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I gotta tell you, Rickey Medlocke lived in some of the most magical years in this world's history. I lived in the '60s. I lived in the '70s, right into the '80s, and man, it was bad to the bone.

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Here's the deal: You can't go in with the intent that, 'All right, we're gonna write another 'Free Bird' or 'What's Your Name.'' You can't think about it in those terms, because you'll never outdo your history.

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You've just gotta go in and write from the heart and write the best material that you can and put it out. If one hits, hey, great. It keeps the legacy going. But you've gotta keep doing new material. It's the future of any band.

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We're about music. We're not about politics.

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I was one of the original drummers. What everyone likes to do is think of Lynyrd Skynyrd as the band that picked up again in '73. But I was one of the original members, and I was a big part of that.

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My old man Shorty was a huge figure in my musical life.

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I often use dropped D or C - I even go all the way down to A. What can be really cool is drop a guitar down there and have the rest of the band continue in standard tuning. It gives it a lot of power and texture.

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I've got a few great old Marshalls that I use live: '71 and '72 heads and an old combo with 2x12s.

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I don't want to use my platform to speak out against anybody. I'm a rock and roller. I play music for a living.

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I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: February 17th, 1950

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