Classic rock can get a little melodramatic. For example, the lyrics of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” don’t warrant the tune’s over the top instrumental. The song was a hit but it missed the No. 1 spot.

Fifteen months after they last performed a live concert, Lynyrd Skynyrd returned to the stage on Friday to shake off the rust. The titans of Southern rock closed out Night One of the Pepsi Gulf Coast ...

"Free Bird" has been a rock anthem for more than half a century. It's been used in movies and TV shows, closed just about every Lynyrd Skynyrd concert ever played and burned out more than one ...

Former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle will co-write and produce a biopic about his life with the Southern rock band. The film, tentatively titled Free Bird, also focuses on one of the music’s ...

Guitarist Rickey Medlocke said Lynyrd Skynyrd's record label wasn't thrilled about issuing “Free Bird.” The single originally appeared on their 1973 debut album, reaching No. 19. Since then, it's ...

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - With apologies to NASA . . . Cleveland, Lynyrd Skynyrd Retirement Base: The "Free Bird" has landed.'' A week removed from the 49 th anniversary of Ohio native Neil Armstrong's ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Johnny Van Zant and guitarist Garry Rossington recalled the struggle to perform the band's signature song “Free Bird” during their comeback tour, 10 years after the plane crash ...

A Cher channel also debuted on satellite radio last week Lynyrd Skynyrd’s spotlight channel, “Free Bird,” is back on SirusXM through May 23. The Southern Rock Channel (30) will highlight music from ...

Continuing this week’s surge of farewell tour announcements, Lynyrd Skynyrd will launch its own farewell tour. Thursday’s announcement of the veteran Southern rock band’s “Last of the Street Survivors ...

During a year in which Lynyrd Skynyrd’s heritage is being widely celebrated, guitarist Gary Rossington says that, “I thank God every day that I’m so blessed to still be here and be around to see it.” ...

A black and white photo of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The ad appeared in the December 8, 1975 issue of Billboard and can be dated from that publication. It ran to promote the single release of "Gimme ...

The wind cut through Georgetown’s San Gabriel Park like a knife for Two Step Inn on Sunday. Texans bundled up in scarves, mittens and earmuffs to bear temps in the low 50s. Boots slipped on mud slicks ...