Lynyrd Skynyrdare an American southern rockband, described by All Music Guideas "the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious, Southern image and a hard rock swagger." The classic line up is generally considered to be: * Ronnie Van Zant - lead vocals * Gary Rossington - guitar * Allen Collins - guitar * Ed King - guitar * Leon Wilkeson - bass, backing vocals * Artimus Pyle - drums * Billy Powell - keyboards The band reached prominence during the mid 1970s carving a reputation with their irreverant, unique and enduring take on southern rock rooted in many of the early US blues players and according to (but paraphrasing) Gene Odoms author of 'Lynyrd Skynyrd' influences from the English school of rock by acts such as Free, Jethro Tull, The Stones and Eric Clapton. They are probably best known now for their hit song (reprised in at least two films as sound clips)'Sweet Home Alabama' (Jul 74) and the anthemic and soaring 'Free Bird' from Nov 74 which was later to appear as the final song of the hit console game Guitar Hero II. These recordings were amongst only five Skynryd 7" releases to make the top 40 in the U.S. (the others being Saturday Night Special in May 75, a live version of 'Freebird' (Nov 76) and 'What's Your Name' (Nov 77). Their August 21st appearance at the UK's Knebworth Festival of 1976 is perhaps the definitive live performance of a band who were at their zenith when their leased Convair 240 crashed on October 20th 1977, killing lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray.
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End Of The Road Lyrics
Lynyrd Skynyrd
(t. cerney, e. king, g. rossington, j. van zant)
It was a late night show in georgia
We were on the ol highway
We know weve lost some friends
And family on the way
But you know we all feel better
And it makes it worth our time
To know our bus is rollin towards
That mason-dixon line
(chorus)
Oh we cant seem to find the end of the road
Roots never grow on the seeds that we sow
Weve still got our music and so many miles to go
You know we cant seem to find the end of the road
We know weve got a legacy thats hard to live up to
But theres still a lot of reasons
Why we play these songs for you
Its a family tradition and as long as were around
That freebird keeps on flyin and it never will come down
(repeat chorus)
Oh we cant seem to find the end of the road
Roots never grow on the seeds that we sow
We cant seem to find the end of the road
No matter how far we travel it always seems to slow
We still got our music and so many miles to go
You know we cant seem to find lord the end of the road
The end of the road