From Jacksonville, Florida, so Southern US
Honors[edit]
In 2004,
Rolling Stone magazine ranked the group No. 95 on their list of the "
100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
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On November 28, 2005, the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that Lynyrd Skynyrd would be inducted alongside
Black Sabbath,
Blondie,
Miles Davis, and the
Sex Pistols.
[59] They were inducted in the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel in
Manhattan on March 13, 2006 during the Hall's 21st annual induction ceremony. The inductees included
Ronnie Van Zant,
Allen Collins,
Gary Rossington,
Ed King,
Steve Gaines,
Billy Powell,
Leon Wilkeson,
Bob Burns, and
Artimus Pyle.
[60]
Tributes[edit]
- In 2010, another country tribute album was produced, primarily by Jay Joyce, titled Sweet Home Alabama – The Country Music Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This album features a more modern country flavor than the 1994 tribute, featuring Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Eric Church, Eli Young Band, Uncle Kracker, Ashley Ray, Randy Montana, and Shooter Jennings.[61]
- Ronnie Van Zant's widow, Judy Van Zant Jenness, operates a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute website for the educational purpose of sharing the original Lynyrd Skynyrd band's history,[62] as well as Freebird Live, a live music venue in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.[citation needed]
- The Drive-By Truckers dedicated their album Southern Rock Opera (2001) to Lynyrd Skynyrd.[citation needed]
- A monument in Magnolia, MS, 400 yards from the plane crash, was constructed in honor of the deceased members. It is located off of I-55 near the Louisiana/Mississippi border at exit 8. The surviving families of the deceased attended the opening of the monument.[citation needed]
Biopic[edit]
On April 4, 2017, a biopic film project was announced. The film was later entitled
Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash[63] and released in June 2020.
[64]
On March 13, 2018, filmmaker
Stephen Kijak premiered his documentary called, "If I Leave Here Tomorrow"
[65] at the Stateside Theater during the
South by Southwest (SXSW)
[66] festival in Austin, Texas. Kijak was joined on stage by Johnny Van Zant and Gary Rossington at the world premiere to speak to fans about the film.
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