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Leon Wilkeson
An image from Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Old Grey Whistle Test, one of the productions that also features Leon Wilkeson.
Leon Wilkeson

Leon Wilkeson

April 2, 1952 — Newport, Rhode Island

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.

Freebird: The Movie

Freebird: The Movie

1996

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth '76

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth '76

2021

Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Old Grey Whistle Test

Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Old Grey Whistle Test

1975

Lynyrd Skynyrd : Live at Winterland 1975

Lynyrd Skynyrd : Live at Winterland 1975

1975

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Winterland 1976

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Winterland 1976

1976

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tribute Tour

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tribute Tour

1987

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Lyve from Steel Town

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Lyve from Steel Town

1999

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Rockpalast

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Rockpalast

1996