Southern By the Grace of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour, Vol. 1 [Digipak]

Performer: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Engineer: Pat Farrell; Vickie Lancaster; Paul Christensen; Pete Greene; Steve Melton
Distributor: n/a

Notes: Lynyrd Skynyrd: Randall Hall (vocals, guitar); Leon Wilkeson (vocals, bass); Johnny Van Zant, Donnie Van Zant (vocals); Ed King (guitar, Yamaha DX7, synthesizer); Gary Rossington, Jeff Carlisi, Toy Caldwell (guitar); Billy Powell (piano, organ, Yamaha DX7, synthesizer); Artimus Pyle (drums); Dale Krantz Rossington, Carol Bristow (background vocals). Additional personnel: Charlie Daniels (vocals, fiddle); Donnie Van Zandt (vocals); Steve Morse, Toy Caldwell, Jeff Carlisi (guitar). Muscle Shoals Horn Section: Ronnie Eades, Harvey Thompson. Recorded at Omega Audio & Productions and Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas, Starwood Ampitheatre, Nashville Tennessee in October & November, 1987. Personnel: Randall Hall (vocals, guitar); Charlie Daniels (vocals, fiddle); Donnie Van Zant, Johnny Van Zant, Leon Wilkeson (vocals); Gary Rossington, Jeff Carlisi, Steve Morse, Toy Caldwell, Ed King (guitar); Don Taylor (saxophone); Billy Powell (piano, organ); Artimus Pyle (drums). To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and Dean Killpatrick, Lynyrd Skynyrd regrouped for a very successful reunion tour in 1987. Such special guests as Steve Morse and Charlie Daniels (as well as Johnny Van Zandt filling in for his late brother, Ronnie), joined such Skynyrd veterans as Artimus Pyle, Bill Powell, Leon Wilkeson, and Gary Rossington, which is all captured on 1988's SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD. While SOUTHERN is not on par with the original Skynyrd concert classic, ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD, it is a fun collection nonetheless--you can't go wrong with such FM radio staples as "That Smell," "What's Your Name," "Gimme Back My Bullets," "Sweet Home Alabama," and "Freebird."

During their 1970s heyday, Lynryd Skynyrd emerged as the preeminent practitioners of Southern rock. Their triple-guitar attack and country-tinged songs carved a permanent spot on the playlists of classic rock radio. Since its first release in 1973 their epic hit "Freebird" has received more airplay than anything this side of "Stairway to Heaven." The tragic deaths of visionary lead guitarist Steven Gaines and lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zandt in a 1977 plane crash cut down the band at its peak; but after parting ways for several years, the surviving members re-formed the group, with Van Zandt's little brother Johnny at the helm.

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