skynyrd

you remember them right?

where to begin how about right here and now

I'm watching a recorded concert of the current  skynyrd  tribute band

and sipping bourbon

gary rossington's still there

looks like billy powell too

and of course johnny van zandt

the less talented brother nonetheless serving up a credible job

I fucking love it

rickey medlocke has been with the band for twelve years and he said

it seems like forever

seems his sprout named shorty after his dad

has the third guitar spot and does a damn fine job of it

rickey used to think he was gonna be the next lynyrd skynyrd

when he led blackfoot and wrote a few cool songs

now he's in the band

I need to replenish my supply of skynyrd music because it is sadly lacking

every cool wrocking guy of a certain age owned the live one and prolly wore it out

I think I'll put them number six on my list

every contemporary country band  is largely indebted to skynyrd

they played cool wrocking (can you tell I love this phrase?  I stole it from the boss)

country tunes that everyone loved

the drive-by truckers wrote a tribute of sorts called southern rock opera

in which they wove the tale of their band and that of the skyn boys

not surprisingly it's their best one two full discs

if you don't have it go get it

or I guess you could ask me for it

there was more I was gonna say but I need a smoke and a piss