(pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd)

Every time I get the blues, I know all I gotta do is put on some Skynyrd and I know I'll feel better. Thank you for impacting my life in a way I can't explain and in a way nothing else can.

It is nearing the end of summer here in Wisconsin, Madison to be exact. Madison is a college town that boasts a lot of beer drinking and hell raising fun...and most recently, too much heroin on the run...
Last week while I was out at the the Tenney Park Locks, playing tennis, enjoying the summer sun, I noticed a boat passing on the waterways of Lake Mendota with a huge, an I mean huge, banner flag of the old confederate flag...cross bars and stars being paraded as the boat motored its way past the lake goers sitting from their deck chairs fishing. For some strange reason, I thought about Ronnie Van Zant and Skynyrd's T-shirts I bought from my last concert. The T-shirt had the confederate flag bars and the skull bones. My T-shirt was a beautiful carribean blue until it faded out to a light teal blue after so many washings. It was the T-shirt that I wore nearly a whole year to mourn the passing of Ronnie Van Zant. And, as memory would have it, just this week as I was driving down east Johnson St here in Madison, WI, I saw a hip looking dude wearing a rounded, black brim-rolled hat, the type of black, brim-rolled hat that Ronnie Van Zant signified, and boom, I remembered the album cover... Van Zant wasn't wearing his signature black brim-roll hat on the cover of "Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd." Listen, we didn't hear of any rumours about the rain or lightning regarding the album cover, but we did hear, and we have heard one of the best Skynyrd albums produced since the Confederate--rain or shine!

MaryElla

is it true that steve disigned the cover art and took the picture just befor it rained and was every one mad at him for makeing them stand there untill the lightning dicided to strike? seg

I used to live in Dubai United Arab Emirates for 2 years. I can remember being on the roof of my building where the pool was and jamminng out to my 3 box set. One of the songs that stood out to me was "All I can do is write about it" , "Comin Home", "Am I losing" (I would cry as I was so home sick) then dance to "Georgia Peaches" Swamp music" and "I ain't the one". My Mom says I am Ronnies illegitamate child-- all I know your music is part of who I am.
I am truly proud to be one of your greatest fans.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 401 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, having sold an estimated 2 million units internationally. Linenstore-uk: A wonderful collection of Kids bedding for cots and cot beds, wall borders stickers murals wallpapers and wall art, childrens duvet covers and curtains for boys and girls dream bed rooms.

I remember Lynyrd Skynyrd's performance at the Milwaukee Arena way back in 1976. It was a spectacular show with Ronnie van Zant bringing the crowd and the band together. Ronnie van Zant performed barefoot on stage with some of the best southern vocal chords ever played on his band's guitars. The crowd at the Arena became so mesmerized van Zant told us to ..." hey, y'all are great...take it easy... I ain't worked up a sweat, yet...!" And, during one of their songs (Saturday Night Special, I think) van Zant called out his "mules" to play for all the "rock 'n rollers" in the house! Well, "great Lord of mercies" we really had a time with the band, to say the least, with those suthern guitars, pianos, and Ronnie van Zant serenading sections of the Arena crowd.
When he came over and looked up at me during this sectacular performance, and began singing to me--I was close enough to the stage to look directly in his eyes--and I knew that would be the last time I'd ever see him perform.

It was about 4 am when I got the news about the plane crash. I was listening to
WQFM radio in Milwaukee (Marty, the D.J. with the perfect white teeth and manners!). As I listened to the details, I imagined the plane crash i n a clay dirt covered area somewhere in the southeast...from the reports. It was one of the saddest mornings of my life when I remembered Ronnie van Zant performing barefoot at the Milwaukee Arena with Skynyrd..."Tuesday's Gone With Wind."
A performance I'll never forget and a suthern band whose courage to record and perform their own authentic style was incredible. I can still see Ronnie's eternal eyes and those naturally beautiful bare feet as he and the band gave us a show that was so wonderfully powerful...


Mary Ella

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HAVE HAD THIS ALBUM SINCE DAY ONE ITS THE BEST AND THE TRUE SKYNARD..HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN....AND WAS SO FORTUNATE TO SPEND A LOT OF SPECIAL TIME WITH LEON...WILL ALWAYS LOVE THAT MAN...REMEMBERING AFTER PARTYS WITH THE BAND IN ST. LOUIS..I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET THOSE DAYS THE BEST TIME EVER FOR ME WHAT A PRIVALEGE..LOVE YOU SOUTHERN BOYS..SANDEE

Still have this album. Bought it when it was first released,heard it a Musicland store, loved the sound and have been a Skynyrd fan ever since!!