Slash, Billy Gibbons Taking Part in Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute at CMT Music Awards
Slash and Billy Gibbons are part of an all-star lineup honoring Lynyrd Skynyrd at the CMT Music Awards. Per Billboard, the performance honors the 50th anniversary of Skynyrd’s debut album and…
Slash and Billy Gibbons are part of an all-star lineup honoring Lynyrd Skynyrd at the CMT Music Awards.
Per Billboard, the performance honors the 50th anniversary of Skynyrd's debut album and pays tribute to Gary Rossington. The Skynyrd guitarist passed away earlier this month at age 71. Rossington was the last surviving original member of the legendary southern rock band.
Also scheduled for the tribute are Wynonna Judd, Chuck Leavell, Cody Johnson, Paul Rodgers, Warren Haynes and LeAnn Rimes. Billboard notes, "Johnson and Rodgers will lead vocals with Gibbons, with Slash and Haynes on electric guitar for a one-time-only performance of a pair of timeless Lynyrd Skynyrd hits. Nashville studio musicians Ethan Pilzer and Rich Redmond will round out the lineup on bass and drums. Rimes and Judd will fill the role of The Honkettes."
The CMT Music Awards take place on Sunday, April 2 at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. The ceremony will air live on CBS beginning at 8 PM ET and will stream live on Paramount+.
Rock’s Greatest Live Albums: Top 40 Ranked
The Who’s Live at Leeds was released on May 16, 1970, and it’s one of the greatest live albums of all time.
It saw the band adding heavier guitars to their mod-era classics and to some early rock and roll chesnuts, and it holds up to any of their studio albums. Through the ‘70s, and ever since, rock bands have been releasing live documents of their concerts, and while some of them are little more than “greatest hits” collections with crowd noise, the albums on this list are essential parts of their respective artists’ discographies.
Scroll through the gallery below and see where some of your favorites are ranked in our greatest live albums list.
40. Billy Joel - ‘Songs In The Attic’ (1981)
Columbia/Legacy39. Yes - “Yessongs’ (1973)
Atlantic38. The Kinks - ‘One For The Road’ (1980)
Arista37. Thin Lizzy - ‘Live And Dangerous’ (1978)
Mercury36. Rush - ‘Exit… Stage Left’ (1981)
Mercury35. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - ‘The Live Anthology’ (2009)
Reprise34. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - ‘Live Rust’ (1979)
Reprise33. Lynyrd Skynyrd - ‘One More From The Road’ (1976)
MCA32. Janis Joplin - ‘The Woodstock Experience’ (1998)
31. Ozzy Osbourne - ‘Randy Rhoads Tribute’ (1987)
Sony/Legacy30. The Runaways - ‘Live In Japan’ (1977)
Mercury29. Queen - ‘Live Killers’ (1979)
UMG28. Iron Maiden - ‘Live After Death’ (1985)
EMI27. The Rolling Stones - ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out’ (1970)
UMG26. Otis Redding - ‘Live In Europe’ (1967)
Volt/Atco25. The Yardbirds - ‘Five Live Yardbirds’ (1964)
Columbia24. Pearl Jam - ‘October 31st, 2009 – The Spectrum, Philadelphia’ (2009)
Pearl Jam23. David Bowie - ‘Live Santa Monica ‘72’ (2008)
Rhino/Parlophone22. AC/DC - ‘If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It’ (1978)
Atlantic21. Nirvana - ‘Live At Reading’ (2009)
Geffen20. Talking Heads - ‘Stop Making Sense’ (1984)
Sire/Warner Bros.19. Johnny Cash - ‘At Folsom Prison’ (1968)
Columbia18. Elton John - ‘11-17-70’ (1971)
Mercury17. Bob Dylan - ‘The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966, ‘The Royal Albert Hall’ Concert’ (1998)
Sony/Legacy16. Cheap Trick - ‘At Budokan’ (1979)
Epic15. Bruce Springsteen - ‘Hammersmith Odeon, London ‘75’ (2006)
Sony/Legacy14. Deep Purple - ‘Made In Japan’ (1973)
Warner Bros.13. U2 - ‘Under A Blood Red Sky’ (1983)
UMG12. Aretha Franklin - ‘Live At Fillmore West’ (1971)
Atlantic11. Motorhead - ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’ (1981)
Mercury10. Bob Marley & The Wailers - ‘Live!’ (1975)
Island Records9. Peter Frampton - ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ (1976)
A&M8. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - ‘Live Bullet’ (1976)
Capitol7. KISS - ‘Alive’ (1975)
UMG6. Santana - ‘The Woodstock Experience’ (2009)
Sony/Legacy5. The Allman Brothers Band - ‘At Fillmore East’ (1971)
Capricorn4. James Brown - ‘Live At The Apollo, 1962’ (1963)
Polydor3. Jimi Hendrix - ‘Live At Monterey’ (1986)
Sony/Legacy2. Led Zeppelin - ‘How The West Was Won’ (2003)
Atlantic/Swan Song1.The Who - ‘Live At Leeds’ (1970)
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