Unearthed track from Lynyrd Skynyrd may be released soon

Guitarist Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd says he has unearthed an old track recorded by the original version of the band in the 1970s, and may be releasing it as a bonus track on an upcoming CD.

Rossington explains the story: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "Going back in the archives, actually, I found this old song that we did with the original band, with Ronnie Van Zant singing, you know, Leon (Wilkeson)'s on bass, and Bob Burns is on drums. It's a cool track, it's called 'Cottonmouth Country.' And we never put it out with (producer) Al Kooper on the first or second album, you know, we just kind of left it sit there. And never finished it."

He explains that the band might release the song as a bonus track on their next album: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "It's pretty well done, but the recording isn't as good as it should be, but we might put that out as a bonus track on it, so that's a whole new Skynyrd song nobody's heard. It's pretty wild, pretty cool lyrics. It's about the swamps, you know."

Rossington also says that thon the band's upcoming tourdates they will be playing songs by the Rossington-Collins Band, Donnie Van Zant, and Blackfoot, as well as their usual Skynyrd hits. He also says their set list will be revised and rearranged, with some other surprises thrown in.

Rossington says the band has been working with Nashville songwriters for a new album, which he says will probably be the band's last studio album.
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