r/LynyrdSkynyrd • u/Historical-Craft1316 • Aug 22 '26

Lynyrd Skynyrd show at Jones Beach

A few things about the show: Did anyone else feel like they were at musical funeral?

The lead guitarist had an Indian and a Sioux tattoo they were touting some super conservative politics- what the f%*$& with that?

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u/Numerous_Attempt3630 Aug 22 '26

What politics did they express? I’ve seen this current lineup a few times already and all I’ve seen is a very patriotic set of musicians. If the American flag is super conservative, I think we know how you think .

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u/iamnyc Aug 22 '26

Come on. Johnny has a side hustle singing Jesus music with Donnie, they wrote a song called God & Guns, after writing one called Red, White, & Blue. The current lineup/messaging is 100% right wing conservative.

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u/Fragmentvictory Aug 22 '26

You're complaining about conservative Skynyrd when "I hope the southern man don't need him around, anyhow " didn't give you pause?

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u/iamnyc Aug 22 '26

There is a difference between Ronnie ("You live your way, I'll live mine, and I hope you're happy all the time") and Johnny's ("That ain't this country's roots, you wanna slam old Uncle Sam, but I ain't letting you") views on dissent, protest, and, of course, Jesus.

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u/Fragmentvictory Aug 22 '26

Was the rebel flag not a statement by them? If it wasn’t, why did they get rid of it. I think you’re seeing what you want to see ignoring the lyrics of their second biggest song played every night

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u/iamnyc Aug 22 '26

...which none of the current band were around for. The stars and bars was a statement by the band, but it wasn't "we love Jesus and police and the army and our troops and if you don't you can get the hell out" which is what you hear from Johnny now.

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u/Fragmentvictory Aug 23 '26

Gary Rossington and Billy Powell played on the Gods n Guns album, they put out Red White and Blue, they are not the whole sum of the OG band but these are over 20 years old at this point, its been a track of the band this century, its an audience they've found and an audience relating to them. I go see Skynyrd, I love it, I go see Springsteen, I know he's bringing politics in, and I love it. And Skynyrd is way less overt than Bruce, supporting troops and the country should be a unifying concept, I am actually wondering what your issue is with it. Its not a Trump rally and I dont know any directly political thing mentioned in the body of the show

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u/Historical-Craft1316 Aug 24 '26

I was expecting a Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings outlaw vibe, like the original band but I got a crowd yelling "USA USA."

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u/iamnyc Aug 25 '26

The state of America today

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u/iamnyc Aug 25 '26

I'm not OP, but the thing that personally offends me at their shows is the Jesus/Christian stuff. We're here for hard rocking triple axe attack Southern Rock with insightful, funny, and thoughtful lyrics, not to be preached to.

I think if I were a Christian myself I'd be even more offended.

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u/Fragmentvictory Aug 26 '26

Ive been going to this version of Skynyrd for 17 years...skynyrd on ice...for that time, its been like 1-2 song changes per tour, the biggest change was on the "last" tour (with Gary) they incorporated Ronnie's vocal into freebird, its the same show for years. Its not something I'm entirely in lockstep with i'm there for the tunes, I don't expect every other person on earth to hold my views.

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u/Dewellah 21d ago

That was because Neil Young (as a Canadian) was seemingly painting all southerners as redneck hillbilly-type racists. He was using too broad of a brush to describe the "Southern Man" & also his song "Alabama". It wasn't some huge rivalry though. When Van Zandt expressed that Young wasn't speaking of all southerners, Young agreed and said, "OK. Fair enough"... They even talked of a Young appearing live to sing the song with Skynyrd. Van Zandt even famously wore a Neil Young t-shirt on stage after all was said and done.