Lynyrd Skynyrd

Decimated, but alive. Lynyrd Skynyrd never resigns himself and knocks fate out to continue to make Sweet Home Alabama reason forcefully, everywhere and forever. Today led by Gary Rossington, the group continues its long epic through the streets of America.

In spite of the curse, Lynyrd Skynyrd still breathes with a strong and unifying breath. He rises from all the sobs, heals yesterday's wounds, even the deepest ones, and puts a smile on the faces of Southern rock lovers. In this way, he celebrates life and travels across countries like never before. For Gary Rossington, the only survivor of an unfortunate collective adventure, getting on stage is a tribute to the lost souls, to his buddies of yesteryear, the driving force behind a band decimated by the Gillsburg tragedy.

Certainly, Lynyrd Skynyrd's carefree spirit died one day in the fall of 1977 in a terrible plane crash in the Mississippi forests, leaving several of its members to fly to the afterlife. But who has never believed in resurrection? So, after the mourning, the group resumed its march, a few years later, always in the conquest of the same aesthetics. The dry riffs and the monstrous solos carry a voice that is now hoarse and grainy. The rhythm, always impeccable, awakens like a coffee mug. It is obvious: here is written, always in capital letters, a crazy adventure on the roads of America, where the asphalt melts fearlessly under the sun of a hot country and an exacerbated blues.

Their image of the gentle thugs of the time has faded. Yes, since the drama, Lynyrd Skynyrd has become something else, without denying its roots. But, sadly, death is never far away, despite the cheerful faces of its members. Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson, Hughie Thomasson, Billy Powell: the last survivors of the band have also spread their wings to reach the heavens, leaving Gary Rossington alone, as the guardian of an insoluble legacy.

Today, it is this story that the band comes to tell. Every concert is a celebration. With freshness and audacity, Lynyrd Skynyrd comes to sublimate a discography of a thousand colors, which has become a bible for all music lovers. And we might as well say it right away: Sweet Home Alabama still sounds great!