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scampr · #11 07-07-2008, 04:22 AM

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Of the 200+ shows I've seen in the last 30 years, Three Days Grace in a small club in Seattle was one of the best in a looong time. Would love to see the new Skynyrd though. Did they play any of Medlocke's great tunes?

fsmak08 · #12 07-07-2008, 10:07 AM

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I totally agree! Seen them many of times and one of the best shows I have ever been to was last year with them and Hank Jr. Even though it isn't the orginals, his brother does sound alot like him.

idahotransplant · #13 07-07-2008, 11:11 AM

Every show they put on is somewhere around 3/4 greatest hits and a few songs from their last couple of albums thrown in. 2 of the 4 times I saw them they even played The Ballad of Curtis Loew.

scampr · #14 07-07-2008, 03:19 PM

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Obviously they have a great catalogue but Medlocke earned his six string too. They should throw in Train Train or Diary of A Workin' Man or Highway Song.

One or two songs would only take them and extra 8-10 minutes.

idahotransplant · #15 07-07-2008, 03:54 PM

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They could probably do a little .38 special too.

RaininFire · #16 07-07-2008, 09:09 PM

.38 Special was the first concert I ever went to when I was about 12. It rocked! Johnny does do well with the Skynyrd songs, but I don't know how would do on Train Train. I would like to hear it though.

RaininFire · #17 07-07-2008, 09:11 PM

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I'm also ashamed to say I've never seen Hank Jr. as many chances as I've had. I better get 'round to that.

Shasturbator · #18 07-18-2008, 08:38 AM

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I've seen them 3 times, but I have to admit Bad Company showed them up when they were touring together by putting on a much better show...and I don't even like Bad Company...

scampr · #19 07-18-2008, 02:51 PM

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When they toured with BadCo which lead singer fronted BadCo?

scampr · #20 07-18-2008, 03:05 PM

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Yes they would be. Skynyrd really speaks to a place within some people that a lot of other bands haven't tapped into quite so successfully. While unabashedly Southern. (hell their first huge single was basically a "fuck off" to Neil Young for the song Southern Man. "Hey he's our fucked up politician and we can talk shit about him but not you!") Their lyrics were an everyday working man tribute like John Mellencamp. But they rocked it up a bit more and still threw in enough steel guitar to keep pappy from getting too nervous if Daisy went to the show. The Free Bird intro could be any country band's riff from the 70s.

And yet as genius as the combination may seem for commercial success in the "red states" it's not contrived at all. They had the credibility because they lived the life. They were fairly humble men and they liked to party.

In reality the deaths probably held them back from being even more successful. The crash came at a horrible time for them career wise. And it took them out of the music making business for 15 years or so when they were really at their peak. Sure some of the guys tried their hands at a few things afterwards but they never had the magic that they all had together. And until the brothers could heal their own souls and imagine anyone following in big bro's bare-footsteps their legacy lay dormant. "Brickyard Road" the brothers tribute I think was the turning point. It's a beautiful goodbye and homage and after that Skynyrd was able to sort of reunite and find a way to write songs that for the most part remained true to their roots but with some growth and acknowledgement of the changes in the genre's they appealed to.

I actually think Skynryd would have been even more beloved if that horrible crash had never occurred