Endangered Species (Lynyrd Skynyrd album) explained

Endangered Species
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lynyrd Skynyrd
Cover:	Skynyrd species.jpg
Released:	August 9, 1994
Recorded:	Spring - Summer 1994
Studio:	Masterfonics Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:	Southern rock
Length:	43:10
Label:	Capricorn
Producer:	Barry Beckett
Prev Title:	A Retrospective
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Twenty
Next Year:	1997

Endangered Species is the eighth album by American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was released in 1994 and features mostly acoustic instrumentation, as well as Ronnie Van Zant's younger brother, Johnny, 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 and the only one to feature guitarist Mike Estes.

Track listing

1. "Down South Jukin'" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 2:38
2. "Heartbreak Hotel" (Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley) – 4:01
3. "Devil in the Bottle" (Mike Estes, Dale Krantz-Rossington, Rossington, Johnny Van Zant) – 3:35
4. "Things Goin' On" (Rossington, R. Van Zant) – 3:00
5. "Saturday Night Special" (Ed King, R. Van Zant) – 3:53
6. "Sweet Home Alabama" (King, Rossington, R. Van Zant) – 4:01
7. "I Ain't the One" (Rossington, R. Van Zant) – 3:27
8. "Am I Losin'" (Rossington, R. Van Zant) – 4:06
9. "All I Have Is a Song" (Rossington, J. Van Zant) – 3:21
10. "Poison Whiskey" (King, R. Van Zant) – 2:47
11. "Good Luck, Bad Luck" (Estes, King) – 3:23
12. "The Last Rebel" (Michael Lunn, Rossington, J. Van Zant, Robert White Johnson) – 5:42
13. "Hillbilly Blues" (Estes, King, Rossington, J. Van Zant) – 3:42

Personnel

Lynyrd Skynyrd

• Johnny Van Zant – vocals
• Gary Rossington – guitar, acoustic guitar
• Mike Estes – guitar, acoustic guitar
• Leon Wilkeson – bass, background vocals
• Billy Powell – piano
• Owen Hale – percussion, drums
• Ed King – guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar

Additional personnel

• Dale Krantz-Rossington – background vocals, vocals
• Debbie Davis – background vocals

Notes and References

1. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5 . fi.