Twenty (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)

Twenty
Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released	April 29, 1997
Recorded	Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 1997
Genre	Southern rock
Length	55:39
Label	CMC International
Producer	Josh Leo
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
Endangered Species (1994) Twenty (1997) Edge of Forever (1999)

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Twenty is the ninth studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd released in 1997. The title of the album refers to the fact that it had been twenty years since the plane crash which killed original lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines.

For this album the band brought in two Southern rock veterans, Rickey Medlocke, who had been a drummer for the band briefly before forming Blackfoot, and Hughie Thomasson of the Outlaws. The track "Travelin' Man" is the first studio recording of the song from the original band's 1976 live album One More From The Road. Making use of modern technology, the band was able to use original singer Ronnie Van Zant's vocal tracks on parts of the song, in order to create a duet between Johnny and Ronnie. The Album Cover is a fictional drawing of Monument Valley on the Navajo reservation.

Track listing

1. "We Ain't Much Different" (Mike Estes, Rickey Medlocke, Gary Rossington, Hughie Thomasson, Johnny Van Zant) – 3:44
2. "Bring It On" (Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 4:56
3. "Voodoo Lake" (Bob Britt, Chris Eddy, J. Van Zant) – 4:37
4. "Home Is Where the Heart Is" (Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 5:26
5. "Travelin' Man" (Ronnie Van Zant, Leon Wilkeson) – 4:05
6. "Talked Myself Right Into It" (Pat Buchanan, Donnie Van Zant, J. Van Zant, Robert White Johnson) – 3:25
7. "Never Too Late" (Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 5:18
8. "O.R.R." (Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 4:16
9. "Blame It on a Sad Song" (Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 5:35
10. "Berneice" (Medlocke, Rossington, Dennis E. Sumner, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 4:01
11. "None of Us Are Free" (Barry Mann, Brenda Russell, Cynthia Weil) – 5:23
12. "How Soon We Forget" (Buchanan, D. Van Zant, J. Van Zant, White Johnson) – 4:50
13. "Sign of the Times" (Japan Bonus Track) - 3:44

Personnel

Lynyrd Skynyrd

• Gary Rossington – Lead, rhythm, slide & acoustic guitars
• Johnny Van Zant – lead vocals
• Leon Wilkeson – bass
• Ricky Medlocke – Lead, rhythm, slide, acoustic, Dobro guitars and background vocals
• Hughie Thomasson – Lead, rhythm, slide & acoustic guitars, and background vocals
• Billy Powell – Piano & Hammond B-3 organ
• Owen Hale – drums & percussion

Additional personnel

• Ronnie Van Zant - Vocals on "Travelin' Man"

References