Lynyrd Skynyrd Movies

Fourteen of the rockingest bands are featured in this collection of live performances from Classic Rock Legends Ltd. Heavy Rock Masterpieces includes songs as "Whiskey in the Jar" by Thin Lizzy, "Child in Time" by Deep Purple, "Talk Dirty to Me" by Poison, "Ride Like the Wind" by Saxon, and "Delilah" by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Independent filmmaker Mark Moormann directs the feature-length documentary Tom Dowd and the Language of Music. Shot on color and black-and-white16 mm film stock, the biography is a personal portrait of legendary recording engineer and producer Tom Dowd. The man himself is featured in a series of interviews from 1996 (the year he won a lifetime achievement award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) until 2002 (the year of his death). Filmed at Criteria Studios in Miami, FL, he is shown both at work behind the soundboards as well as reflecting on his memorable career. Other interview subjects include artists Ray Charles and Eric Clapton; record producers Phil Ramone and Arif Mardin; and surviving members of the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Tom Dowd and the Language of Music premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Southern rock heroes Lynyrd Skynyrd take the stage for a sixty-minute concert featuring a variety of their best-loved tunes in this release of a 1999 concert that originally aired on PBS' Austin City Limits. Few bands can execute the three-guitar attack quite like classic-rock radio mainstay Lynyrd Skynyrd, and with this release featuring "Gimme Three Steps", "Sweet Home Alabama", and the timeless "Free Bird fans can succumb to the eighteen-string onslaught anytime they please. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Despite a number of personal tragedies and changes in the landscape of American popular music, Lynyrd Skynyrd remains one of the legendary bands of Southern rock, and the surviving members continue to offer their Dixie-fried three-guitar attack to packed houses on the road. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Lyve From Steel Town finds the group pouring out a set of their best-known songs before a packed house during a 1997 stop in Pennsylvania; selections include "What's Your Name," "Saturday Night Special," "Sweet Home Alabama," "That Smell," "You Got That Right<," and "Freebird." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide