{"product_id":"lynyrd-skynyrd-20th-century-masters-the-millennium-collection-the-best-of-lynyrd-skynyrd-cd","title":"Lynyrd Skynyrd - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 20th Century Masters CD boils Lynyrd Skynyrd's original run down to ten essential songs, a compact primer on the band that defined Southern rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1973 and 1977 the Jacksonville band released a string of albums that blended blues grit, country storytelling and three-guitar firepower into a sound that still echoes through American rock. Ronnie Van Zant wrote about working people, small-town trouble and hard-won pride with a plainspoken honesty, and the band behind him could swing from barroom swagger to soaring epic without breaking a sweat. The 1977 plane crash that took Van Zant and others ended that era far too soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweet Home Alabama opens things with that unmistakable riff and an easy, rolling groove. Gimme Three Steps turns a near-miss in a bar into a sly, toe-tapping yarn, Saturday Night Special snarls with a pointed message about handguns, and That Smell carries a stark warning about the band's own excesses. Then comes Free Bird, the slow-burning ballad that erupts into one of rock's most famous guitar finales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen songs is not the whole story, but it is a fine first chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone starting out with Skynyrd, or wanting the core hits in one tidy place, this collection delivers the essentials with no filler.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57478979420465,"sku":"008811194123","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Lynyrd_Skynyrd-20th_Century_Masters_The_Millennium_Collection_The_Best_Of_Lynyrd_Skynyrd_CD.jpg?v=1794396950","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/lynyrd-skynyrd-20th-century-masters-the-millennium-collection-the-best-of-lynyrd-skynyrd-cd","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}