists listed in an internal Universal Music Group document listing the artists whose master recordings the company believed had been lost and subsequently spent tens of millions of dollars trying to replace.[62] Rossington, the last founding member of the band, died on March 5, 2023,[63] leaving no original members left alive.[64] In April 2023, the band confirmed that they would continue as a band.[65] There had previously been agreements about how many pre-crash members had to be in the band in order for it to be active and "legal", but this appears to be no longer applicable since Rossington's death.[66] In November 2023, Dolly Parton released a cover of "Free Bird" on her rock album Rockstar; this version also featured contributions from members of Lynyrd Skynyrd (including slide guitar from Rossington, recorded before his death), along with former drummer Artimus Pyle and his band, and even part of the late Ronnie van Zant's vocal track from the original recording of "Free Bird" (with the permission of Ronnie van Zant's widow). A similar version was featured on a Pyle-led tribute album of re-recorded collaborations with other musicians on Skynyrd songs, and Skynyrd also plans (as of 2023) to release their own similar version; however, according to Parton, only her version was allowed to use Ronnie van Zant's original vocal track.[67] Recognition Honors In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the group No. 95 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".[5][6] On November 28, 2005, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that Lynyrd Skynyrd would be inducted alongside Black Sabbath, Blondie, Miles Davis, and the Sex Pistols.[68] They were inducted in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan on March 13, 2006, during the Hall's 21st annual induction ceremony. The inductees included Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ed King, Steve Gaines, Billy Powell, Leon Wilkeson, Bob Burns, and Artimus Pyle. Tributes In 2010, another country tribute album was produced, primarily by Jay Joyce, titled Sweet Home Alabama – The Country Music Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This album features a more modern country flavor than the 1994 tribute, featuring Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Eric Church, Eli Young Band, Uncle Kracker, Ashley Ray, Randy Montana, and Shooter Jennings.[70] Ronnie Van Zant's widow, Judy Van Zant Jenness, operates a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute website for the educational purpose of sharing the original Lynyrd Skynyrd band's history.[71] From 1999 to 2016, she and their daughter Melody Van Zant also owned Freebird Live, a live music venue in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.[72] The Drive-By Truckers paid tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd in their album Southern Rock Opera (2001).[73][74] A monument in Gillsburg, MS was constructed in honor of the deceased members near the site of the plane crash. It is located 8 miles west of I-55, off of State Highway 568. Fans and family members of the deceased attended the opening of the monument. Line-up (members) Current lineup Rickey Medlocke – drums (1971–1972); guitar (1972, 1996–present); vocals, mandolin (1971–1972, 1996–present) Johnny Van Zant – lead vocals (1987–present) Michael Cartellone – drums (1999–present) Mark Matejka – guitar, backing vocals (2006–present) Peter Keys – keyboards (2009–present) Keith Christopher – bass (2017–present) 中文介绍 Lynyrd Skynyrd是 一支在佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔成立的美国摇滚乐队。乐队最初于1964年以My Backyard 的名字成立，成员包括罗尼范赞特(主唱)、加里罗辛顿(吉他)、艾伦柯林斯(吉他)、拉里琼斯特罗姆(贝斯)和鲍勃伯恩斯(鼓)。乐队花了五年时间以不同的名字在小场地巡演，阵容多次更换，直到1969 年决定以“林纳天尼”的名字演出。乐队于1973年发行了第一张专辑，当时的阵容包括贝斯手莱昂威尔克森、键盘手比利鲍威尔和吉他手埃德金。 1974 年，伯恩斯离开，由阿蒂默斯·派尔接替。1975年，金离开，由史蒂夫·盖恩斯接替。20世纪70年代，乐队名声大噪，他们凭借《甜蜜的家阿拉巴马》和《自由鸟》等歌曲，使南方摇滚风格流行起来。在发行了五张录音室专辑和一张现场专辑后，乐队的职业生涯因悲剧而突然中断 1977年10 月20 日，他们的包机坠毁，造成范·赞特、盖恩斯和伴唱歌手卡西·盖恩斯死亡，乐队其他成员受重伤。 1987 年，林纳·史金纳乐队 重组， 举行重聚巡演，罗尼的兄弟约翰尼·范·赞特担任主唱。他们继续与联合创始人罗辛顿（乐队唯一的连续成员）、约翰尼·范·赞特和瑞奇·梅德洛克一起巡演和录制唱片，瑞奇·梅德洛克在1996年回归之前，于1971年至1972年首次为乐队创作和录制唱片。2018年1月，林纳·史金纳宣布告别巡演，[3]并将于2019 年10 月继续巡演。成员们还在制作他们的第十五张专辑。[4] 2004年，《滚石》杂志将林纳·史金纳列为“史上最伟大的 100 位艺术家”中的第95位。[ 5 ] [ 6 ]林纳·史金纳于2006年3月13日入选摇滚名人堂。[ 7]迄今为止，该乐队在美国的唱片销量已超过2800万张 早年（1964年至1973年） 伦纳德· 斯金纳 是 佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔罗伯特·李高中的一名体育教练（见图），他因严格执行学校对男生头发长度的规定而闻名 1964年夏天，在佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔，罗尼·范·赞特、鲍勃·伯恩斯和加里·罗辛顿在对手棒球队打球时相识。一天下午，伯恩斯被范·赞特击中的球击伤，三人决定一起即兴演奏。他们在伯恩斯父母家的车库里安装设备，播放滚石乐队当时的热门歌曲《时间在我身边》。他们非常喜欢听到的音乐，立即决定组建一支乐队。他们很快就联系了吉他手艾伦·柯林斯加入乐队，尽管柯林斯最初在看到范·赞特驶入车道时骑着自行车逃跑，躲在一棵树上。柯林斯很快就确信范·赞特对他没有恶意，于是同意加入这个刚刚起步的乐队。[ 8 ]贝斯手拉里·琼斯特罗姆很快加入了乐队，乐队定名为My Backyard，后来改为The Noble Five [ 9 ] ， 1968年更名为The One Percent 。[ 9 ] 1969 年，乐队仍以“ The One Percent”为名，范·赞特厌倦了观众嘲讽乐队“只有1 %的天赋” ，于是寻求一个新名字。在伯恩斯的建议下[ 8 ] ，乐队最终决定用Leonard Skinnerd这个名字，这个名字一方面是对艾伦·谢尔曼的新奇歌曲“Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” [10]中名为“Leonard Skinner”的角色的引用，另一方面是对罗伯特· E ·李高中体育老师Leonard Skinner的嘲讽。[ 11 ]斯金纳因严格执行学校禁止男孩留长发的政策而臭名昭著。[12]罗辛顿厌倦了因头发问题被人骚扰，于是辍学了。[13]至少早在1970 年，乐队就开始使用更具特色的拼写“ Lynyrd Skynyrd” 。尽管高中时他们曾有过争吵，但乐队在后来的几年里与斯金纳的关系变得更友好，并邀请他在杰克逊维尔纪念体育场的一场音乐会上介绍他们。 [ 14 ]斯金纳还允许乐队在内部使用他的伦纳德·斯金纳地产标志的照片 他们的第三张专辑。[15] 到了1970 年，林纳天纳乐队已经成为杰克逊维尔的顶级乐队，在一些当地音乐会上担任主角，并为几场全国性演出做暖场表演。帕特·阿姆斯特朗是杰克逊维尔本地人，也是乔治亚州梅肯市Hustlers Inc. 的合伙人，他与菲尔·沃尔登的弟弟艾伦·沃尔登成为乐队的经理。阿姆斯特朗不久后离开Hustlers公司，创办了自己的经纪公司。沃尔登一直留在乐队直到1974年，之后管理权移交给彼得·拉奇。20世纪70年代初，乐队继续在整个南部演出，进一步发展他们强劲的蓝调摇滚声音和形象，并尝试在录音室录制他们的音乐。天纳乐队通过创造性地融合乡村音乐、蓝调和轻微的英国摇滚影响，创造出了这种独特的“南部”音乐。 [16] 在 此 期间， 乐队 首次经历 了 一些 阵容 变化 。Junstrom离开，贝斯手Greg T. Walker短暂替代他的位置。当时，Rickey Medlocke加入乐队担任第二鼓手，偶尔担任第二歌手，帮助加强Burns的鼓声。Medlocke与Lynyrd Skynyrd的创始成员一起长大，他的祖父Shorty Medlocke对《The Ballad of Curtis Loew》的创作产生了影响。乐队历史的一些版本称Burns在这段时间短暂离开了乐队，[ 17 ]但其他版本称Burns一直与乐队一起演奏到1974 年。[ 18 ]乐队使用双鼓手的方式与Burns和Medlocke一起演出了一些节目。1971年，他们在著名的Muscle Shoals Sound Studio录制了一些唱片，Walker和Medlocke担任节奏部分，但没有Burns的参与。Medlocke和Walker离开乐队，与另一支南方摇滚乐队Blackfoot一起演奏。当Lynyrd Skynyrd第二次进入Muscle Shoals时​ 1972 年的录音 中，伯恩斯再次与新贝斯手利昂·威尔克森一起担任鼓手。直到1977 年的《街头幸存者》中，梅德洛克和沃克才出现在任何专辑中，该专辑使用了早期Muscle Shoals会议中的曲目“ One More Time”，并由埃德·金于1975 年完成吉他配音。同样在1972 年，在罗尼·范·赞特听到他演奏“自由鸟”后，巡演工作人员比利·鲍威尔成为乐队的键盘手。 巅峰期（1973–1977） 1972年，乐队（当时由Van Zant、Collins、Rossington、Burns、Wilkeson和Powell组成）被Blood , Sweat & Tears的音乐家、词曲作者兼制作人Al Kooper发现，当时他参加了他们在亚特兰大Funocchio's 的一场演出。Kooper将他们签约到他的Sounds of the South唱片公司，该公司由MCA Records发行和支持，并制作了他们的第一张专辑。Wilkeson以对名气的紧张为由，在早期录音期间暂时离开了乐队，只演奏了两首曲目。应Van Zant 的邀请，他在专辑发行后不久重新加入乐队，照片出现在专辑封面上。为了取代他， Strawberry Alarm Clock吉他手Ed King加入乐队并在专辑中演奏贝斯（Wilkeson唯一没有写过的部分是“Simple Man”中的独奏部分），也参与了歌曲创作并在专辑中做了一些吉他工作。威尔克森重新加入后，金留在乐队并转而专攻吉他，使乐队得以复制其 现场表演中使用了三把吉他录音室 混音 。乐队于1973 年8月13 日发行了他们的首张专辑（发音为'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd）。[19]这张专辑销量超过一百万张，并被RIAA授予金唱片奖。[20]这张专辑收录了热门歌曲“ Free Bird”，在全国范围内播放，[ 21]最终在Billboard Hot 100排行榜上排名第 19 位。[22] 1973年，林纳·史金纳乐队的 粉丝 群 继续 迅速壮大，这很大程度上要归功于他们在美国为Who 乐队的Quadrophenia巡回演唱会做暖场表演。1974年，他们发行了第二张专辑Second Helping，金、柯林斯和罗辛顿都与范·赞特合作创作歌曲，巩固了乐队的突破。他们的单曲“ Sweet Home Alabama ”是对尼尔·杨的“Southern Man”的回应，当年8 月在排行榜上排名第8位。（杨和范·赞特并不是对手，而是彼此音乐的粉丝和好朋友；杨为乐队写了歌曲“ Powderfinger” ，但他们从未录制过。）[23]在他们的巅峰时期，他们的大多数唱片销量都超过一百万张，但“Sweet Home Alabama”是唯一一首进入前十的单曲。[21] Second Helping专辑在1974 年排名第 12 位，最终获得多白金唱片销量。同年7 月，林纳·史金纳( Lynyrd Skynyrd) 乐队成为密苏里州塞达利亚密苏里州博览会场举办的欧扎克音乐节的头条表演乐队之一。 到1975年，个人问题开始对乐队产生影响。1月，鼓手伯恩斯在欧洲巡演中精神崩溃后离开了乐队[8]，由肯塔基州人、前美国海军陆战队员阿蒂默斯派尔取代。乐队的第三张专辑《Nuthin' Fancy》在17天内录制完成。[ 24 ]由于对乐队对专辑录制的准备不足感到不满，[ 8 ] Kooper和乐队在专辑发行前达成协议分道扬镳，Kooper带着磁带离开完成混音。[ 25]虽然这张专辑卖得不错，但最终销量低于前辈。在《Nuthin ' Fancy》巡演中途，吉他手埃德金与范赞特闹翻后突然离开乐队。范赞特和金的吉他助理在前一天晚上被捕，并在监狱里过了一夜。由于吉他手无法到场，King在当晚的演出中用断掉的旧琴弦演奏，导致表演质量不佳，Van Zant随后当众贬低了他。 他的队友。金退出乐队并回到洛杉矶的家中，他认为范·赞特是导致他的吉他助理入狱的罪魁祸首。[ 8]乐队以两名吉他手而不是通常的“三吉他军团”继续活动了几个月。1976 年1月，加入了伴唱歌手Leslie Hawkins、Cassie Gaines和JoJo Billingsley （统称为The Honkettes），尽管他们不被视为正式成员。Lynyrd Skynyrd 的第四张专辑Gimme Back My Bullets发行，但并未取得与前两张专辑相同的成功。范·赞特和柯林斯都认为乐队严重缺少早期的标志之一——三吉他进攻。Skynyrd试听了几位吉他手，包括像Leslie West这样的知名人物，但他们的寻找仍在继续，直到Cassie Gaines开始吹捧她弟弟Steve的吉他和歌曲创作能力 随后， 史蒂夫· 盖恩斯 ( Steve Gaines )被邀请在1976 年5月11 日在堪萨斯城的一场音乐会上与Skynyrd 一起试镜，当时他 领导着 自己 的 乐队 Crawdad （该 乐队偶尔 会 在他们的演出中表演 Skynyrd的“周六夜 现场” ）。乐队很喜欢他们听到的歌曲，于是与这位俄克拉荷马州人非正式地一起演奏了几次，然后在6 月邀请他加入乐队。在盖恩斯的加入下，这支新重组的乐队在亚特兰大的福克斯剧院录制了双现场专辑《One More from the Road》，并在英国的Knebworth音乐节上演出，由滚石乐队领衔。 1976年劳动节周末，柯林斯和罗辛 顿 都遭遇 了 严重的 车祸， 导致 后续专辑的录制进度放缓，乐队不得不取消一些音乐会。罗辛顿的车祸启发了范·赞特和柯林斯创作了一首不祥的歌曲《那股味道》，这首歌是关于吸毒的警世故事，显然是针对他和至少一名其他乐队成员。罗辛顿曾多次承认，他就是这首歌中的“白马王子” ，他在醉酒和服用安眠酮的情况下开车撞上了橡树。1976年，随着女儿梅洛迪的出生，范·赞特开始认真尝试改过自新，并遏制了Skynyrd乐队的醉酒斗殴事件。[ 8 ] 1977 年的林纳·史金纳 1977 年的《街头幸存者》 专辑成为吉他手兼歌手史蒂夫·盖恩斯的一次展示，他一年前才加入乐队，并与他们一起首次在录音室演出。无论是公开还是私下，罗尼·范·赞特都对Skynyrd最新成员的多种才华感到惊讶，声称乐队“总有一天会全部活在他的阴影下” 。[ 26 ]盖恩斯的贡献包括他与范·赞特共同创作的《 You Got That Right 》的主唱和他加入Skynyrd之前创作的激动人心的吉他布吉舞曲《I Know a Little》。Skynyrd的领导者对盖恩斯的能力如此自信，以至于专辑（和一些音乐会）中，盖恩斯演唱了他自己创作的布鲁斯风格歌曲《Ain't No Good Life》 ——这是经济崩溃前Skynyrd曲目中唯一一首由罗尼·范·赞特以外的主唱演唱的歌曲。这张专辑还收录了热门单曲《What 's Your Name 》和《That Smell 》。该乐队正准备进行迄今为止规模最大的巡演，其中的标志性摇滚乐总是成为巡演的亮点 主题曲 “自由 鸟”。[27] 11月，乐队计划实现范·赞特的毕生梦想——在纽约麦迪逊广场花园登台演出。 飞机失事（1977年） 主 条目： 1977 年 密西西比 CV-240 坠机事故 1977 年10 月20 日，在南卡罗来纳州格林维尔的格林维尔纪念礼堂演出结束后，乐队登上了一架飞往路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日的康维尔CV-240包机，原计划于次日晚上在路易斯安那州立大学演出。在燃料耗尽后，飞行员尝试紧急降落，然后坠毁在密西西比州吉尔斯堡东北五英里的一片森林茂密地区。[ 28 ] [ 29 ]罗尼范赞特和史蒂夫盖恩斯，以及伴唱歌手卡西盖恩斯（史蒂夫的姐姐）、助理巡演经理迪恩基尔帕特里克、飞行员沃尔特麦克里里和副驾驶威廉格雷在撞击中丧生。其他乐队成员（柯林斯、罗辛顿、威尔克森、鲍威尔、派尔和霍金斯）、巡演经理罗恩埃克曼[ 30]和几名巡演工作人员受重伤。 事故 发生在《街头幸存者》发行三天后。在事故发生和随后的媒体报道之后，《街头幸存者》成为乐队的 第二张白金专辑，并在美国专辑榜上排名第五。单曲“你叫什么名字”在1978 年的单曲榜上排名第13。《街头幸存者》的原始封面上有一张乐队在火焰中的照片，史蒂夫·盖恩斯几乎被火遮住了。出于对死者的尊重（并应史蒂夫遗孀特蕾莎·盖恩斯的要求），MCA唱片公司撤回了原始封面，并用专辑的背面照片替换，这是一张类似的乐队照片，背景为简单的黑色。[ 31 ]三十年后，对于《街头幸存者》的豪华CD版本，原始的“火焰”封面被恢复。 悲剧发生后，林纳史金纳乐队 解散 ，只在1979 年1 月的查理丹尼尔斯志愿者音乐节V上重聚过一次，演奏了一首器乐版的《自由鸟》 。丹尼尔斯及其乐队成员加入了柯林斯、罗辛顿、鲍威尔和派尔的行列。莱昂威尔克森当时仍在接受左臂严重骨折的物理治疗，他与朱迪范赞特、特蕾莎盖恩斯、乔乔比林斯利和莱斯利霍金斯一同出席了演出。 中断（1977-1987） 罗辛顿、 柯林斯、 威尔克森 和 鲍威尔 组建了 罗辛顿柯林斯乐队 ，发行了两张MCA专辑，分别是1980 年的《 Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere》和1981 年的《This Is The Way》。为了避免与罗尼范赞特作比较，也避免有人认为这支乐队是林纳史金纳重生，罗辛顿和柯林斯选择了一位女性，戴尔克兰茨，作为主唱。然而，为了承认他们的过去，乐队的音乐会返场曲总是《自由鸟》的器乐版。罗辛顿和柯林斯最终因戴尔克兰茨的感情而闹翻，罗辛顿与戴尔结婚，并组建了罗辛顿乐队，发行了两张专辑，分别是1986年的《Returned to the Scene of the Crime》和1988年的《Love Your Man》，并在1987-1988年为林纳史金纳致敬巡演做开场表演。 林纳天纳乐队的其他前成员在停摆期间 继续 创作音乐。比利·鲍威尔在一个名为 Vision 的基督教摇滚乐队中担任键盘手，与知名基督教摇滚歌手Mylon LeFevre 一起巡演。在Vision音乐会上，鲍威尔标志性的键盘才华经常受到关注，他谈到了在那次几乎致命的飞机失事后皈依基督教的经历。派尔于1982年组建了Artimus Pyle乐队，偶尔邀请前Honkettes 乐队成员JoJo Billingsley和Leslie Hawkins [32]参加演出，并发行了一张MCA专辑，名为A.PB 1980年，艾伦·柯林斯的妻子凯西在流产第三个孩子时因大出血而去世。1983年，他从罗辛顿·柯林斯乐队的残余人员中组建了艾伦·柯林斯乐队，并发行了一张MCA录音室专辑《Here , There & Back》。凯西的死显然让他痛苦不已；他酗酒、吸毒。1986年1月29日，时年33岁的柯林斯驾驶福特雷鸟撞入杰克逊维尔家附近的一条沟渠，导致女友黛布拉·吉恩·沃茨死亡，自己胸部以下永久瘫痪。[33] [ 34] 回归（1987-1995） 1987年，林纳·史金纳乐队与空难前乐队的五名主要成员重聚，举行了一次大型巡演：空难幸存者加里·罗辛顿、比利·鲍威尔、利昂·威尔克森和阿蒂默斯·派尔，以及空难发生两年前离开乐队的吉他手埃德·金。罗尼·范·赞特的弟弟约翰尼接任新主唱和主要词曲作者。由于创始成员艾伦·柯林斯在1986 年的车祸中瘫痪，他只能以音乐总监的身份参与，并选择了艾伦·柯林斯乐队的前队友兰德尔·霍尔作为替补。为了避免在承认酒驾过失杀人罪后入狱，柯林斯每晚都会被推到台上向观众解释他不能再表演的原因（通常是在演唱“那种味道”之前，这首歌的歌词部分是针对他的）。[34]柯林斯于1989 年患肺炎，并于1990年1 月23 日去世，享年37岁， [34]留下罗辛顿和琼斯特罗姆 仅存 的 创始 成员国 。 重组后的 乐队本意是向原阵容致敬，收录在双现场专辑《 Southern by the Grace of God：Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour 1987》中。乐队选择在1987年致敬巡演后继续演出，这给幸存者带来了法律问题，因为Judy Van Zant Jenness和Teresa Gaines Rapp（分别是Ronnie和Steve的遗孀）起诉其他人违反了飞机失事后不久达成的协议，声明他们不会“利用” Skynyrd的名字牟利。作为和解协议的一部分，Jenness和Rapp获得乐队巡演收入的近30 % （代表她们的丈夫如果还活着本应获得的份额），并提出一项附加条件，要求任何以Lynyrd Skynyrd名义巡演的乐队都必须包括Rossington和至少两名来自坠机前的另外四名幸存成员，即Wilkeson 、Powell 、King和Pyle 。[35]然而，近年来，持续的阵容变化和自然减员导致这种局面有所放松。 乐队 于1991 年发行了重组后的第一张专辑，名为Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991。那时，乐队又增加了第二位鼓手Kurt Custer。同年，Artimus Pyle离开了乐队，Custer成为乐队唯一的鼓手。1993年，该阵容 发行了重组后的第二张专辑，名为The Last Rebel。同年晚些时候，Randall Hall被Mike Estes取代。乐队重组后的第三张专辑Endangered Species以原声乐器为主，翻唱了乐队许多20世纪70 年代的经典歌曲。在这张专辑中，鼓手Kurt Custer被Owen Hale取代。 成员变更和死亡（1996-2019） 1996 年，埃德·金因心脏并发症需要接受心脏移植手术，不得不暂停巡演。在他缺席期间，休吉·托马森 (Hughie Thomasson)代替了他。金康复后，乐队没有让他重新加入。[ 36]与此同时，迈克·埃斯蒂斯( Mike Estes)被瑞奇·梅德洛克 (Rickey Medlocke) 取代，后者曾在20世纪70年代初与乐队一起演奏和录制过一小段时间。这导致了乐队“吉他军团”的重大改组。梅德洛克和托马森也与罗辛顿和范·赞特一起成为乐队歌曲创作的主要贡献者。 新阵容的第一 张专辑 于1997 年发行，名为《Twenty》。乐队于1999 年发行了另一张专辑《Edge of Forever》。那时，Hale已经离开乐队，专辑中的鼓由伴奏鼓手Kenny Aronoff演奏。Michael Cartellone成为乐队在随后的巡演中的常驻鼓手。尽管乐队重组后发行的专辑数量不断增加，但曲目单显示乐队在音乐会上演奏的大多是20世纪70年代的曲目。 乐队 于2000 年发行了一张名为《Christmas Time Again》的 圣诞专辑。自1972年以来一直担任Skynyrd贝斯手的Leon Wilkeson于2001 年7月27 日在酒店房间内被发现死亡。他的死因是肺气肿和慢性肝病。2001年，Ean Evans接替了他的位置。[37] Wilkeson 的去世使乐队只剩下两名来自经典乐队崩盘前阵容的成员。 埃文斯参与的第一张 专辑是 2003年发行的《Vicious Cycle》。这张专辑的销量比重组后发行的其他专辑都要好，其中的一首小热门单曲是《Red, White and Blue》。乐队还发行了一张名为《Thyrty》的双合辑专辑，收录了从最初阵容到现在的歌曲，还有一张《Vicious Cycle Tour》的现场DVD ，以及2004年6 月22 日发行的专辑《 Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve : The Vicious Cycle Tour》。 2004 年12 月10 日，乐队为CMT举办了一场名为Crossroads的演出，这场音乐会以乡村二重奏Montgomery Gentry和其他流派的音乐为特色。2005年初， Hughie Thomasson离开乐队，重组了他的南方摇滚乐队Outlaws。2007年9月9 日，Thomasson因心脏病发作在佛罗里达州布鲁克斯维尔的家中睡梦中去世，享年55岁。 2005年2 月5 日，林纳·史金纳乐队在杰克逊维尔举办了超级碗派对，特别嘉宾有3 Doors Down、乔·迪·梅西娜、查理·丹尼尔斯、38 Special 乐队的罗尼和约翰尼·范·赞特的兄弟唐尼·范·赞特。同年2月13日，林纳·史金纳在格莱美颁奖典礼上与格雷琴·威尔逊、蒂姆·麦格罗、凯斯·厄本和迪基·贝茨一起表演了向南方摇滚致敬的节目。2005年夏天，主唱约翰尼·范·赞特不得不接受声带息肉切除手术。他被告知三个月内不能唱歌。2005年9月10日，林纳·史金纳在为飓风卡特里娜的受害者举行的音乐救济音乐会上演出，没有约翰尼·范·赞特，由小子摇滚代替约翰尼演出。2005年12月，约翰尼·范·赞特回来为林纳·史金纳演唱。乐队在2007 年巡回演出期间在肯塔基州路易斯维尔的自由大厅进行了现场表演。这场音乐会以高清格式录制，供HDNet 使用，并于2007年12 月1日首演。 2008年的 乐队 乡村音乐乐队Hot Apple Pie的前成员马克· “斯帕基” ·马特耶卡(Mark “Sparky” Matejka) 于 2006 年加入林纳·史金纳乐队，接替托马森。2007年11月 2 日，乐队在佛罗里达大学学生在本希尔·格里芬体育场( “沼泽”足球场) 举办的 Gator Growl 啦啦队上为 50,000 名观众表演。这是林纳·史金纳乐队在美国演出过的最大规模的观众，直到2008年7月在阿拉巴马州恩特普赖斯举办的Bama Jam上，有超过111,000人参加。[ 38 ] 2009 年1 月28 日，键盘手比利·鲍威尔在佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔附近的家中因疑似心脏病发作去世，享年56岁。没有进行尸检。彼得·凯斯代替他出任。[39]鲍威尔的去世使联合创始人加里·罗辛顿成为唯一一位与乐队1970年代流行阵容有关的现任成员，尽管现任吉他手里奇·梅德洛克在1970年代初曾短暂为乐队打鼓，之后乐队与MCA唱片公司签约并发行了他们的首张专辑。 2009 年3 月17 日，Skynyrd宣布与Roadrunner Records 签订了全球协议，与其唱片公司Loud & Proud Records合作，并于同年9月29日发行了新专辑God & Guns。2009年，他们在欧洲和美国巡回演出，键盘手是Keys ，贝斯手是Bottle Rockets的Robert Kearns ；贝斯手Ean Evans于2009年5 月6 日因癌症去世，享年48岁。[ 37 ]苏格兰摇滚乐队Gun作为特邀嘉宾参加了Skynyrd 2010年英国巡演。[ 40 ] 除了巡演，Skynyrd 乐队还于2010 年底参加了肖恩·汉尼提自由音乐会系列。汉尼提一直在积极宣传《God & Guns》专辑，经常在他的广播节目中播放曲目“That Ain't My America”的部分内容。巡演名为“ Rebels and Bandoleros ” 。乐队继续巡演，2011 年全年与ZZ Top和Doobie Brothers 乐队一起演出。[41] 2012 年5 月2 日，乐队宣布即将发行新专辑《Last of a Dyin ' Breed 》，同时举行北美和欧洲巡演。[ 42 ] 2012年8 月21 日，《Last of a Dyin ' Breed》发行。为了庆祝，乐队在东南部进行了四次签名会。[43]自1970 年代以来，林纳·史金纳乐队就一直使用邦联旗帜，并因此受到一些批评。[ 44] [45] 2012年9 月9日，乐队成员在CNN上宣传专辑时谈到了停止使用邦联图像。[ 46 ] 2012年9月，乐队短暂地没有展示邦联旗帜（多年来这面旗帜一直是他们舞台表演的一部分），因为他们不想与采用该旗帜的种族主义者扯上关系。然而，在球迷的抗议之后，他们推翻了这一决定，称这是他们南美传统的一部分，也是州权的象征。[47] 2015 年4 月3 日，原鼓手鲍勃 · 伯恩斯 (Bob Burns )去世， 享年64岁 ；当时他独自驾车行驶在佐治亚州卡特斯维尔家附近，车撞到了一棵树。[48]从2015 年到2017 年，由于创始成员加里·罗辛顿( Gary Rossington )出现健康问题，乐队一度被搁置或不得不取消演出。[ 49] 前 成员 埃德·金（Ed King）一直在与癌症作斗争[44]，于2018年8月22日在田纳西州纳什维尔的家中去世，享年68岁。[50]原贝斯手拉里·琼斯特罗姆（Larry Junstrom）于2019 年10 月6 日去世。 告别巡演和即将发行的第十五张专辑（2018 年至今） Lynyrd Skynyrd 出席2019 年Hellfest 活动 2018 年1 月25 日，林纳史金纳乐队宣布他们的“街头幸存者告别巡演”将于2018 年5 月4 日开始。助演艺人员包括Kid Rock、Hank Williams Jr.、Bad Company、Charlie Daniels Band、Marshall Tucker Band、.38 Special、Cheap Trick、Blackberry Smoke、Randy Bachman Band、Blackfoot、Massive Wagons和Status Quo。[3]音乐会通常在周五和周六举行。2020年1 月8 日，罗辛顿在接受采访时表示，虽然他们将不再巡演，但他们将继续偶尔进行现场表演。[ 51] 2019年3 月19 日，约翰尼·范·赞特宣布乐队打算在巡演结束后进录音室录制最后一张专辑，届时将有几首歌曲准备就绪或“即将推出” 。[4]他们于2019 年5 月11 日出席了Kaaboo Texas音乐节。[52] [53] 2019年6 月25 日，《纽约时报》杂志将林纳·史金纳列为数百名录音艺术家之一，他们的原始母带录音被认为在2008 年环球大火中被毁。虽然尚不清楚该乐队的哪些母带录音在火灾中丢失，但林纳·史金纳是环球音乐集团内部文件中列出的艺术家之一，该文件列出了该公司认为母带录音已丢失并随后花费数千万美元试图替换的艺术家。