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The southern rock flag flies so high in the Van Zant family, that Johnny VanZant decided to simply use the surname's stamp for a familiarized bandmoniker. The little brother of the late, great Ronnie Van Zant of LynyrdSkynyrd and of Donnie Van Zant from .38 special first used the name in 1985for a self-titled album that comprised a quintet of boogie rockers whoshortly disbanded after Johnny was summoned to play in a revived version ofLynyrd Skynyrd. Then 13 years and approximately 40,000 "Freebirds" later hebrought the Van Zant project back to life when he and brother Donnieunleashed 1998's Brother To Brother. The follow-up album Van ZantII was released in 2001, but the band took a big risk in 2005 when theydecided to release a primarily country album that sounded more likeNashville commercial radio than anything coming out of the clubs in their mythic sweet home Alabama.
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