Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash and ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons are among the many artists who will honor Lynyrd Skynyrd throughout the CMT Music Awards.
Joining the guitarists for the efficiency might be Wynonna Judd, Allman Brothers Band members Chuck Leavell and Warren Haynes, Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers, nation singer Cody Johnson and LeAnn Rimes.
According to Billboard, “Johnson and Rodgers will [sing] lead vocals with Gibbons, with Slash and Haynes on electric guitar for a one-time-only performance of a pair of timeless Lynyrd Skynyrd hits.” They additionally famous that “Rimes and Judd will fill the role of the Honkettes,” the ladies singers that backed Lynyrd Skynyrd throughout their rise to fame.
Regarded as a pioneer within the Southern rock style, Lynyrd Skynyrd started life underneath the title My Backyard in 1964. The group minimize its enamel enjoying golf equipment all through the South, honing a sound that merged influences from nation, blues and British rock.
The CMT tribute celebrates the band’s debut album, (Pronounced ‘Leh-‘nerd ‘Skin-‘nerd), launched in 1973. The group’s final surviving unique member, guitarist Gary Rossington, died on March 5 on the age of 71. Billboard notes that Rossingston’s spouse will attend the CMT Music Awards, together with present Skynyrd members Johnny Van Zant and Rickey Medlocke.
The CMT Music Awards will air on April 2 at 8 p.m. on CBS and stream on Paramount+. Other performers introduced for the present embrace the Black Crowes, Carrie Underwood and Ashley McBryde.
Meanwhile, Lynyrd Skynyrd stays on the street celebrating the band’s fiftieth anniversary. In July they’ll be a part of forces with ZZ Top for the Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour, with dates stretching by way of September.
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