Lynyrd Skynyrd

USA, 1964–now

Jacksonville's southern-rock standard-bearers — Ronnie Van Zant's storytelling and a three-guitar army made 'Free Bird' and 'Sweet Home Alabama' before the 1977 plane crash cut them down.

Influenced by

• The Rolling Stones
• Cream
• The Yardbirds
• Muddy Waters
• Howlin' Wolf
• Jimi Hendrix

Influenced

• Kings of Leon