Lynard Skynard Carries On With No Original Members
Lynard Skynard is carrying on with no original members. Tonight they will be on the New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash. A lot of fans will notice that they don’t really recognize anyone in the group. So what is going on?
Gary Rossington Moves On
In a new interview with FOX17 Rock & Review, guitarist Rickey Medlocke spoke out about their decision to go on without the original members. This was after Gary Rossington left the group back in March of 2023. He was the last original member left in Lynard Skynard, but now he is gone too.
Here is what he revealed:
“Last year and the year before, when we had that year and a half off because of COVID, was just brutal on us, as it was [on] everybody else. I mean, I really feel for people, man, having to just kind of like, ‘What are we doing?’ But when we came back after a year and a half, man, it opened up after things started opening, we got right back into it. Gary, on the other hand, found himself in a situation — bless his heart, man — to where he couldn’t go out anymore, and we just lost him this year. And that really broke my heart. And I don’t think that I’ve quite — still right now, after all this time, I don’t think I’ve quite settled with it, because we were such really good friends ever since we were teenagers. And being on stage with him every night when we were touring is just something you’ll miss the rest of your life.”
Why Did Lynard Skynard Go On?
He explained that fans didn’t want them to end, so they decided to go for it and keep on moving. Rickey explained that it is all about the music. That is true, but a cover band could also do their songs, but that isn’t the way they want it to be. Instead, they made a new group without any original members of Lynard Skynard.
Rickey did also explain that they aren’t a tribute band, but they are more than that. He said, “: “People have beat us up over the years: ‘Ah, you guys ain’t nothin’ but a freakin’ tribute band’ and blah, blah, blah. There’s a lot of tribute bands out there to LYNYRD SKYNYRD, but none of them holds it as dear to their hearts as the guys who have been there as long as we have,” he explained. “We have the history; I played on the first (recording) sessions. We just know that we have to portray the music with the integrity and the sound and the love as close as we can to when it was originally created.”
Did you realize that Lynard Skynard didn’t have any original members left? Do you feel like they should have continued on? Sound off in the comments below on your thoughts.
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