Lynyrd Skynyrd Audiobook By Gene Odom, Frank Dorman - contributor cover art

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

By: Gene Odom, Frank Dorman - contributor
Narrated by: Arthur Flavell
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In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager Ronnie Van Zant and some of his friends hatched the idea of forming a band to play covers of the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Yardbirds, and the country and blues-rock music they had grown to love. Naming their band after Leonard Skinner, the gym teacher at Robert E. Lee Senior High School who constantly badgered the long-haired aspiring musicians to get haircuts, they were soon playing gigs at parties, and bars throughout the South. During the next decade Lynyrd Skynyrd grew into the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful of the rock bands to emerge from the South since the Allman Brothers. Their hits "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama" became classics. Then, at the height of its popularity in 1977, the band was struck with tragedy - a plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and two other band members.

For the fans who have purchased a cumulative 35 million copies of Lynyrd Skynyrd's albums and continue to pack concerts today, Lynyrd Skynyrd is a celebration of an immortal American band.

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Critic reviews

"Van Zant dominates the book, and the authors effectively show both his hard-drinking, brawling side, and his softer touches." (Publishers Weekly)

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I enjoyed this. Held my interest and is well written. Worth a listen if you liked anything about the band.

Great Story, Great Band

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Loved learning all this new info about LS. Miss this group. Gene has so many stories he shares. So glad Gene is still giving us new videos and old stories on his YouTube channel, Hangin Out with Gene Odom. This book he wrote is so worth buying and reading or listening too.

Great book

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this was a great book as I was listening to it it brought back so many memories from the 70s I miss Ronnie I miss Lynyrd Skynyrd excellent weather

real music

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I've read other books on Skynyrd before, but this is the best. Straightforward and honest, this is the closest version of one of the greatest bands in the world.

A tragic sorry, but honestly told

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Great book. Don’t believe the negative review by V. Elliot. Tells a nice story of a great band.

Fuck V. Elliot

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