Lynyrd skynyrd question ???

[Quasar44]

Do you think this band was on path to.be one of the greatest if not for their deaths

They had a bunch of epic songs that I love and I just realized they did “ Tuesday gone”

Such sad news

Are they on par with Kansas and Styx ??

 

[The Duke]

Do you think this band was on path to.be one of the greatest if not for their deaths

They had a bunch of epic songs that I love and I just realized they did “ Tuesday gone”

Such sad news

Are they on par with Kansas and Styx ??

They're better than Kansas. It was truly a great band.



This is from shortly before the plane crash.

 

[WinterBorn]

Do you think this band was on path to.be one of the greatest if not for their deaths

They had a bunch of epic songs that I love and I just realized they did “ Tuesday gone”

Such sad news

Are they on par with Kansas and Styx ??

I saw them in 1976 at Rickwood Field in B'ham AL. I was 16 and the world was perfect!

I think they are one of the greatest bands, especially in their genre.

They have several southern good ol' boy anthems.

My favorites, in ascending order:

 

[WinterBorn]

I spent a lot of nights riding backroads with my friends, drinking beer, passing a joint and chasing the cuties. And the 70s had some cuties.

 

[Yarddog]

 

[Yarddog]

 

[The Duke]

I was gonna have to look "The Breeze" up, but it's already here!

 

[Yarddog]

I was gonna have to look "The Breeze" up, but it's already here!

One of my favorites

 

[DudleySmith]

Had a couple of songs I liked, not a band I followed much though. Liked it when they bashed Neil Young and his snobbery; the clown is a true asshole in real life.

 

[The Duke]

 

[Quasar44]

They're better than Kansas. It was truly a great band.



This is from shortly before the plane crash.

Better than Styx ??

 

[Quasar44]

Does Kansas and Styx still tour

Are they all alive ??

 

[Quasar44]

Is 1980s glamour rock garbage ? V

 

[The Duke]

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Do you think this band was on path to.be one of the greatest if not for their deaths

They were already one of the greatest at the time of their deaths i.e a "super-band" ["GOLD AND PLATINUM" was a terrific compilation]

They had a bunch of epic songs that I love and I just realized they did “ Tuesday gone”

Such sad news

Not sure how familiar you are with the plane crash but not everyone perished and the surviors re-emerged as "The Rossington Collins band" [this next part you may want to look up cuz I am too lazy] and I am pretty sure the plane that they were flying in was purchased from another band which I think may have been "Aerosmith"...the plane crashed in a swamp and one [or more] of the passengers/band members crawled out of the plane and made his way out of the swamp and got help, it was later said that things like trees and branches piercing the plane was what caused most or even all of the deaths and the difference between living and dying that day was attributable to where you were sitting on the plane. [thats from decades old memory so please feel free to fact check it].

Are they on par with Kansas and Styx ??

OK, am I being punked?

 

[The Duke]

Better than Styx ??

Completely different. I'd hate to have to pick one or the other.

 

[merrill]

Do you think this band was on path to.be one of the greatest if not for their deaths

They had a bunch of epic songs that I love and I just realized they did “ Tuesday gone”

Such sad news

Are they on par with Kansas and Styx ??

Give them credit where due........ they definitely came out strong.

 

[The Duke]

If a bar band can't play a Skynyrd song in FL, they get the Bud longneck bottle treatment.

 

[lennypartiv]

"Simple Man" was one of their best songs.

 

[Blues Man]

In the Southern Rock category they were definitely near the top of the heap.

I always loved Billy Powell's piano work