Skynyrd fans: 2-CD "Lyve" in stores tomorrow

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Looks like it's the CD equivalent of the DVD of the same name, which was one hot show. Rickey Medlocke had a stage presence like AC-DC's Angus Young...shot out of a cannon, all over the stage...the show is from July 11, 2003 at the AmSouth Amphitheatre in Nashville...my birthday, WA-HOOO.

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Disc 1
1. That’s How I Like It
2. What’s Your Name
3. I Know A Little
4. Pick ‘Em Up
5. Simple Man
6. That Smell
7. Red White & Blue
8. Down South Jukin’
9. Gimme Back My Bullets
10. Double Trouble
11. The Ballad Of Curtis Loew
12. Tuesday’s Gone
13. Mississippi Kid

Disc 2
1. Workin'
2. Gimme Three Steps
3. Call Me The Breeze
4. Sweet Home Alabama
5. The Way
6. Free Bird

[Bluzmann57]

1. I used to love Skynyrd

but they are a band that needs to give it up and enjoy retirement. Billy Powell and Gary Rossington are the only two left. All of the others are dead or disappeared. Is Ed King still with them? Artimus Pyle? Burns? They are a shell of themselves now. And I find it sad. Kind of like an athlete who doesn't know when its over.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

2. This show was pretty good, though...

...maybe not "One More From The Road" caliber, but the best since the reformation.

Ed King made a comment once that "you were on the plane or you weren't"...and he wasn't...so he never felt completely "accepted" after re-joining. The band said he left due to health issues / heart problems, but it seemed to go deeper than that.

Skynyrd put considerable distance between themselves and Artimus Pyle once the child molestation allegations hit the press. I don't know the details (and don't want to / need to know them), but once the story hit the headlines he was out of the band and never spoken of again.

They did get sued by Judy Van Zandt, Ronnie's widow, because there is supposedly a legal agreement on the books that "Lynyrd Skynyrd" would only exist if three original members remained in the band. When Leon died and they continued, she sued...and apparently, Rossington & Powell won.

[Rebellious Republican]

4. Ahh but you are wrong about Artimus Pyle Bluzmann57....

Artimus is still kicking, he is anything but disappeared he and Mike Estes are still putting out viable music. Yes Artimus occaisonally does stuff with Skynyrd, he has written several songs recorded on Skynyrd CDs. He has his own Project called All Points Bulletin, along with Mike Estes (former Skynyrd Guitarist 1993-96)have toured recently in and recorded a live CD from Europe. He also has among other talented members of APB, a killer blues guitarist named Greg Baril. This guy is awesome, I highly recomend you check their music out before you give up on them. Seriously good jams, I live in Florida and Artimus is based out of Jacksonville. I used to live in a very small community called Cedar Key,Fl. APB used to hangout and play in a small bar there called the L&M. Its a really small layed back community, they would come there to relax and are friends with the L&M's manager. They would stay at her house, she happens to also be the best cook in Cedar Key. Artimus is a pretty down to earth person and does not act like he used to belong to one of the greatest american rock bands to ever grace a stage. If you were to ever get a chance to see them perform live you would also be glad that they have not decided to enjoy their retirement. There is still a lot of good rock and roll left in these old dudes. I have provided some links to their sites. Enjoy!

http://www.apbband.com/
All Points Bulletin
APB's Background
Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer, Artimus Pyle, started APB in 1981 after recovering from the plane crash and signed the band with MCA. After twenty years and several versions of APB, Pyle has focused his energy on music that feels right and makes him proud. Music that is soul soothing, foot stomping, & home spun.

What more could be said about Artimus that isn't already known? He is the one and only Artimus Pyle, the driving force of APB. His heart and his history are poured out on stage for every performance. He sincerely carries the torch in loving memory of his dear friends, Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines, & Leon Wilkeson to help their spirits and songs they performed together, live on forever. Once you've heard APB, you'll feel better & want more.


Two early APB songs are featured on the recently released Lynyrd Skynyrd CD called "Solo Flytes". Artimus is particularly proud of this CD because he wrote "Makes More Rock". "Red Hot Light" is also featured on the CD


Greg Baril
http://www.gregbaril.com/
Having opened for such greats as, Stevie Ray Vaughn, B. B. King, Muddy Waters, and Derek Trucks, Greg has stood on his own as one to be reckoned with. Whether playing before a crowd of 25 or 2500, Greg plays the blues with a style and grace that can be described anywhere from gut- wrenching, to soul searching.

Born and raised in Connecticut, Greg started playing guitar at an early age. He started out playing with local groups in his home state, playing different kinds of music. Later, as his talent and abilities matured, Greg found his heart in the blues music of the likes of Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, and Albert, and Freddie King. In the 80's Greg relocated to the Sunshine State and proceeded to knock the socks off the local music scene. His reputation for kick-ass blues is known all over. Definitely one of the most-underrated talents in America.

Gregg at the L&M in Cedar Key, Fl.


Artimus at the House of Blues, Orlando, FL


Mike Estes

Mike and Gregg


Picture taken of the MCA Records award
presentation of 23 Million Total Records Sold
August 23, 2001.

[rucky]

3. Y'm so excyted I could just shyte. nt

[Zomby Woof]

5. "The Way" is a great song

I think Medlocke (who was a member of the band back in the Muscle Shoals demo days in 1971, played drums and sang) is the much-needed liberal influence of old, countering the bullshit vibe of "Red, White, & Blue". On "The Way", he wrote "that ain't the Constitution they wrote for me, got our heads stuck in something deep way overseas, while we're here waist-deep in hypocrisy." Johhny is too dumb to know what Medlocke is slipping in his songs... That and "Mad Hatter" are the only worthwhile cuts on "Vicious Cycle".

I am the biggest Skynyrd fan on DU, bar none. I can't tell you how many posts I have gone to the mat for them. But ever since Leon died, it has been hard to get excited about them, and although I will get this album, it doesn't do for me what a good collection of Ronnie's outtakes does. "Collectybles" and the "Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Recordings" are the best releases under their name since "Street Survivors".

After "Red, White, & Blue", I wanted Ronnie to rise up from his grave and kick his little brother's ass. Ronnie was patriotic, not jingoistic. Take a look at his Vietnam references in the classic work. Sad times since Leon died. It is harder to defend the Johnny-led material these days.

Ah well... as Warren Zevon sang, "won't you play that dead band's song... turn those speakers up full blast, play it all night long..."

(Side note: Artimus was acquitted of those charges, which were the results of a vengeful ex-spouse. Unfortunately, he is tainted while a real molester like Michael Jackson pays millions to go free.)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. Medlocke is the "True Grit" of the band right now...

...you mention that you're going to get the CD but not if you've seen the DVD version. What impressed me was Medlocke's energy, attitude, sheer power for a guy who's no longer a kid and decided not to "phone in" his performance, as many guys his age might. I think, unfortunately, that this concert needs to be seen and not simply heard.

I bought the DVD of "Tribute Tour / Freebird: The Movie" and was dismayed to see that the transfer looks like a straight dub of the VHS tape...but the final "Day On The Green" performance of "Free Bird" supports what you're saying here. It pretty much blows away the "Tribute Tour" half of the DVD.

Leon and that whole "Leon Russell / Mad Hatter" vibe...a big piece of the band's personality is gone and could never be replaced.

"Red, White & Blue"...not their best work. Every once in a while Johnny makes the mistake of trying to tap into his brother's "populist" vibe.

Oui Magazine, when it was owned by Hugh Hefner, ran a piece on Skynyrd's penchant for getting drunk and throwing punches. In the article, Ronnie and Gary had spotted a "hippie" and his girlfriend in a bar, and apparently Gary said something like "you could get her," which Ronnie took as a challenge, and another bar fight was born. The hippie, according to the article, knew how to punch as well as Ronnie and Gary. That bothered Ronnie more than the fact that he was a hippie.

I think of Ronnie and I think of Jack Nicholson's classic line from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," in which he's asked "Do you know why you were sent here," and he replies "I guess it's because I fight and f**k too much."

"Gimme Three Steps" indeed.

And finally, Artimus...the "vengeful ex-spouse" makes sense, especially when you consider the fact that the allegations were made about his own kids. I've seen his Web Site and know that he's still making music, which is what matters. If half of what he said in the VH-1 "Behind The Music" episode is true regarding his efforts to go for help after the crash, he deserves a lot more respect than he's been given. However, life seems to be good for him right now, so I guess it all balances itself out eventually...

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