Leon Wilkeson

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Born on April 2, 1952 in Newport, Rhode Island but raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Wilkeson became a major Beatles fan just as he was becoming a teenager and began learning to play bass guitar in order to emulate his favorite member of the Fab Four, Paul McCartney. Wilkeson dropped out of his school band in order to focus on learning the bass at the age of 14 and, shortly afterwards, was approached by a fellow student, who told him that her brother was searching for a bassist for his band. Her brother turned out to be Ronnie Van Zant, and soon after, Wilkeson signed on with Van Zant's local group, the Collegiates. However, due to plummeting school grades, Wilkeson had to drop out of the group at the behest of his parents. Soon Wilkeson found himself in another local group, the King James Version. He began to study the 'lead bass style' of such accomplished players as Cream's Jack Bruce, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, Jefferson Airplane's Jack Casady, The Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh, and the Allman Brothers'Berry Oakley. By the early '70s, Wilkeson was becoming one of Jacksonville's top bassists. When Lynyrd Skynyrd's bassist Larry Junstrom moved to Miami, Wilkeson was brought in as his replacement.  Was the bassist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2001.

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Poster de la serie Behind the Music Behind the Music Poster de la película Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird, The Movie & Tribute Tour Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird, The Movie & Tribute Tour Poster de la película Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth '76 Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth '76 Poster de la película Lynyrd Skynyrd: Lyve from Steel Town Lynyrd Skynyrd: Lyve from Steel Town Poster de la película Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Old Grey Whistle Test Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Old Grey Whistle Test Poster de la película Lynyrd Skynyrd : Live at Winterland 1975 Lynyrd Skynyrd : Live at Winterland 1975 Poster de la película Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Winterland 1976 Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Winterland 1976 Poster de la película Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Rockpalast Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Rockpalast Poster de la película Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tribute Tour Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tribute Tour Poster de la serie Rockpalast Rockpalast

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