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Rickey Medlocke
Rickey Medlocke
American Musician
Born: Feb 17, 1950
Band Me Music Old Think You
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We were working 'Good Teacher' up, and it became apparent to me that, as we were playing it, the song had a Hendrix, 'Crosstown Traffic' vibe and feel to it. Rickey Medlocke
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Michael Jordan was like basketball Jesus. Rickey Medlocke
Jordan Like Michael Michael Jordan Jesus Basketball
Lynyrd Skynyrd is not a political band, but you know what? We believe in this country. We have a soft spot for our military. We love the red, white and blue, and every night we dedicate a portion of our show to our fighting men. Rickey Medlocke
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We're a working-people's band, and we love America and what she stands for. Also, we love doing shows, whether it's a huge amphitheater or a corn dog fest. We don't care. Rickey Medlocke
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You can be hip-hop to the max, but you still know 'Sweet Home Alabama.' Rickey Medlocke
Home You Sweet Know Hip-Hop Still Max Alabama
You've just gotta go in and write from the heart and write the best material that you can and put it out. If one hits, hey, great. It keeps the legacy going. But you've gotta keep doing new material. It's the future of any band. Rickey Medlocke
Future Best Great You Heart Band Hey Out Write Put New Material Gotta Doing Go New Material Legacy Hits Any Going Just Keep Keeps
All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given us such longevity is that our music may not be fancy, but it touches a nerve with the average Joe. Rickey Medlocke
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Recording should be fun. Rickey Medlocke
Recording Should Fun
As a young man growing up in that era, I was very influenced by Hendrix and took to a wah wah, and I learned how to really use one effectively as Hendrix did. Rickey Medlocke
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I'm Native American, so the racial thing kind of hits home with me. Rickey Medlocke
Home Me Kind American Hits Native Native American Racial Thing
I gotta tell you, Rickey Medlocke lived in some of the most magical years in this world's history. I lived in the '60s. I lived in the '70s, right into the '80s, and man, it was bad to the bone. Rickey Medlocke
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Here's the deal: You can't go in with the intent that, 'All right, we're gonna write another 'Free Bird' or 'What's Your Name.'' You can't think about it in those terms, because you'll never outdo your history. Rickey Medlocke
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I was one of the original drummers. What everyone likes to do is think of Lynyrd Skynyrd as the band that picked up again in '73. But I was one of the original members, and I was a big part of that. Rickey Medlocke
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I often use dropped D or C - I even go all the way down to A. What can be really cool is drop a guitar down there and have the rest of the band continue in standard tuning. It gives it a lot of power and texture. Rickey Medlocke
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Every band wants to be have a song that is that big, that will pretty much live on forever. I don't know too many new bands that will have a 'Free Bird' that will be around 30 years later. It's become a national anthem of sorts. Rickey Medlocke
Song Bird Will Free Big Become National Band Live Every Too Later Pretty New Know Sort Around Anthem Years National Anthem Forever Bands Wants Much Many
I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old. Rickey Medlocke
Guitar Old Picked Like Drums Years Up Started Playing
I think what the public knows as 'Southern rock' will never be repeated. Rickey Medlocke
Will Think Never Knows Rock Repeated Southern Public
It's exciting and refreshing to listen to new rock. And I like a lot of it - Filter, Vertical Horizon, Stabbing Westward... I even enjoy some Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock. Rickey Medlocke
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Music is a healing tool. Rickey Medlocke
Music Healing Tool
There are only seven chords, and I believe every song has already been written. Rickey Medlocke
Song Believe Every Seven Only Written Been Chords
We just try to write about things that are close to our hearts. We don't sit around trying to write another 'Free Bird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama.' Rickey Medlocke
Home Try Bird Free Sit Sweet Our About Write Another Around Close Hearts Trying Just Alabama Things
Next time you go get bin Laden, don't call it Operation Geronimo, and if anyone wants to stand toe-to-toe with me and talk about it, I'm open, brother. Rickey Medlocke
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I got nothing against Barack Obama; I just might not like some of his policies and the people he surrounds himself with. Rickey Medlocke
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We've always been hardcore rebels. Rickey Medlocke
Always Been Rebels Hardcore
Blackfoot was one of the ultimate live bands... there was no pretense, no gimmickry; it was sound, lights, and rock and roll. Our whole goal was to be terrifying... to strike fear and cause havoc in a closing band's minds. Rickey Medlocke
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We looked at the Allman Brothers as the fathers of what was to be called Southern rock. In our book, if you didn't like the Allman Brothers, you were sacrilegious. Rickey Medlocke
You Book Fathers Our Brothers Like Looked Rock Were Southern

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