Lynyrd Skynyrd acoustic show at Bespoken Spirits distillery grand opening in Lexington, Kentucky

[@vangreen9098]

I seen them three times before the plane crash and my first ever concert was ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd on July 4, 1974 in Alabama and the modern Lynyrd Skynyrd is touring again in 2024 with ZZ Top and I have my April 6 tickets in Huntsville, Alabama… yeah I’m old lol 69 years and still love concerts! Ronnie would be proud of you guys!

[@jaytelford4890]

Hi good news I can all but guarantee your gonna have a great time it’s been more than a decade ago but I’ve seen them together once and had a great time Skynyrd opened for ZZ Top at mine to

[@taimeuppe6174]

saw the original band about 50 or more years ago...still love them

[@tpstrato2270]

some of us grew up listening to this band us cool ones still do

[@frankhiggins9408]

Greatest southern rock band still going hell yeah lighters up 🤘

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

I'm with you Frank!

[@ChrisH930S]

Johnny Van Zant is pretty damn close Medlock actually played several concerts with the originals

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

Yes, he DID as their drummer!

[@Mainly-boy-outdoors]

Awesome band guys keep on rock'n!!

[@michaellewis6446]

I miss all the original members, but I've seen this band twice and neither time was I disappointed. I'll keep going to see them as long as they continue to play. It's real simple, if you don't like these guys then quit listening to them.

[@aintmanyofusleft]

People saying this is a "cover" band. The real Skynyrd lasted 5/6 years, these guys have been touring with/as Skynyrd for 30+yrs...with Gary and the other members who were still there for many years after the plane crash. they have been Skynyrd, longer than Skynyrd was Skynyrd and ALL are first class musicians. Ricky has been a fixture in Southern rock since its inception. Most people talking that "riding the coattail money BS dont even remember the real "Skynyrd" not saying this band was ever better or the same but without them we'd have lost Lynyrd Skynyrd long ago, have some respect.

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

I TOTALLY AGREE! WHERE'S THE RESPECT???

[@a-giAntp3nis]

bro im 24, this is a cover band, rickey has even admitted it keeps the gravy train rolling, they couldnt care less about the old skynyrd, ronnie steve gary allen artimus leon billy, also bob and ed king, once leon passed in 2001, they broke the ru;e of 3, technically its been a cover band since, ricky also acts like he founded everything in the band but why did he leave before they really started to make it? ronnie never called him back and for a reason

[@a-giAntp3nis]

and ive seen them in 2014, and 2019, i went for Gary and any Skynyrd ties, n now the sknyrd sound is merely 3 really decent guitarists (albeit even i can play free bird better than damon johnson)

[@HappyEndins]

What songs of the 30 plus year Skynyrd u hear on radio everyday ?

[@CaptainKirk007]

“Have some respect?” Yeah my thoughts exactly. How about just forming a new band without the same name. It’s a cover band bud. It’s reality, not disrespect.

[@michaelquebedeaux7738]

Rickey is in the top 5 guitarist of all time in my opinion!!! The band sounds as good as ever!! I hope you come to New Orleans soon!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@bobowman470]

Last time I checked Johnny was still alive. I actually helped promote a southern rock show in 1985 with Molly Hatchett, Black Oak Arkansas, the original Johnny Van Zant band, Toby Jugg and about 7/8 other bands...

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

And, it was pretty damn good wasn't it?!?!!

[@dawncrawford9771]

I think they still sound awesome I’ve been listening to them since the beginning and I’m still listening

[@LoriAgnew-qp9hd]

How cool was that. What a treat !

[@HollywoodInKentucky]

Very awesome indeed

[@DavidBADIN-m2k]

SKYNYRD 🇺🇸🎸🎸🎸 FOREVER 🤟30 years later Endangered Species

[@tpstrato2270]

THANK YOU Johnny Van Zant ,Ricky Medlock & boys keepin the Muse !!

[@michaelmiller1690]

JVZ is keeping the legacy going with help of the original Rickey Medlocke and others... If yall dont like quit watching and listening to it... All u have to do

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

ABSOLUTELY!!

[@bretfaulkner]

great show.God bless everyone.stay strong in Jesus.

[@annabellepartnerincrime5348]

Im GREATFUL 😊sounds great ❤

[@PatrickRyder-k1n]

I love how everybody has to mention that medlocke spent a short time at the real Skynyrds infancy...never was involved in the bands rise to fame....ive seen Blackfoot a few times in the early 80s and they were kick ass,no doubt that s the band he was in when the real Skynyrd were kicking ass!!

[@a-giAntp3nis]

exactly

[@LynSkyn1981]

Thank you so much for recording and uploading this! It was great to see Peter Michael and Keith do a bow to the audience at the end.

[@tonyamcatee7288]

Omg I didn't no they was gonna be there I would of give anything to be there

[@donemerson8421]

$$$$$$$$ As long as there is money to made They will ride that name into the ground

[@lyndajolacava4891]

Yeah it's rough, only the brother of Ronnie, keeps his brother alive

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

And the younger brother too!

[@billgako5267]

legends....

[@vitorbarbosa5656]

This is Music 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🙏 Trumpppppppppppp

[@ezsmith3765]

Hey these guys are great. JVZ is RVZ’s little brother. So end of story. Rickey was drumming for Ronnie, Gary, Allen and Leon during their 1970 Muscle Shoals recordings (First and Last album). Yea I don’t understand people complaining. But some people just aren’t happy unless they’re UNhappy and trying to spread their personal misery. Hell look at the frequent lineup changes that took place within the original band between 1969-77 -🥁Rickey filled in on drums for Bob Burns -🎸Leon left, they brought in Ed King to play Bass - 🎸Leon returned, 🎸Ed switched to Lead guitar along with Allen and Gary -🎤Leslie Hawkins, then JoJo Billingsley were hired as “Honkettes” -🥁Bob Burns left, 🥁Artimus Pyle was brought in -🎤Cassie Gaines was hired to make 3 Honkettes -🎸Ed King left -🎸Steve Gaines was hired as their new Fender guy. 🛩💥🌲🌲 🪦🪦🪦 RIP Ronnie, Steve, Cassie ** I either read, or saw on some documentary that Ronnie and Steve (and probably Cassie too) were secretly discussing letting Artimus go and bringing in a third sibling Bob Gaines (who was apparently a helluva drummer). So from the sounds of that even more changes were on the Horizon. Another band who went through massive line up changes over the years, yet continued touring and putting out new albums was non other than Skynyrds predecessors in the whole origin of Southern Rock (Though much more of a Blues and Jazz band in my opinion) was the ABB .... Allman Brothers Band. -🎸Duane Allman🏍🪦 -🎸Berry Oakley🏍🪦 -🎸Dan Toler hired -🥁David Toler hired -🎸Jack Pearson hired -🎸Allen Woody 🪦 -🎸Dickie Betts fired by Gregg -🎸Warren Haynes hired -🎸Derek Trucks hired -🎸Jimmy Herring hired -🥁Butch Trucks 🪦 -🎹Gregg Allman 🪦 -Plus about 10-12 other changes took place on Bass, Drums, Guitar (Actually overall MORE hirings, firings, deaths, quitting and returning than Skynyrd has ever had. Yet for whatever reason you never did hear the whiners and moaners come out of the woodwork to cry and whine about the ABB no longer being their original lineup. People are Strange.

[@ezsmith3765]

1:15 What’s Your Name 5:20 Down South Jukin’ 9:01 Whiskey Rock-A-Rolla 14:48 Simple Man 23:52 Sweet Home Alabama

[@HollywoodInKentucky]

Thank you for this!!!

[@Binda77negative]

Adoro essa banda!!! \o/

[@steveclem]

Amazing how you kept that camera so steady.

[@jbrbr8421]

Original members first played together in the sixties. Things happen, change and evolve. Glad to hear them. How many of your sports teams that were around in the sixties still have the original members? By your logic they are just poser sports teams.

[@RonTDB]

Tell em' bro!

[@dkjazzz]

🙄

[@jimcochran1128]

They still sound good. No cover band here.

[@thelolguy007]

They’re still calling themselves Lynyrd Skynyrd? 🤦‍♂️

[@brianwilliams-se5jy]

Why not, bands change members all the time especially over a 50yr span

[@jonathancorbett2897]

​Not all the members.. that's called attribute act

[@brianwilliams-se5jy]

@@jonathancorbett2897 not really, tribute bands don't usually have any connection to the original , until gary passed away it was still his band rickey was there at the beginning went off to do Blackfoot was invited back, Johnny's family

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

@brianwilliamse5jy very, very true!

[@evaevans4750]

Yes.

[@downtown4028]

Proof that when Ronnie passed... the new songs ended.

[@deybydey99]

Tribute band. Is this what Gary would want?

[@bodavis9586]

Yes. He would have wanted them to continue honoring the Skynyrd legacy. If he didn’t want it he wouldn’t have revived Skynyrd over 30 years ago

[@johnmcguoirk5923]

Ronnie's widow Judy is keeping them out there her and Gary Rossington had agreement to keep going

[@johnnyjones7442]

Yes

[@RonTDB]

Of course! Their widows still get a % every time they perform!

[@dkjazzz]

@@johnmcguoirk5923All for the money 🙄

[@bobvalentine8927]

Johnny is awesome.sounds like his brother

[@lzogard]

Where’s Free Bird

[@marie-francoisecaillaudeau6017]

putain qu'est ce que j'aurai aimé etre là un Français !!!

[@adamkievit2427]

There's no one there on stage from Skynyrd. I'm confused

[@pacandpal3]

The guy with white hair he was in the original lineup and left the band before the plane crash. He taught the others how to play the classics. Cause he was the only one that knew the songs

[@bodavis9586]

Rickey Medlocke was the original drummer and has been back on guitar for 28 years

[@zachwalentiny]

Rickey Medlocke literally played drums on the very first Skynyrd recordings. The Muscle Shoal's sessions.

[@adamkievit2427]

@@zachwalentiny I thought Bob Burns was the original. My bad

[@zachwalentiny]

@@adamkievit2427 Bob was the original drummer, but he quit the band right before they started recording at Muscle Shoal's and that's when Rickey joined as a full-time member. He then remained the drummer until he decided to leave the band in order to get Blackfoot going. That's when Bob returned and the rest is history.

[@kennethhacker3014]

Omg man they are all dead !!!! Gezzz the only one left is Artemis Pyle and wants nothing to do with the on going money grab....

[@randyjack6688]

I listen to Skynyrd almost daily and have for years... original members up to now and everyone in between. I do love acoustic also but this is really close to be garbage. Never thought I would say that about the music I love but just keepin it honest.... this is bad...

[@thomasmurphy9348]

I read years ago that Ronnie's widow controlled the name and had final say about using the name. Didn't Gary's wife have any input? If people are still willing to pay to see a total cover band..ok..have at it. Me? I think it's bad form...what's next? The Beatles-2. The Ramones with no original members?

[@RonTDB]

Vocals is pretty much the only thing that can't be replaced and I actually prefer Johnny's vocal's over Ronnie's in some song's and as long as Johnny is still singing i'll be listening!

[@Petequinn741]

Atleast they could have asked Artimus to sit in

[@dannyballenger3340]

Sorry this is no where close to Skynard this is brother cane black foot and some other jerks

[@nickcarpenter1196]

They are closer to crosby stills nash and dung.

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

NEVER!

[@rosicrucian8993]

Weird. I mean...They identify as Lynyrd Skynyrd, or something? What the fuck is going on anymore?

[@pjyork8879]

this is Lynyrd Skynyrd. Johnny, Rickey, Sparky and Damon. Not original members.

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

No, yet, they carry on the legacy...it took them a while to get over the plane crash...as it would for anyone if that occurred in their lives

[@rosicrucian8993]

@@katherineskrzynecki3347 Along with every cover band from New York to California. This is no different. Id be a little pissed if I paid more than a cover charge to see Skynyrd and not a single founding member showed up.

[@pjyork8879]

@@rosicrucian8993 all of the founding members are dead.

[@drenkin]

​@@katherineskrzynecki3347They were actually playing and recording again within about 18 months: as Rossington Collins Band. Originally all 5 surviving members, but Artimus got banged up in a motorcycle accident and stepped back. 2 albums...then Rossington left...1 more album from Allen Collins Band (lineup including Billy and Leon)... And then rebooted Skynyrd within another 2 or 3 years.

[@davidquintana8395]

Make America Lynyrd Skynyrd Again...

[@davidharris2210]

NOT skynard… Ronnies brother riding his fame… sad … just a cover band, and no where near the real skynard caliber. 🫤🫤

[@bodavis9586]

He’s not riding his fame he’s paying tribute to his brother and the fallen members. He’s helping keep the Skynyrd legacy alive

[@jacksonshaddox1560]

Same difference really at this point

[@jesseserna8424]

I look at it like this, kin folks keep the family tradition going like Hank jr..😉

[@WilmaWoods-j1y]

But people still come out to see them Still a demand so obviously doing something right

[@chuckharst8676]

True. Not Skynard. No original left.

[@darrinmiller4391]

I agree with the other guy. 'Skynyrd ceased to exist on October 20, 1977. These guys are a cover band who have no right to call themselves Lynyrd Skynyrd. If they went by another name I could support their effort to make a buck, but what they are doing is musical blasphemy. They should be ashamed, especially Ronnie's brother. It's just sad.

[@ConfusedGoldfish-du7pq]

You guys got no shame you're singing a song that's 50 years old by another band and you're calling yourself the same name as they were I mean boys you're not Lynyrd Skynyrd it's nice to keep the songs alive but I'd rather put on my LP and listen to it I'm sorry listen to the original guys that played the music I was blessed to see the original not saying you guys are probably the best cover band out their butt and then to do an unplugged version did some people just don't know no better but I'm telling you the fans like me from 50 years ago I'd like to think we do

[@liberalsrmentallyflawed3611]

Those acoustic guitars sounded like crap. Great name guitars, but sounded jangly and tinny. One would think they'd not perform with that sound..

[@davidhall1075]

SORRY THAT'S A REALLY BAD COVER BAND

[@nancyprianti2355]

Then why did you even watch ?? First 30 seconds of Ricky playing & I knew I’d love it. For a *Cover Band* they put on one hell of a live show !! Sorry Buddy but they ARE Skynyrd Nation at their finest !!!

[@dkjazzz]

Exactly

[@dkjazzz]

@@nancyprianti2355🙄

[@katherineskrzynecki3347]

I agree with you Nancy! WTH is wrong with people!!??!

[@pjdcstarwatch]

No original members. Cover band is all this is.

[@oranstelly5393]

Nobody bare foot...

[@zachwalentiny]

Rickey Medlocke is an original.

[@dkjazzz]

Exactly

[@dkjazzz]

@@zachwalentinyNo he’s not, just played on the first LP. Was never a member

[@Johndoe345-k2d]

@@zachwalentiny nope

[@kennycab3374]

Seen Skynyrd a dozen times, all after Johnny died. Always kick ass, but watching this was lame. Guess we all getting old. So sad, but I am guessing this is really not Skynyrd.

[@donaldporter6844]

Ronnie is the one who died--Johnny is the singer now and has been since 1987

[@GR8GTRFAN]

Seen the original group back in the 70's in Chi Town numerous times. Including their last show in Soldiers Field in 77. No other group sounded like them. And their last show in 77 was amazing. The best I've seen from them. What a loss! But it's the music now folks. The band has passed. I just appreciate the keepin on with their tunes. Heads up folks.

[@j.t.cooper2963]

NOT Skynyrd. Not a single original member.

[@Gambler56]

Gituars sounds cheap

[@bljjmjj]

The MUSIC of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Not Lynyrd Skynyrd !!

[@phillipherder4982]

Fake Lynyrd Skynyrd!

[@CleanWipe-y5v]

I got the pleasure to see the real band in 1974, and then again in 1983 years after the crash, I admire anyone trying to keep the legend alive, but the new folks in the Lynyrd Skynyrd band are just having fun, and that’s it 😅, kinda like Adam Lambert replacing Freddie Mercury with Queen, Lambert can sing 🎤, but that’s all 😊

[@kurtisloew108]

Sorry, just disappointing. Not very good at all. Would much rather hear the real acoustic tunes. Write About It, Am I Losin, I Never Dreamed, Four Walls of Raiford, Made In the Shade, Comin Home, ect.. Sorry but zero energy here

[@dkjazzz]

Nothing but a cover band , so pathetic 🙄

[@dkjazzz]

So pathetic 🙄 this is not Skynyrd

[@johnnyjones7442]

Keeping the train going. Long live the music.

[@Johndoe345-k2d]

Keeping the money train going.

[@johnnyjones7442]

@Jablome333 Yes sir

[@HappyEndins]

Without Allen n RVZ they jus good pickers