<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Lynyrd-skynyrd ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/lynyrd-skynyrd Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:12:46 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I asked the organ grinder, ‘Can I borrow your monkey for a moment?’” Photographer Richard E. Aaron on how a late-night Lynyrd Skynyrd party and a Jack Daniel’s–chugging chimp made rock history ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/a-late-night-lynyrd-skynyrd-party-a-roller-skating-monkey-and-the-split-second-instinct-that-made-rock-history ftEZJipRd3ucUtA8RrgttW Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:12:46 +0000 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:16:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was texting me, ‘Let’s do another record. I really loved it when you were going through your Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd phase.’” Zakk Wylde says Ozzy was plotting a return to his ‘No More Tears’ style at the time of his death ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/zakk-wylde-says-ozzy-wanted-to-record-another-album-after-back-to-the-beginning 4c8Yi7vyPhmQQKfnxu8oej Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:19:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He said, 'You can't play a song on that guitar and leave 'Free Bird' out of it!'" Heard on Lynyrd Skynyrd greatest hits, Gary Rossington's 1961 Gibson SG returns to the stage for the first time in years ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/gary-rossington-gibson-sg-on-loan ua8J8p5Sqfb4LzQeVuSdWV Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:38:54 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "They sort of appear as if they are out there in the air. The best ones do. But I don’t know how they get there." David Gilmour talks soloing in Guitar Player's guide to the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/the-greatest-guitar-solos-of-all-time gviGFZB7g47jARwMjHQS8g Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:09:56 +0000 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:24:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I started doing some odd jobs, running a bulldozer, cutting hay for people...”: Steve Morse almost quit music, twice – Kansas, and then Lynyrd Skynyrd, brought him back ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-morse-nearly-quit-music-twice 9U2kMGfR9Ku4FxD3Wv2FH3 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:44:18 +0000 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 20:40:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I took a screwdriver and stuck it under the strings at the nut…" Gary Rossington on how he came up with his sound on Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/player/gary-rossington-on-freebird c7WvHcqcQKiYDY6aRP2fZM Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:30:07 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and "the Randy Rhoads school of soloing" helped Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde write No More Tears ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/player/zakk-wylde-on-ozzys-no-more-tears 6bfSwoMyCY6oe9CWNE7vPZ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:56:28 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "For slide, I've always used a glass Coricidin bottle, like Duane Allman. He told me that a bottle sounds different than a steel slide, so I copied him": Gary Rossington on the gear – and unlikely household tool – that inspired Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/gary-rossington-free-bird 3bgsF6MiLxgQTupruYtmpN Thu, 02 Nov 2023 17:19:52 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Like Neil Young Said, It’s Better to Burn out Than to Fade Away”: Gary Rossington Remained “The Last Rebel” Whose Presence Through Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Many Incarnations Was Essential ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/gary-rossington-lynyrd-skynyrd LFT9Sp4iiKsCZVExKQaqiB Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:13:45 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mine the Musical Gold of “Free Bird” and Other Songs From Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘(Pronounced ’Lĕh-’nérd ’Skin-’nérd)’ in This Celebratory Lesson ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/lynyrd-synyrd-pronounced-guitar-lesson d367d6JB3RCutnqQdsZMsA Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:31:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ 50 Years Ago, Rock and Roll Experienced One of Its Greatest Years: Here’s Why ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/1973-albums nnhgLe7PfkoTKcQx2JjeYG Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:59:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ten Mind-Blowing Rock Guitar Solos Every Player Needs to Know About ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/best-rock-guitar-solos kfjJf3vrWtbq7DGJAXhZiG Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:58:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitarist, is Dead at 71 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/gary-rossington-lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-is-dead-at-71 He8GSh34mYM833Nw9JVULL Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:22:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Definitive Allman Brothers Band Biography, ‘Brothers and Sisters,’ Set for July ’23 Anniversary Release ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/definitive-allman-brothers-band-biography-brothers-and-sisters-set-for-july-23-anniversary-release TG7UKVs7HHN9euZCAufsxU Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:48:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Chuck Berry's Heart-Warming “Run Rudolph Run” Animated Video ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-chuck-berrys-heart-warming-run-rudolph-run-animated-video fsvHC2WthprUKFPFA92KFR Fri, 24 Dec 2021 13:25:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here’s Why the Allman Brothers Band’s ‘At Fillmore East’ Still Holds Up 50 Years Later ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/heres-why-the-allman-brothers-bands-at-fillmore-east-still-holds-up-50-years-later 7qXNh96FhuieqnrXYyaJbj Mon, 15 Nov 2021 17:31:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Gary Rossington Recovering After Emergency Heart Surgery ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/lynyrd-skynyrds-gary-rossington-recovering-after-emergency-heart-surgery gJw5MXSacsMM7oipGHSp9B Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:58:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Van Halen Gear Surfaces in Historical New York Auction ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/the-beatles-jimi-hendrix-and-van-halen-gear-surfaces-in-historical-new-york-auction PScZRGZjBwTmTpV7MLXzAZ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:08:31 +0000 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:45:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Jason Isbell Ended Up with Ed King’s Legendary “Red Eye” Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/how-jason-isbell-ended-up-with-ed-kings-legendary-red-eye-les-paul swjkUYQ6nYGFHaxhpXcb8C Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:40:34 +0000