Southern By the Grace of God [Live]

Lynyrd Skynyrd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: March 21, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002O8D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,230 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #10 in Music > Pop > Tributes
  • #55 in Music > Classic Rock > Southern Rock

Editorial Reviews

Recorded at Omega Audio & Productions and Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas, Starwood Ampitheatre, Nashville Tennessee in October & November, 1987. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and Dean Killpatrick, Lynyrd Skynyrd regrouped for a very successful reunion tour in 1987. Such special guests as Steve Morse and Charlie Daniels (as well as Johnny Van Zandt filling in for his late brother, Ronnie), joined such Skynyrd veterans as Artimus Pyle, Bill Powell, Leon Wilkeson, and Gary Rossington, which is all captured on 1988's SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD. While SOUTHERN is not on par with the original Skynyrd concert classic, ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD, it is a fun collection nonetheless--you can't go wrong with such FM radio staples as "That Smell," "What's Your Name," "Gimme Back My Bullets," "Sweet Home Alabama," and "Freebird. Universal. 2005. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lynyrd Skynyrd Turns It Up One More Time, November 8, 1999

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This review is from: Southern By the Grace of God (Audio CD)

The CD which was recorded on the 1987 Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute tour commerorates the tenth anniversary of the plane crash that took the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and Dean Killpatrick. Sure the CD doesn't contain all of the songs that the video: THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD TRIBUTE TOUR contains, but the songs it contains make up for what is loss. Included is an introduction by Lacy Van Zant, a "Sweet Home Alabama" featuring Donnie Van Zant and Charlie Daniels, and a breath taking instrumental version of "Freebird" which will stop your heart if you listen to it closely enough. Billy Powell and Artimus Pyle, two older members put their heart and soul in to bringing back memories as do the new ones...also Allen Collins cheers from the sides. Overall this CD may not be as significant or as loaded as "One More From The Road" or "Lyve From Steel Town," but it's still great.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lynyrd Skynyrd "Live" "The Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour" = A Great "Come-back" Album 10 Years After the Fatefull Crash of 1977!!, October 24, 2009

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Gary Covington "Southern Rocker" (Louisiana, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern By the Grace of God (Audio CD)

This tour was conducted & recorded during 1987, 10 years after the fatefull plane crash of October, 1977. It was recorded live in several different cities. You can here Johnny addressing the various audiences from the various cities. The Master of Ceremonies is Lacy Van Zant (Ronnie,Donnie, & Johnny's Daddy). I wore out 2 casette tapes of this when it was originally released in 1988.

So, now I have the CD version.

The line-up:

Johnny Van Zant - lead vocals

Gary Rossington - guitar

Ed King - guitar/vocals

Leon Wilkeson - bass

Billy Powell - keyboards

Artimus Plye - drums

Dale Kranz Rossington -back-up vocals

Carol Bristow - back up vocals

Allen Collins -Arrangement Consultant

Ronnie Eades - Muscle Shoals Horn Section

Harvey Thompson -Muscle Shoals Horn Section

Lacy Van Zant - Master of Ceremonies

Special Appearances by:

Charlie Daniels - Fiddle, vocals

Steve Morse - guitar

Toy Caldwell (of the Marshall Tucker Band) -guitar

Jeff Carlisi - guitar

Donnie Van Zant - vocals

The song set:

1.Introduction by Lacy Van Zant/Workin for MCA

2.That Smell

3.I Know a Little

4.Comin' Home

5.You Got That Right

6.What's Your Name

7.Gimme Back My Bullets

8.Swamp Music

9.Call Me the Breeze

10.Dixie/Sweet Home Alabama

11.Freebird (Johnny refused to sing this song, he said only one man could sing this song on stage, and that was his brother the late/great Ronnie Van Zant. Johnny hung Ronnie's hat on the Microphone, and walked off. So, what you get is an excellent Instrumental Tribute to the band members who were killed in the crash. At the begining Johnny says this one goes out to Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, & Dean Kilpatrick.)

There is a dvd version of this included in the "Freebird the Movie"/Lynyrd Skynrd Tribute Tour" DVD. This tribute tour & band eventually became the continuance of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and they are still recording and touring today. This one's for the "true fan". Thanks!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Album, December 16, 2011

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Dennis Carter (Manchester Tn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southern By the Grace of God (Audio CD)

This is a Wonderful Album i highly recommend it Some of the songs were recorded in Dallas Texas, My Brother and I were there that night they put on one hell of a concert i hope you enjoy it as much as I do,