In Kooper’s eyes, Lynyrd Skynyrd were his Allman Brothers – the jewel in the southern rock crown. Skynyrd transcended the ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Free Bird’ became the group’s calling card, due in no small part to Rossington’s evocative slide playing on his Gibson SG. He was 71 ...

It has emerged that iconic rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd might have been influenced by drummer Bob Burns' suggestion, initially adopting the name "Leonard Skinnerd".

When Artimus Pyle, the drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd for the bulk of the Seventies, heard the news yesterday about the death of his former bandmate, guitarist Gary Rossington, he immediately pulled up the ...