{"id":30598,"date":"2023-07-28T10:43:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T17:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=30598"},"modified":"2023-07-28T10:43:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T17:43:58","slug":"gary-would-want-skynyrd-to-carry-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/gary-would-want-skynyrd-to-carry-on\/","title":{"rendered":"GARY WOULD WANT SKYNYRD TO CARRY ON"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Founder member Gary Rossington\u2019s widow Dale gave her blessing for the legendary Southern rock band to continue.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30599\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rcm-pr-2023-07-28-01-737x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"833\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XUNqekDZGrk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nRock Candy Magazine Issue 39 Out Now Featuring LYNYRD SKYNYRD<\/p>\n<p>JULY 28, 2023 \u2014 Speaking exclusively to Rock Candy Mag as part of an in-depth 18-page Lynyrd Skynyrd story, lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant explains exactly how and why the band has decided to continue after the untimely death of founding member and guitarist Gary Rossington back in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGary\u2019s wife really sealed the deal,\u201d Johnny outlined to Rock Candy Mag editor Howard Johnson. \u201cDale has been singing backing vocals with Skynyrd for years and years, ever since the Tribute Tour that brought the band back together in 1987. And when Gary died, Dale said to me, \u2018This is what Gary did and he would want you guys to carry on.\u2019 So now more than ever I want to continue. Gary was out there carrying the legacy for the original guys \u2013 for Ronnie and Allen, for Billy and Leon \u2013 for so many years out of respect for what they did. Now I think he deserves the same kind of respect from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Skynyrd currently hitting the road for shows with ZZ Top, guitarist Rickey Medlocke is also quick to explain his desire to keep the band\u2019s legacy alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Gary passed it broke my heart,\u201d says Medlocke. \u201cIt really did. It\u2019s only now that I\u2019ve got to the point where I can talk about it and think about the good old days and all the good times we had together. So it\u2019s very emotional for me to get up on stage and play, and to look across and not see Gary doing his thing. But I believe it\u2019s important to keep Skynyrd\u2019s music alive and not let it just fade away. It\u2019s important for all of us to honour the memories of all the other guys who went before us in this band. I\u2019m just very proud and very honoured to be doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van Zant also says that live performance has always been at the very core of Lynyrd Skynyrd\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe records Skynyrd made were great, but Gary felt that in truth Skynyrd had always been about the live performance,\u201d he explains. \u201cNow we\u2019re no young turkeys, no spring chickens. But what I do know is that everyone still loves getting out there and playing the music. We feel like a family when we\u2019re out there together, and we all want to go out there again and really give Gary his due.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read our 18-page Lynyrd Skynyrd special, together with many other fascinating stories about RATT, Jethro Tull, Faster Pussycat, and Ronnie Montrose in issue 39 of Rock Candy Mag. For more details visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockcandymag.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.rockcandymag.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT ROCK CANDY MAG<\/strong><br \/>\nRock Candy Mag is a 100-page, full-colour bi-monthly rock mag, created in the UK. It covers the sights, sounds and smells from the greatest era in hard rock music, the \u201970s and \u201980s. The brainchild of: respected UK rock journalists Derek Oliver, Howard Johnson and Malcolm Dome \u2013 all frontline writers for the legendary Kerrang! magazine in the golden era.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rockcandymag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rockcandymag\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockcandymag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockcandymag\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockCandyMag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockCandyMag<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBjkpEXB53nRCs_yhEClGhg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBjkpEXB53nRCs_yhEClGhg<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For all inquiries, contact:<br \/>\nMICHAEL BRANDVOLD MARKETING &amp; MANAGEMENT<br \/>\nMichael Brandvold | me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael Brandvold is a freelance music industry consultant based in Northern California. Having launched Michael Brandvold Marketing to leverage his years of experience to provide direction to large and small clients in the areas of online &amp; social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael\u2019s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com\u2019s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael has also managed the online efforts for Jordan Rudess, Greg Kihn, KISS, ACCEPT, SOiL, Tantric, Killer Dwarfs, Dream Theater, Little Caesar, Narada Michael Walden, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you are interested in speaking with Michael about what he can do to assist with your marketing needs contact him online at\u00a0me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder member Gary Rossington\u2019s widow Dale gave her blessing for the legendary Southern rock band to continue. Rock Candy Magazine Issue 39 Out Now Featuring LYNYRD SKYNYRD JULY 28, 2023 \u2014 Speaking exclusively to Rock Candy Mag as part of an in-depth 18-page Lynyrd Skynyrd story, lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant explains exactly how and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":30599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3355],"tags":[3360,3362,3361,3363,3473,3472,3471,3470,2901,3375,3474],"class_list":["post-30598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-marketing-2","category-press-releases","tag-announcements","tag-client-announcements","tag-client-news","tag-client-press-releases","tag-dale-rossington","tag-gary-rossington","tag-johnny-van-zant","tag-lynyrd-skynyrd","tag-press-releases","tag-rock-candy-magazine","tag-southern-rock"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rcm-pr-2023-07-28-01-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30602,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30598\/revisions\/30602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}