(NOTE - The following interview I conducted with 38 Special lead singer Don Barnes was originally published on August 16, 1986. -- Bob Andelman) Southern rock is dead, extinct. That’s not exactly big news, but it really hit home when word got out that 38 Special’s Donnie Van Zant had donated his familiar cowboy... Continue Reading →
1302 Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Johnny Van Zant in his youth! 1983 PHONE INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Johnny Van Zant, lead singer, Johnny Van Zant Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd This is the telephone recording of my May 1983 interview with Johnny Van Zant, who was then leader of his own Johnny Van Zant Band and today has stepped in to be the frontman of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the classic rock... Continue Reading →