Lynyrd Skynyrd introduced a set packed stuffed with hits to the MidFlorida Credit score Union Amphitheatre on Saturday night in Tampa, Florida, for the second night time of their Sharp Dressed Easy Man tour with ZZ Prime. You’ll be able to see the entire set checklist and movies from the live performance beneath.
This marks the first main trek since founding Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington handed away in March. As ZZ Prime’s Billy Gibbons shared throughout a dialog with UCR, the late rocker’s presence was palpable. “He’s nonetheless with us in no small phrases,” Gibbons defined. “All of these guys, you realize, it’s that Skynyrd factor. They dwell on.”
The bond between the 2 bands is straight away obvious, talking to the person members.
“We love these guys they usually’ve been mates of ours for years. We did eleven months again in 2000 collectively, so all of us turned mates,” Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist Johnny Van Zant tells UCR throughout a separate interview. “We opened up in West Palm and from the primary [note], I went, ‘The gang’s right here they usually need to see some good rock and roll tonight.’ It was an incredible present. Final night time, Billy was on the aspect of the stage throughout ‘Free Chook,’ each him and his spouse. Hell, I used to be out watching them — they opened up final night time in Tampa. So I used to be watching these guys play final night time. We’re followers of one another and never solely that, they’re brothers too.”
Skynyrd set the temper for the night time proper from their first track, “Workin’ for MCA.” It is an emphatic opener, and a calculated transfer by the Southern rock legends. “We’re from the west aspect of Jacksonville,” Van Zant chuckles. “Everytime you’re going to punch any individual, you punch ‘em fast. That’s what you do with that track. As a result of from the primary word, it says, ‘Okay, we’re right here!’”
Different set highlights included “Tuesday’s Gone” (devoted to Rossington), together with the such timeless classics as “Easy Man” and “Candy Residence Alabama.”
The Sharp Dressed Easy Man tour will proceed via the summer season, concluding Sept. 17 in New Jersey.
Watch Lynyrd Skynyrd Carry out ‘Workin’ for MCA’ in Tampa
Watch Lynyrd Skynyrd Carry out ‘That Odor’ in Tampa
Watch Lynyrd Skynyrd Carry out ‘Saturday Evening Particular’ in Tampa
Watch Lynyrd Skynyrd Carry out ‘Tuesday’s Gone’ in Tampa
Watch Lynyrd Skynyrd Carry out ‘Name Me the Breeze’ in Tampa
Lynyrd Skynyrd, MidFlorida Credit score Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, Florida, 7/22/23
1. “Workin’ for MCA”
2. “Skynyrd Nation”
3. “What’s Your Title”
4. “That Odor”
5. “Whiskey Rock-a-Curler”
6. “The Needle and the Spoon”
7. “Saturday Evening Particular”
8. “The Ballad of Curtis Loew”
9. “I Know a Little”
10. “Tuesday’s Gone” (devoted to Gary Rossington)
11. “Easy Man”
12. “Gimme Three Steps”
13. “Name Me the Breeze” (J.J. Cale cowl)
14. “Candy Residence Alabama”
15. “Free Chook”
Prime 25 Southern Rock Albums
For all of its woolly, trapped-in-the-’70s imagery, the style has confirmed surprisingly resilient.
:contrast(5):saturation(1.16)/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fa521a821-8701-47e1-a6c6-ab251c2e75ff "Razzie Awards 2025: Cate Blanchett scores rare nomination during awards season")
