The album was recorded in early 1973 at Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, and produced by Al Kooper, an experienced session musician who had previously played on landmark songs including The Rolling ...

Former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle will co-write and produce a biopic about his life with the Southern rock band. The film, tentatively titled Free Bird, also focuses on one of the music’s ...

Billy Powell, the longtime keyboard player for Lynyrd Skynyrd who survived the 1977 plane crash that decimated the band, died Wednesday of a suspected heart attack at his home in Orange Park, Fla. He ...

We've all been at concerts where some guy, who's usually had a few too many, shouts out a request for 'Free Bird,' even if it's not a Lynyrd Skynyrd show. While many of us would love to have security ...

He played the soaring slide guitar solo on “Free Bird,” co-wrote “Sweet Home Alabama” and survived the 1977 plane crash that killed three members of the band. By Neil Genzlinger Gary Rossington, an ...

This iconic song was co-written by two of the band’s original members, frontman Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Allen Collins. Van Zant was the co-founder, lead singer and primary songwriter for Lynyrd ...

It’s one of the most iconic classic rock songs of all time, and yet Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird," released in 1973, never had an official music video. Crazy, right? The legendary song, which has ...