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“As many times as I've heard this song this is the first time it made me tear up”: Listen to Dolly Parton's epic 10 minute 50 seconds version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird, featuring Ronnie Van Zant and one of Gary Rossington's final guitar solos

Rockstar is finally here, and Dolly Parton has out-done herself with her epic album-closing cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird

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“Ronnie Van Zant’s widow wouldn’t allow Lynyrd Skynyrd to use his voice, but she said: ‘I’ll do it for Dolly’”: how Dolly Parton ended up covering Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird on her new album

Country star Dolly Parton cover of Free Bird also features one of the last appearances by late Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington

Louder

The 10 best Lynyrd Skynyrd songs that aren’t Free Bird, according to Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Rickey Medlocke

Deep cuts, party starters and live treasures – the connoisseurs’ Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, chosen by someone who knows them inside out

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Gary Rossington shaped the sound of Southern rock with Lynyrd Skynyrd – and his guitar style influenced everyone from the Black Crowes to Metallica

Learn the distinctive pentatonic licks of the Les Paul-toting Southern rock master

Guitar World

“I played Sweet Home Alabama, and that became part of Metallica’s The Four Horsemen”: The Four Horsemen vs Mechanix – how Metallica and Megadeth released two warring versions of the same song

Megadeth leader and ex-Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine wrote a thrash metal classic called The Mechanix in the early ’80s. Today, both bands lay claim to vastly different versions of the song.

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One of the strangest guitar mods of all time? How Leon Wilkeson adapted his Gibson Thunderbird following the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in ‘77

The ’63 T-Bird had a metal extension added after Wilkeson injured his left arm in the crash

Guitar World

Lynyrd Skynyrd release footage of Gary Rossington’s blazing final performance: “It is certainly bittersweet”

The Southern rock legend was captured playing Gimme Three Steps at the band’s 50th Anniversary show at The Ryman

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Watch Gary Rossington's poignant final performance of Gimme Three Steps with Lynyrd Skynyrd

The performance was filmed at the historic Ryman Theater in Nashville, and comes from the upcoming cinema release The 50th Anniversary of Lynyrd Skynyrd

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A beginner’s guide to Southern Rock in 5 albums

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Zakk Wylde picks his 5 essential Lynyrd Skynyrd tracks

The Black Label Society frontman and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist has assembled a playlist to convert anyone to the most legendary band in Southern rock

Guitar World

Josh Homme on Lynyrd Skynyrd continuing with no original members: "They're a covers band...but people still want to hear the songs"

Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme discusses bands continuing their careers after losing integral members

Louder

Say hi to the your new favourite southern rockers, Hillbilly Vegas

"We’re a band from the South and we play music that comes from the South" - Hillbilly Vegas frontman Steve Harris

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Someone out there has the only recording of a one-off AC/DC and Lynyrd Skynyrd studio jam and the world may never get to hear it

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington once revealed there’s a version of Sweet Home Alabama with Aussie rockers AC/DC on it

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Vinnie Moore: “The SG is a recent discovery of mine – I can’t believe I’ve never owned one. I didn’t realize how cool they were”

The shred maestro talks getting vocals on new solo album Double Exposure, his newfound love of Epiphone SGs and the future of UFO

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Everything you need to know about Metallica's scorching new album – only in the new Guitar World

Plus! Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton, Steel Panther, Paul Gilbert does Dio, Chris Holmes, the top 10 tools for every gig and tributes to Gary Rossington and David Lindley

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Lynyrd Skynyrd will continue without Gary Rossington and honor tour dates with ZZ Top

“Gary was always the first to say how, ‘Skynyrd’s music is bigger than me or any one person,’” says Rossington’s widow

Louder

Lynyrd Skynyrd are to continue touring without any original members, following the death of guitarist Gary Rossington

Southern Rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd are to carry on in the wake of the March 5 death of their final original member, Gary Rossington

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Watch Slash and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons play Sweet Home Alabama at star-studded Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute

Lynyrd Skynyrd were honoured at the CMT Music Awards with an all-star performance also featuring Paul Rodgers, Peter Frampton, LeAnn Rimes and more

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Watch Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes play an all-star medley of Lynyrd Skynyrd classics in tribute to Gary Rossington

Gary Clark Jr. also paid tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan at the show with a blazing cover of The House Is Rockin’

The Independent UK

Rock, country, blues merge at 2023 CMT Music Awards in Texas

This year's CMT Music Awards will merge country, rock and blues straight from the heart of Texas

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How to watch the 2023 CMT Music Awards

The 2023 CMT Music Awards features some of the biggest names in entertainment. Here's how to watch the big event.

Louder

Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Last Rebel - Album Of The Week Club review

A refurbished Lynyrd Skynyrd attempt to conjure up original Skynyrd spirit on 1993's The Last Rebel

The Independent UK

Skynyrd member's death signals end of era for Southern rock

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington made it big when rock ‘n’ roll was still a defining cultural force on par with today’s TikTok trends and superhero movies

WEKU

Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Gary Rossington dies at 71

Rossington was the last surviving original founding member of the Southern rock band, known for its anthemic "Free Bird," among many other hit songs.

Evening Standard

Who was Gary Rossington? Legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist dies at 71

The band’s longest-lived founding member, who survived a serious car crash in 1976 and a 1977 plane crash, has died aged 71

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