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No Singer? No Problem! Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Old Singer: Ronnie Van Zant
New Singer: Johnny Van Zant

A plane crash might've claimed the life of their frontman, but Skynyrd's Southern-fried survivalism simply refused to go down with him. They brought in Ronnie's brother Johnny to take over lead vocals – while wordlessly getting the message across that Ronnie could never be replaced by topping an unused mic stand onstage with one of the late singer's ubiquitous hats.

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Gen

What, no comments from anybody? Sorry but even though they might still be together, as far as I'm concerned, nobody can replace Ronnie. And his brother knows it, too. That's why in the middle of Freebird, they place a spotlight on an empty mic and just let it go. I always thought that was awesome. Paying respect, even all these years later. Fuckin' right.

August 13 2008 at 10:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Mr. Campbell

yeah man no offense but they havent done that in maybe 15 years. Johnnie belts it out. Now as i die hard Skynyrd fan, i wish they would still do the instumental version, but yeah thats a no go now.

September 15 2008 at 1:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply