Sad news for Lynyrd Skynyrd fans...

[jude]

...as Leon Wilkeson passed away today. Current reports state it was death by natural causes. I'm going to play a few tunes by them today in his memory.

News clipping

 

[acidtripwow]

That's too bad man. With songs like "Free Bird", "That Smell", "Gimme 3 Steps", and "What's Your Name" these guys rocked! I'll light one up for them tonight...

 

[mbriant]

I stopped paying attention to them after Ronnie Van Zant died. Had no idea they were still going. They were a great band.

 

[grrr223]

Wow, this is kinda scary. So, after having spent several hundred dollars on CDs this summer and getting fed up with high prices and now this copy-protection incident, I just bought a CD-burner. And I decided I had given the record industry enough of my money, so aside from classical and jazz CDs from places like Naxos, Telarc, and Chesky, I wasn't going to buy any more CDs. Well, I was at CVS buying my little brother a birthday card and I saw MCA has released 20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection, a bunch of greatest hits albums of a very eclectic selection of artists they have from Steppenwolf to Judy Garland. Anyway, I couldn't resist the $9.99 price on the Lynyrn Skynyrd disc, so I bought it. Kinda spooky I guess that I happened to buy this CD on the day this guy died.

 

[mbriant]

I read in today's paper that they are going to resume their tour on August 11 in Las Vegas. The rest of the tour will be considered a "tribute" to Leon Wilkeson.