Artist: LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Album: LAST OF A DYIN’ BREED (CD)

Release date: 2012
Media type: CD

Last of a Dyin' Breed, Lynyrd Skynyrd's first new studio album in three years and the group's first with new bass player Johnny Colt (formerly the bassist for the Black Crowes), was produced by Bob Marlette and recorded mostly live in sessions at the Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, a studio and town where this reconfigured classic Southern rock band obviously feels loose, ready, and comfortable...

For the passionate, longtime fans of the band, this is Skynyrd at the top of their game, complete with instantly memorable songs, more hooks than a tackle box, and a blistering three-guitar attack at full power. Led by core members Gary Rossington (guitar), Johnny Van Zant (vocals) and Rickey Medlocke (guitar), along with longtime drummer Michael Cartellone, Skynyrd has recorded an album that continues to build on the legacy that began over 35 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida. Joining them in the studio and on the road are new bassist Johnny Colt (Black Crowes, Train) guitarist Mark "Sparky" Matejka (a "Nashville cat, just a pickin' fool," according to Rossington), and keyboardist Peter Keys. Last Of A Dyin' Breed re-ignites the in-studio alchemy the band found with producer Bob Marlette, and the sound is traditional Skynyrd blended to perfection with the edge of immediacy. In short, it's rock n roll for the times.

TRACKLIST:

01. Last Of A Dyin' Breed (3:52)
02. One Day At A Time (3:46)
03. Homegrown (3:41)
04. Ready To Fly (5:26)
05. Mississippi Blood (2:58)
06. Good Teacher (3:07)
07. Something To Live For (4:29)
08. Life's Twisted (4:34)
09. Nothing Comes Easy (4:13)
10. Honey Hole (4:35)
11. Start Livin' Life Again (4:27)

LINE-UP:

Johnny Van Zant – lead vocals
Gary Rossington – guitars
Rickey Medlocke – guitars
Michael Cartellone – drums
Johnny Colt – bass
Mark Matejka – guitars
Peter Keys – keyboards
John Lowery aka "John 5" – additional guitar