''Edge of Forever'' is the tenth studio album by
Southern rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues and is focused generally on electric guitars and vocals. Author Scott B. Bomar speculat ...
band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd ( ) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida. The group originally formed as My Backyard in 1964 and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Ju ...
. Released in 1999, it is the last album to feature
Leon Wilkeson
Leon Russell Wilkeson (April 2, 1952 – July 27, 2001) was the bassist of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2001.
Early life
Born on April 2, 1952, in Newport, Rhode Island, but raised in Jacksonville, Florida, ...
before his death in 2001.
Track listing
Personnel
;Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Gary Rossington
Gary Robert Rossington (born December 4, 1951) is an American guitarist. He is the only remaining original member of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, in which he plays lead and rhythm guitar.
In 2009, he became the last original member to re ...
- lead, rhythm, slide and acoustic guitars
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Billy Powell
William Norris Powell (June 3, 1952 – January 28, 2009) was an American musician and keyboardist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2009.
Biography Early life
Powell was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. He grew u ...
- piano, keyboards
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Leon Wilkeson
Leon Russell Wilkeson (April 2, 1952 – July 27, 2001) was the bassist of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2001.
Early life
Born on April 2, 1952, in Newport, Rhode Island, but raised in Jacksonville, Florida, ...
- bass
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Rickey Medlocke
Rickey Medlocke (born February 17, 1950) is an American musician, best known as the frontman/guitarist for the Southern rock band Blackfoot and a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. During his first stint with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1971 to 1972, he played d ...
- lead, rhythm, slide and acoustic guitars, vocals, harmonica
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Hughie Thomasson
Hugh Edward "Hughie" Thomasson Jr. (August 13, 1952 – September 9, 2007) was an American guitarist and singer, best known as a founding member of Outlaws. The band found success in the late 1970s and early 1980s with a string of hits. He was a ...
- lead, rhythm, slide and acoustic guitars, vocals
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Kenny Aronoff
Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American session drummer.
Early life
Aronoff grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts He developed an interest in music at an early age and gravitated to the drums as "drumming was one hundred percent ene ...
- drums
*
Johnny Van Zant
John Roy Van Zant (born February 27, 1959), also known as Johnny Van Zant, is an American singer and the current lead vocalist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is the younger brother of Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder and former lead vocalist ...
- lead vocals, harmonica
;Additional personnel
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Dale Krantz-Rossington
Gary Robert Rossington (born December 4, 1951) is an American guitarist. He is the only remaining original member of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, in which he plays lead and rhythm guitar.
In 2009, he became the last original member to re ...
- backing vocals
*Carol Chase - backing vocals
*
Michael Cartellone
Michael Cartellone (born June 7, 1962) is an American musician and artist. He was a founding member of Damn Yankees and is the current drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1999.
Biography
Michael Cartellone was born on June 7, 1962, in Cleveland ...
– Percussion
Chart positions
References
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1999 albums
Lynyrd Skynyrd albums
Albums produced by Ron Nevison
CMC International albums