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03:06 PM, Jul 25, 2009 |
Date of Concert: 7/24/2009 | Location: Raleigh, NC, USA
KID ROCK / LYNYRD SKYNYRD / Black Stone Cherry Friday, July 24, 2009 Walnut Creek Since the Aero/ZZ was postponed we have been in a Big Rock drought so everyone was jacked-up for this Event. The Book of Face was buzzing the day of show that this would sell out which only made people even jumpier to jump the gun. Someone said that it was “Africa Hot” and that seemed a pretty good description especially down front when the sun was setting it was a beacon of heat but that did not slow BLACK STONE CHERRY down. These men thrashed it out on stage, there were two equipment boxes in front of the guitar players, they would jump up on them banging their head and shredding their guitars. Movement was mandatory, there was no standing still as everyone was continually running around changing positions keeping the stage hand busy with all the cords crossing up. The drummer, John Fred Young, is the son of the Kentucky Headhunters guitar player which now gives meaning to the stenciled words “Kentucky Headhunters” on boxes of equipment. You see so many lead singers that just strap on the guitar like it is for the camera but Chris Robertson was not a poser, he is out front and leading the charge and their mission was successful as they marched through The Creek like the blitzkrieg through France. With three class acts on the agenda today it seemed that there was so little time between bands; the crowd assembled here is as big a piece of the party as anything, there is no wilder bunch: the Hell-Raiser Alerts were out. The school bell is ringing and it is time for the PE Teacher named band: LYNYRD SKYNYRD and yes the players have changed but as others have said, the song remain the same. There was a big diamond vision screen flashing “SKYNYRD NATION” as the current crew played the new tune of the same name and lead singer Johnny Van Zant sang into his American Flag painted mic stand. The double-bass virgin white drum kit was wrapped in large speaker cones which had everything shaking as we went in to Round 2 with “Saturday Night Special” and what do you have to say when you have one of those barrels thats blue and cold? “Gimme Back My Bullets”. Lead Singer Johnny Van Zant welcomed us to the “Rock and Rebel Tour” and turned his back to show his colors of the Red, White and Blue Stars and Stripes Flag with “Lynyrd Skynyrd” bannered across the top and “Kid Rock” across the bottom. He went on saying, “It’s Friday Night so act like it, let’s go.” Skynyrd’s main offensive weapon is a wall of guitars, they line all the players up together, walk them out to the front of the stage and pound all those in front of them with the driving classics: “That Smell”, “Gimme Three Steps”, “Call Me The Breeze”, they have all the bullets they need. And the main gunslinger is Rickey Medlocke, using the axe as a weapon he leads the Train and directs the fire. When it was encore time you knew the iconic words to shout: “FREE BIRD” and there were not any lame cell phones sticking up in the air it was all lighters with flame. Old School is ruling the day. Now it is time for The Rock, KID ROCK and this is where those keys should be hit but sometimes later in the evening focus is lost, or at least it gets redirected and I need to go back to look at my camera to see exactly what happened. This Event was like a firecracker, you light it, a lot of sizzle and spewing sparks then BAM! You wake up and your ears are ringing. Someone answer that phone. …LEE http://96rockonline.com/sectional.asp?id=32723 http://www.myspace.com/funkyneighborlee
05:45 AM, Mar 19, 2009 |
Date of Concert: 6/14/2008 | Location: Jacksonville, FL
Lynyrd Skynyrd At The Veterans Memorial Arena In Jacksonville, FL On June 14, 2008 It was a beautiful Saturday and Chris Ann and I left Tampa to head Jacksonville. We stopped and checked out some Mercedes Homes developments along the way which was fun. We got to Jacksonville and watched the rest of an FSU baseball game in the playoffs at the Mudville Grill. Then we checked into the Hyatt Regency downtown on the St Johns River. It's a beautiful hotel and we had a room with a view of the St Johns River. We then walked over to the beautiful Veterans Memorial Arena for the show. We scalped 10 row center seats right out in front before the show. The show was held at the very beautiful Veterans Memorial Arena. Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the greatest live bands of all time. It was my 4th time seeing them and it was an awesome show. Especially seeing them play their hometown of Jacksonville, FL. They haven't played there in a number of years so it was a special night. They played my favorite song "Simple Man", "Saturday Night Special", "That Smell", "Workin For MCA", "Swamp Music", "Call Me The Breeze", "Ballad Of Curtis Lowe", "Sweet Home Alabama", "Down South Junkin", "What's Your Name", "Don't Ask Me No Questions", "Gimmie Three Steps", and of course "Free Bird". At the end, I walked to the first few rows and found 2 guitar picks!!! Then a roadie through a few off the mike stand and I got one more of those to make 3 total all after the show ended. It pays to hang out for a while. Skynyrd had a tribute (video presentation) to the former members of Lynyrd Skynyrd who had passed on. Always very classy. 79 Kick AZ pictures came out of the 100 or so I took which can be seen on my website: http://www.fsukxaz.com/ReviewLynyrdSkynyrd2.html
12:35 PM, Jul 02, 2005 |
Date of Concert: 6/30/2005 | Location: Chicago, IL
Lynyrd Skynyrd concert review, June 30, 2005 – Chicago, IL. Petrillo Band Shell at Grant Park. With temperatures in the high 90’s, it was "hotter than a fox in a forest fire," as Ronnie once said. With Gary, Ronnie, and Allen having attended JAX schools such as N.B. Forrest Junior High, JEB Stuart High, and Robert E. Lee High School, waiting for the boys to come out, I had to wonder if they had any idea about the name of the park where they were playing. Since I was by myself, I ground my way into the 2nd row for the June 30th, 2005 Taste of Chicago concert. Credence Clearwater Revival opened the show [two original guys left in that one, too]. Having seen Skynyrd only one time before, last summer at RibFest in Naperville, IL, (see my review of that concert also at www.pollstar.com) and then – I don't recall them playing The Needle and the Spoon. They did play that in Chicago last night and it is my favorite song. They opened with 3 of their first 4 songs from the Street Survivors album: That Smell, I Know a Little, and What’s You Name? A few days before the show, my pal Bo – who had recently seen The Outlaws, informed me that Hughie would not be there and he was right. Bo thinks Hughie split to go back to The Outlaws, for how long? Let's hope not. But, I guess I really did not miss having that third "mule" out there - but they need to give us at least the visual of the third guitarist. So we will wonder about that. As in the past, this current Skynyrd line-up visited their haunted side just once – during a near-religious version of Tuesday’s Gone. "Simple Man" is now always played as a dedication to original bassist Leon Wilkeson – but they did not have time to squeeze that one in, too bad. Singer Johnny Van Zant, with flag-draped mike stand swinging is pure old south, and guitarist Rickey Medlocke brings needed fire power. Do not forget, Medlocke was in LS before Leon (Wilkeson) and Billy (Powell) were. He was actually in one of the first incarnations of the band back at the beginning, 1972. His grandpa, legendary harp blower Shorty Medlocke, is whom The Ballad of Curtis Lowe was written about. In front of maybe 100,000 (including the folks out on the grass beyond the seating area, they cranked through a list of great hits: Bullets, 3 Steps, Sat. Night Special, and The Breeze. In short, Chicago’s gorgeous lakefront setting was packed and we gave the boys (and the two lovely Honkettes) a hot welcome on a hot summer night and they really put out and seemed to be having a great time – like us. What could be more patriotic than starting the Fourth of July Weekend celebration by hearing Skynyrd play their new classic “Red White and Blue” - it was just the most moving song you could possibly imagine. That one is always played "for the boys…." God bless the angels – as Johnny says. Billy keys soar on that one. Saving "Sweet Home Alabama" and the encore of course was no secret - once the statue of a golden eagle was placed on a Confederate flag, draped off Billy Powell’s pristine white piano. Fly on, you're free now.
03:43 PM, Jul 03, 2004 |
Date of Concert: 7/2/2004 | Location: Naperville, IL
It was a gorgeous evening out in the huge Chicago western suburb of Naperville. There must have been 50,00 "festers" out on this perfect weather evening to hear and see Lynyrd Skynrd put on a smokingly hot show. The band lineup with two original members, a brother, an ex-Damn Yankee (new drummer), and two other veterans of the Southern Rock scene. And what a night for classic southern rock it was! My wife mentioned after the show how great it is for these boys to remain so true to their roots, and to their past while looking ahead. A touching video was shown on the large screen during Traveling Man showing rare footage of the recently deceased bass player Leon Wilkeson having fun with his band-mates. Fittingly, on the opening night of our national holiday weekend celebrating the birth of our nation, the boys brought forth a new classis song that is one of the patriotic songs I’ve heard - Red White and Blue. It is not sappy. They dedicated it to those who have served our country in the military and to those who still are. After an older hits medley with songs with parts of songs like Bullets, Jukin', and Swamp Music, they rolled out Gimme Three Steps and That Smell. A song that almost did not make in onto the classic, 30 year old “One More from the Road” live album was a spot on and soulful version of Tuesday's Gone. The band fed off of us out in sprawling grassy field as the blue gray sky darkened and gave us Sweet Home Alabama and the tireless Freebird as the encore. We walked to our car hearing the rumbles of Harleys rolling out of the fest in awe of the history lesson we had just received.
AP Photo / The Observer-Dispatch
June 19, 2005Add |
In this image released by Universal Records, the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd poses for a promotional photo. Keyboard player Billy Powell is third from right, wearing glasses. AP Photo
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