Then "What’s Your Name" and "That Smell" after which Van Zant, asked the crowd, "So how many die-hard Lynyrd Skynyrd fans do we have in the house tonight, and how many have seen a Lynyrd Skynyrd show before?" The crowd screamed back chanting, “Yes!” Then came "I Know A Little," and Van Zant dedicated their next song, "Simple Man," to all our troops fighting for our freedom to live in the best country in the world. They opened their show with "Skynyrd Nation," a song from their new album, God & Guns, dedicated to all the loyal Skynyrd fans. The band members were Johnny Van Zant on lead vocals, only surviving original member Gary Rossington on guitars, Rickey Medlocke on guitars, Mark Matejka on guitars, Robert Kearns on bass, Michael Cartellone on drums, Peter Keys on keyboards and Dale Krantz-Rossington and Carol Chase on backing vocals. Behind the drum riser was a video screen and on both sides of it were banners that looked like a wall of speakers from the top of the lights to the floor. The stage, quite open except for the drum riser in the middle and piano and backing vocalists’ platforms on both sides of the drum riser. Inside, right before the almost sold-out show started, the fans were chanting Synyrd, Skynyrd, the lights went out and the band hit the stage. As I made my way across the parking lot to the venue, I ran into West-O's very own Steve O (probably Skip Dixxon's most frequent requester at his lunch hour show) plus quite a few other local people that made their way to the show. I only had to drive 30 miles west to the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center in Salisbury to see Lynyrd Skynyrd who have played our area on and off for over the past ten years or so. Well this was a treat for going to see a concert.
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