Fyfty Box Set

It’s been a long, eventful journey for Lynyrd Skynyrd over the years, to say the least, and on October 13th, 2023, Geffen Records and Universal Music will commemorate the southern rock icons’ 50th anniversary with the aptly titled "Fyfty".

A 4 CD collection bringing together 50 of Skynyrd’s most notable and impactful songs, "Fyfty" will touch on all eras of the group’s time together. It will also serve as a lasting musical tribute to the band members that have been lost along the way, including founding guitarist Gary Rossington, who passed away in March.

Within this box set, fans of all eras of Lynyrd Skynyrd can trace the band’s roots by way of their early Muscle Shoals recordings through an abundance of iconic songs that defined the literal soundtrack of the 70's.

From there, listeners can revisit live cuts from the historic 1987 tribute show that ignited the band’s ensuing reunion, then continue onward and upward with the determined last band standing defiance of fist pumping latter era tracks like “Last Of A Dyin’ Breed” and “Last Of The Street Survivors”, and eventually touch back down on earth with a special live performance of “Gimme Three Steps” that was culled from the band’s final show with co-founding guitarist Gary Rossington in November 2022, a previously unreleased live track.

As Johnny Van Zant himself put it quite touchingly in the liners about his lifelong friend Gary, “We miss him so much. What kept me going was calling Rossington and having these conversations. He was my cheerleader. So now I’m gonna have to remember his voice to keep my spirits up and keep this thing going, as a tribute, and so people remember him and Ronnie and all the others who have been part of this”.