![]() What do you think of the changing music scene? I’ve been a part of that, I feel very fortunate and blessed to be a part of rock music history.” I think when you’re a band that’s been around as long as we have, it’s a great thing to be a part of history. It’s gone real well and we’ve had a lot of success with it. We just finished our sixth record together just about 2 ½ years ago, Last of a Dyin’ Breed. Then when Hughy Thomasson (of The Outlaws) joined, he came in January, right before me, so all four of us have been writing songs. Gary (Rossington) and Johnny (Van Zant) had already been a songwriting team. I had been a songwriter in my band Blackfoot for many years. You were brought back to be a songwriter in addition to playing guitar in the 1990’s? We should learn to get along and stop all the bickering.” So I wouldn’t know what it is to be racist because I wasn’t raised that way. My Grandaddy Shorty used to play Mississippi and Delta blues for Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington and Allen Collins when they would come over and sit on our porch. Ronnie Van Zant loved the blues, he loved listening to blues music. So I refuse to answer questions about the flag, because it ain’t about racism to the guys. My father’s side is Lakota Sioux Indians, and my mother side is Creek Indians, Cherokee Indians, Scottish and Irish. Back not too many years ago, they took land from us and now out of the goodness of your heart, you’ve given us this? You took it out of force. I come from a long line of Native Americans. "I think too much importance is placed on that. How do you respond to the racial controversy regarding the Confederate flag as part of your logo? ![]() Medlocke (pictured at right) took a minute to speak with Palm Springs Life while appearing at Stagecoach Music Festival recently. Now after 18 consecutive years, and almost 22 being part of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Medlocke has seen it all and is “grateful and blessed” for still being part of “musical history”. In March of 1996, he was back in the band. By1995, Medlocke re-joined the Lynyrd Skynyrd group in Atlanta for the movie premiere of Freebird, and was part of an All-Star jam at The Fox Theater the night before. In 1987, remaining members of Lynyrd Skynyrd decided to carry on with Johnny Van Zant, Ronnie’s younger brother, taking over as lead vocalist. The band ended that day, or so everyone thought. In 1977, a horrible plane crashed killed lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt and two other band members. After a few years he departed and began his own southern rock group, Blackfoot, but remained close friends with Skynyrd as the years passed. In the early 1970’s, Medlocke joined Lynyrd Skynyrd as a second drummer. He grew up in Florida with the guys that were to become a legendary country rock band. Rickey Medlocke has been a part of it all. Sign up for our Events Newsletter.Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, this band has outlasted more trials and tribulations than any other band left standing. Get our top picks for the best events in San Antonio every Thursday morning. 9-26 at the AT&T Center Freeman Coliseum Fairgrounds, are on sale now. Here's the full list of performers released so far: Those include "Blue Ain't Your Color" country music singer Keith Urban and Lynyrd Skynyrd, perhaps the most prominent band in Southern rock. The annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo announced a partial music line-up for this year's exhibition, featuring a litany of big names. In San Antonio, it's never too early to start thinking about the rodeo. Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd is slated to perform at San Antonio's AT&T Center as part of the 2023 Stock Show and Rodeo on Feb.
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