Lynyrd Skynyrd join classic rock elite

Lynyrd Skynyrd will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on Monday (March 13th) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Guitarist Gary Rossington, one of only two founding members left in the Southern rock band, told us it will be the realization of the group's longtime career ambitions: "Our dream was, all our lives -- in the start of it, after we saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, you know? -- was to make it big and try and die trying. If we never made it, we'd just still be playing clubs, you know, trying to make it big. I guess we did it."

Rossington plans to release a solo album this year, while Lynyrd Skynyrd plans to record a new group album as well.

Kid Rock will induct Skynyrd into the Hall Of Fame. The ceremony will be taped and televised by VH1 on March 21st.

The band performed a pre-induction concert on Sunday (March 12th) in New York City.
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