Whiskey Bottles and Brand New Cars: The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Written by Mark Ribowsky

Narrated by Jeremy Arthur

This intimate story of Lynyrd Skynyrd tells how a band of lost souls and self-destructive misfits with uncertain artistic objectives clawed their way to the top of the rock 'n’ roll world. Based on interviews with surviving band members, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars shares how lead singer and front man Ronnie Van Zant guided the band’s hugely successful five-year run and, and in the process, created not only a new country rock idiom, but a new Confederacy in constant conflict with old Southern totems and prejudices. Placing the music and personae of Skynyrd into a broad cultural context, this book gives a new perspective to a history of stage fights, motel-room destructions, cunning business deals, and brilliant studio productions. It also offers a greater appreciation for a band whose legacy, in the aftermath of their last plane ride, has since descended into self-caricature.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lantern Audio
• Release date: Apr 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781942248446

Reviews for Whiskey Bottles and Brand New Cars

[Kelly Perkins · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A very enjoyable listen! Heartbreaking what happened that October evening in 1977.

[TIMOTHY BEVAN · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Raw and real. I couldn’t stop reading. An American tragedy told in detail from RVZ boyhood in ghetto of Jacksonville until the swamp that became the business of lynard skynard.