''Endangered Species'' is the eighth album by American

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band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was released in 1994 and features mostly acoustic instrumentation, as well as

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's younger brother,

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, as lead vocalist. Many of the songs are Lynyrd Skynyrd's best known songs, with new material released alongside. This is the last album to feature guitarist

Ed King Edward Calhoun King (September 14, 1949 – August 22, 2018) was an American musician. He was a guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock and guitarist and bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975 ...

and the only one to feature guitarist Mike Estes.

Track listing

#"Down South Jukin'" ( Gary Rossington,

) – 2:38 #"

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" (

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) – 4:01 #"Devil in the Bottle" (Mike Estes,

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 r ...

, Rossington,

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) – 3:35 #" Things Goin' On" (Rossington, R. Van Zant) – 3:00 #"

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" (

, R. Van Zant) – 3:53 #"

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" (King, Rossington, R. Van Zant) – 4:01 #"I Ain't the One" (Rossington, R. Van Zant) – 3:27 #"Am I Losin'" (Rossington, R. Van Zant) – 4:06 #"All I Have Is a Song" (Rossington, J. Van Zant) – 3:21 #"Poison Whiskey" (King, R. Van Zant) – 2:47 #"Good Luck, Bad Luck" (Estes, King) – 3:23 #"The Last Rebel" (Michael Lunn, Rossington, J. Van Zant, Robert White Johnson) – 5:42 #"Hillbilly Blues" (Estes, King, Rossington, J. Van Zant) – 3:42

Personnel

;Lynyrd Skynyrd *

– vocals * Gary Rossington – guitar, acoustic guitar *Mike Estes – guitar, acoustic guitar *

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, background vocals *

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 *

Owen Hale Owen Hale (Born July 15, 1948) is an American musician best known for playing drums with Lynyrd Skynyrd, on their album '' Twenty'' and the Lyve from Steel Town DVD concert. Hale left the group in 1998. He was also a busy studio drummer in Na ...

– percussion, drums *

– guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar ;Additional personnel *

– background vocals, vocals *Debbie Davis – background vocals

Chart positions

References

{{Authority control 1994 albums Lynyrd Skynyrd albums Albums produced by Barry Beckett Capricorn Records albums