(hennemusic) Slash and Billy Gibbons Rock Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute At CMT Music Awards was a top 23 story of April 2023: An all-star cast paid tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd at the CMT Music Awards broadcast live from Austin, Texas on Sunday night , April 2, and video of the performance has been posted online.
Organizers closed the 2023 edition of the annual event with a two-song medley that saw Paul Rodgers and Cody Johnson trade lead vocals on “Simple Man” and “Sweet Home Alabama” alongside a lineup that included guitarists Slash, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, and Warren Haynes, longtime Rolling Stones pianist Chuck Leavell, a rhythm section of Nashville studio veterans and touring musicians Ethan Pilzer and Rich Redmond, and LeAnn Rimes and Wynonna Judd covering the role of “The Honkettes”.
The music industry's tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd comes just weeks after the death of the group's last original founding member, Gary Rossington. the cause of death has not been disclosed.
“A night to remember… Gary Rossington and celebrating our brothers and sisters in Skynyrd,” Rodgers shared on social media. “She was wild!”
Rossington's widow and band member Dale Krantz Rossington was joined by Skynyrd singer Johnny Van Zant and guitarist Rickey Medlocke at the event, which was held at Austin's Moody Center and hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown.
Watch video from the tribute show here.
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