Fishfiles 20,145 Posted February 20, 2023 18 January 1974 Bad Company formed Former members from Free, (Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople (Mick Ralphs), and King Crimson, (Boz Burrell), formed Bad Company. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted February 21, 2023 I am always linking Broken Peach songs cause I like their style and sound , only one of the performers of the band can speak , read and write English , the rest of them can't , but they do a good job of singing it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted February 23, 2023 Grace Barnett Wing aka / Grace Slick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted February 24, 2023 Luscious Jackson , hear a few of her songs yesterday evening , not bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted February 24, 2023 Happy Birthday 73 Rickey Medlocke (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted February 28, 2023 Lynyrd Skynyrd / Ron Desantis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted March 1, 2023 Toni Basil --- shame to say , she was a One Hit Wonder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted March 1, 2023 Happy Birthday ---- Roger Daltrey March 1 , 1944 , 78 years old Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted March 1, 2023 Fun Fact : Over the course of time there have been 25 different musicians in Lynyrd Skynyrd as of 2006 when they were inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , wish I know how many musicians as of 2023 have been part of the band Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted March 1, 2023 Best I can tell is 28 members all been in Lynyrd Skynyrd Official members[edit] Current members[edit] Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions Gary Rossington 1964–1977 1987 1991–present guitar all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases Rickey Medlocke 1971–1972 1996–present guitar, vocals, mandolin (1996–present) drums, vocals, mandolin (1971–1972) Street Survivors – "One More Time" only Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978) all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from Twenty (1997) onward Johnny Van Zant 1987 1991–present lead vocals all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from Southern by the Grace of God (1988) onward Michael Cartellone 1999–present drums percussion all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from Edge of Forever (1999) onward Mark Matejka 2006–present guitar backing vocals all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from God & Guns (2009) onward Peter Keys 2009–present keyboards piano all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from Last of a Dyin' Breed (2012) onward Keith Christopher 2017–present bass Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour Lyve! (2019) “Last of the Street Survivors” (2020) Former members[edit] Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions Ronnie Van Zant 1964–1977 (until his death) lead vocals all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973) to Legend (1987) Allen Collins 1964–1977 (died 1990) guitar Bob Burns 1964–1971 1972–1974 (died 2015) drums (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973) – "all except "Tuesday's Gone" and "Mississippi Kid" Second Helping (1974) – all except "I Need You" Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978) Legend (1987) Lynyrd Skynyrd (1991) Collectybles (2000) Larry Junstrom 1964–1971 (died 2019) bass "Need All My Friends" / "Michelle" (1968) Lynyrd Skynyrd (1991) Collectybles (2000) Greg T. Walker 1971–1972 bass backing vocals Street Survivors (1977) – "One More Time" only Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978) Leon Wilkeson 1972 1973–1977 1987 1991–2001 (until his death) all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from Second Helping (1974) – all except "I Need You" and "Don't Ask Me No Questions" to Edge of Forever (1999) Vicious Cycle (2003) – "The Way" and "Lucky Man" only Billy Powell 1972–1977 1987 1991–2009 (until his death) keyboards piano all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973) to Live from Freedom Hall (2010) Ed King 1972–1975 1987 1991–1996 (died 2018) guitar bass (1972–1974) backing vocals (1972–1975) (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973) Second Helping (1974) Nuthin' Fancy (1975) all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978) to Southern Knights (1996) Artimus Pyle 1975–1977 1987 1991 drums percussion all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from Nuthin' Fancy (1975) to Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 (1991), except Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978) Steve Gaines 1976–1977 (until his death) guitar vocals One More from the Road (1976) Street Survivors (1977) Legend (1987) Randall Hall 1987 1991–1993 Southern by the Grace of God (1988) Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 (1991) The Last Rebel (1993) Kurt Custer 1991–1994 drums The Last Rebel (1993) Mike Estes 1993–1996 guitar backing vocals Endangered Species (1994) Southern Knights (1996) Owen Hale 1994–1998 drums percussion Endangered Species (1994) Southern Knights (1996) Twenty (1997) Lyve from Steel Town (1998) Hughie Thomasson 1996–2005 (died 2007) guitars backing vocals all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from Twenty (1997) to Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour (2003) Jeff McAllister 1998–1999 drums none Kenny Aronoff 1999 Edge of Forever (1999) Ean Evans 2001–2009 (until his death) bass backing vocals all Lynyrd Skynyrd releases from Vicious Cycle (2003) to Live from Freedom Hall (2010) Robert Kearns 2009–2012 none Johnny Colt 2012–2017 One More for the Fans (2015) Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd & Second Helping Live from Jacksonville at the Florida Theatre (2015) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted March 1, 2023 Learn something I did not know today , the plane crash of Lynyrd Skynyrd happen at the 8 mile marker of Interstate 55 at the Mississippi / Louisiana border and there is a memorial 400 ft from where the plane went down , I have been thru there many times on the Interstate and never knew that was where it happened Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted March 2, 2023 Wow , I looked at this pic and picked out Stevie Ray Vaughan easily on the left , but the guy next to him is " VERY " well known and I couldn't figure him out , can you ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snow Camo 242 Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) Edited March 3, 2023 by Snow Camo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted March 3, 2023 The guy on the right is Billy F.Gibbons aka Z.Z. Top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted March 3, 2023 53 minutes ago, Snow Camo said: Very Bassy , my Bose on my desktop were overloading 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snow Camo 242 Posted March 3, 2023 7 hours ago, Fishfiles said: Yessir! These guys don't get the credit they deserve. Talent 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted March 4, 2023 ZZ Top play their first concert in Beaumont Texas in May 1970 little Cypress Mauriceville high school prom. I think I got this a little bit wrong. The first gig was French high school in February 1970 this was probably right after that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted March 6, 2023 RIP - Gary Rossington, The Final Remaining Original Member Of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Suddenly Dies At 71 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
