Southern rock was around before Lynyrd Skynyrd ... nuanced as Skynyrd in their prime. Several years after the accident (which occurred just days after they released one of their best LPs ...

UNITED STATES - JUNE 01: USA Photo of Ed KING and Artimus PYLE and Gary ROSSINGTON and LYNYRD ... [+] SKYNYRD and Billy POWELL ... collection of popular songs is back—and on multiple lists ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd would become one of the best-known Southern rock bands thanks to songs such as "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home ...

never wanted the music to die with him," Medlocke says about the late Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar player. "He wanted the band to continue on and to take all those great songs and all that great music.