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This service from the Lynyrd Skynyrd History website lists a selection of articles and writings concerning Lynyrd Skynyrd. While this list is by no means complete or absolute, it does provide an interesting overview of Skynyrd's long career. If you have an article that warrants inclusion, please send a copy of the actual article to us at: New Article Submission

1984

February 5, 1984 -- Caspar (WY) Star-Tribune: Article: "Ex-rock star finds peace of mind in Jackson Hole"

1985

March 16, 1985 -- Billboard: Johnny VanZant article: "Spat Over Van Zant 'Fighter' Clip"
May 18, 1985 -- Florida Times Union: Article: "Christian Rockers Gaining"
June 11, 1985 -- Florida Times Union: Johnny VanZant article: "Van-Zant"

1986

January 30, 1986 -- Florida Times Union: Article: "Collins hurt, woman dies as car flips"
March 20, 1986 -- LA Rocks: Rossington article: "Rossington & The Steve Stone Band at the Country Club"
July 18, 1986 -- Florida Times Union: Article: "Guitarist charged in girlfriend's death"
October 20, 1986 -- Music: Rossington article: "Rossington Won't Look Back"

1987

January 31, 1987 -- Circus: Skynyrd article
March 1987 -- Guitar Player: Returned To The Scene Of The Crime review
May 8, 1987 -- Florida Times Union: Guitarist Collins pleads no contest
July 10, 1987 -- FMQB: Skynyrd article: "Skynyrd reforms, plans new LP and American tour"
July 25, 1987 -- Amusement Business Magazine: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Survivors Planning Fall Reunion Tour"
July 31, 1987 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd article: "New Lynyrd Skynyrd Plans Tour"
August 8, 1987 -- Billboard: Skynyrd article: "Multi Multiplatinums For Skynyrd"
September 1987 -- Network: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd"
September 4, 1987 -- Chatanooga News: Skynyrd article: "Survuivors Reunite For Tribute Tour"
September 5, 1987 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd article: "Collins To Carry Anti-Drinking Message On Tour"
September 9, 1987 -- Amusement Business: Skynyrd article: "Vol Jam Sets Attendance record, Partly Due To Skynyrd Reunion"
September 18, 1987 -- Concord (CA) Independent-Journal: Skynyrd article: "The Return Of Lynyrd Skynyrd"
September 19, 1987 -- Amusement Business: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Production resembles Band's 70's Shows"
September 20, 1987 -- Sacramento Bee: Skynyrd article: "Southern Fried Rock"
September 23, 1987 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Reunion Tour Begins Tonight"
September 24, 1987 -- Sacramento Union: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Happy Ending'"
September 24, 1987 -- Concord Independent Journal: Skynyrd article: "Freebird Rises From The Ashes"
September 25, 1987 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd article: "Skynyrd Band Pleases"
September 25, 1987 -- San Francisco Examiner: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Rides Again"
September 26, 1987 -- Florida Times Union: Legend review
September 26, 1987 -- Contra Costa Times: Skynyrd article: "A Legendary Name Is Back"
September 26, 1987 -- Cincinnati Enquirer: Legend review
September 26, 1987 -- Los Angeles Times: Skynyrd article: "Skynyrd tour Honors Memories"
September 28, 1987 -- Oakland Californian: Skynyrd concert review
September 29, 1987 -- Los Angeles Times: Skynyrd cocnert review
October 2, 1987 -- Chicago Sun Times: Skynyrd article: "One-Shot Revival Tour Evokes the Spirit of Lynyrd Skynyrd"
October 2, 1987 -- Detroit Free-Press: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd"
October 2, 1987 -- Boston Globe: Skynyrd article: "New Skynyrd Marks Tragedy With Song"
October 5, 1987 -- Detroit Free-Press: Skynyrd concert review
October 8, 1987 -- Washington Post: Skynyrd concert review
October 8, 1987 -- Rolling Stone: Skynyrd article: "Skynyrd Survivors Reunite"
October 9, 1987 -- Boston Globe: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Rocks Again"
October 11, 1987 -- Tampa Tribune: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd"
October 12, 1987 -- New York Post: Skynyrd article: "Smashed & Crashed But Still Raisin' Hell"
October 15, 1987 --Scene: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Put The Grease In The Frying Pan Again"
October 16, 1987 -- Birmingham News: Skynyrd article: "The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down"
October 16, 1987 -- Orlando Sentinel: Skynyrd concert review
October 16, 1987 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Comes Home"
October 18, 1987 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd article: "Skynyrd Member Gets Chance To Make Amends"
October 18, 1987 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd concert review
October 18, 1987 -- Tampa Tribune: Skynyrd concert review
October 19, 1987 -- The Oracle: Skynyrd concert review
October 27, 1987 -- Cleveland Beacon-Journal: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd reunion stuff of legends"
October 27, 1987 -- Cleveland Beacon-Journal: Skynyrd concert review
October 29, 1987 -- Scene: Skynyrd concert review
October 30, 1987 -- Houston Chronicle: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd: Southern Rock Rises Again"
November 3, 1987 -- Dallas Morning News: Skynyrd concert review
November 14, 1987 -- Kerrang: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd No Guts, No Glory"
November 28, 1987 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd article: "Guitar Used By Skynyrd Gaining Fame"
December 1987 -- Guitar Player: Legend review
December 1, 1987 -- Rolling Stone: Legend review
Decemebr 1987 -- Performance: Lynyrd Skynyrd Performance Scrapbook

1988

January 1988 -- Guitar Player: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Back With A Vengeance"
January 1988 -- Stereo Review: Legend review
March 1988 -- Playboy: Legend review
March 4, 1988 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd article
April 1988 -- Metal Hammer: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd -- The History"
April 2, 1988 -- Florida Times Union: Southern By The Grace of God review
April 5, 1988 -- Kerrang: Southern By The Grace of God review
April 1988 -- Metal Hammer: Southern By The Grace of God review
April 30, 1988 -- Kerrang: Skynyrd article: "Skyn-Deep"
May 1988 -- Circus: Southern By The Grace of God ad
May 1988 -- Relix: Skynyrd article: "The Legend of Lynyrd Skynyrd"
May 13, 1988 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd article: "Skynyrd tribute Band Going On The Road"
May 13, 1988 -- New Orleans Times Picayune: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Plays One More Encore"
May 13, 1988 -- Scene: Skynyrd article: "Skynyrd, Take Two"
May 20, 1988 -- Johnson City: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd brings Southern rock to Tr-Cities"
May 20, 1988 -- The State: Skynyrd article: "Skynyrd Fans Don't Forget"
May 22, 1988 -- Orlando Sentinel: Skynyrd article: "The last Flight of Lynyrd Skynyrd"
May 27, 1988 -- Miami Herald: Skynyrd article: "One Final Hurrah For Rock's Lynyrd Skynyrd"
May 27, 1988 -- Showtime: Skynyrd article: "Tribute Tour To Lynyrd Skynyrd a Bittersweet Reunion"
May 30, 1988 -- Orlando Sentinel: Skynyrd concert review
June 1988 -- Kerrang: Legend review
June 1988 -- Kerrang: Returned To The Scene of the Crime review
June 1988 -- Metal Hammer: Legend review
June 1988 -- Guitar Player: Skynyrd article: "One More For Posterity"
June 1988 --Guitar Player: Southern By The Grace of God review
June 3, 1988 -- Charlotte Observer: Skynyrd article: "That Was Then, This Is Now"
June 4, 1988 -- Atlanta Constitution: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Lives On"
June 5, 1988 -- Detoit Free-Press: Skynyrd article: "A Few Words With... Gary Rossington"
June 6, 1988 -- Atlanta Constitution: Skynyrd concert review
June 10, 1988 -- Milwaukee Sentinel: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd, then and now"
June 10, 1988 -- Cedar Rapids Gazette: Skynyrd article: "Life After Lynyrd Is Calm Indeed"
June 11, 1988 -- Kansas City Star: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Rocks On"
June 12, 1988 -- Cedar Rapids Gazette: Southern By The Grace of God review
July 3, 1988 -- West County (CA) Times: Skynyrd article: "Re-formed Lynyrd Skynyrd Has Final Bow Sunday"
July 5, 1988 -- Herrion (WI) Telegram: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Forms Again"
August 18, 1988 -- Des Moines Register: Skynyrd article: "Skynyrd Is Building New Legend"
August 20, 1988 -- Denver Post: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Tour Brings Back Memories"
September 3, 1988 -- Allentown Morning Call: Skynyrd article: "Southern Rock Rises Again In Tribute"
September 5, 1988 -- Allentown Morning Call: Skynyrd concert review
September 19, 1988 -- The Spectrum: Skynyrd concert review
October 1988 -- Guitar: One In the Sun review
October 1, 1988 -- Weirton (WV) Daily-Times: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd Flies Again"
October 6, 1988 -- Rolling Stone: Skynyrd article: "Estates Seek To Block use Of Skynyrd Name"
October 19, 1988 -- Variety: Skynyrd article: "2 Skynyrd Widows Get Settlement; Tour Can Keep Going"
November 10, 1988 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd article: "Video shows Skynyrd as down home folks"
Winter 1988 -- Monitor: Skynyrd article: "Lynyrd Skynyrd"

1989

January 7, 1989 -- Billboard: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour Video review
February 1989 -- Guitar Player: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour Video review
March 1989 -- Video Review: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour Video review
June 12, 1989 -- Florida Times Union: Skynyrd jam review
Fall 1989 -- The Log: Skynyrd article: "The Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour"

1990

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