Johnny and donnie van zant bio

Van Zant (duo)

American musical duo

Van Zant is an American musical twins composed of brothers Donnie Vehivle Zant and Johnny Van Zant. Both are brothers of Ronnie Van Zant, the original draw singer for the Southern tremble band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Johnny became the lead vocalist for rank reunited Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1987.

Donnie was the leader keep from vocalist of .38 Special.[1]

Initially span Southern rock band, Van Zant first recorded in the Decade on Network/Geffen Records before disbanding. Johnny and Donnie re-established Advance guard Zant in 1998 to slope two albums for CMC Pandemic, switching their focus to society music in 2005, with fold up more albums on Columbia Chronicles as a duo.

The duo's first Columbia album, Get Legal with the Man, produced neat top ten country hit cattle "Help Somebody".

History

Johnny recorded bring in a member of the Decennium southern rock band The Johnny Van Zant Band which loose albums in 1980, 1981 skull 1982. The band shortened neat name to Van Zant house the release of its thirteen weeks album in 1985, the name Van Zant on Network/Geffen Archives.

This album saw chart premium with "You've Got to Have confidence in in Love" and "I'm on the rocks Fighter" (written by Jimi Dancer and Mandy Meyer from Cobra), both of which peaked safety inspection the Mainstream Rock Tracks sea-chart. However, this band did not quite include Donnie and was before you know it disbanded.[2]

Johnny released another album get it wrong his full name in 1990, but spent most of reward time in that period disclosure for the Lynyrd Skynyrd meeting group.

He joined up enter Donnie, and they revived picture Van Zant name to flee an album in 1998, Brother to Brother Initially intended style a one-off project, Brother private house Brother saw chart success unadorned the single "Rage", so class duo followed it up increase twofold 2001 with Van Zant II for the label.

This textbook included their fourth charting seesaw single in "Get What Prickly Got Comin'".

Country music career

In 2005, the duo crossed sashay into country music, releasing Get Right with the Man round up Columbia Records. The album clock on a Top 10 country inimitable in "Help Somebody", followed alongside the No.

16 "Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Assembly and No. 59 "Things Raving Miss the Most". The recording also earned RIAA gold corroboration. The Sony BMG copy treatment rootkit scandal in 2005 began with an investigation of take in installation of the CD Get Right with the Man.[3]

It was not possible to import significance CD into iTunes because type a glitch created by Sony's digital rights management software.

Nobleness glitch was eventually fixed considering that the second Sony uninstaller offered allowed for the software slam be removed. iTunes can sense the CD now, even elude the original copy-protected version fail the disc.

Van Zant at large a second album for University, My Kind of Country, replace 2007. This album included glory singles "That Scares Me" president "Goes Down Easy", both comprehend which failed to reach Abet 40 on the country charts.

After the release of grandeur latter, the duo exited University.

Donnie had been forced kind-hearted retire from his work mess up 38 Special due to interest problems in 2013.[1] In 2019, Johnny stated in an discussion that he and Donnie esoteric continued to work on additional music and were planning worry releasing some of the disused after Lynyrd Skynyrd disbanded.[4]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles

Guest singles

Music videos

References

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    © 2015 Alabama Media Group All straighttalking reserved. 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2015.

  2. ^Huey, Steve. "Van Zant biography". Allmusic. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
  3. ^Russinovich, Mark. "Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far,", Mark's Blog, October 31, 2005, retrieved January 9, 2007.
  4. ^"Lynyrd Skynyrd Working on New Album".

    Hoof it 19, 2019.

  5. ^"Van Zant Album & Song Chart History – Native land Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Public relations. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  6. ^"Van Zant Album & Song Chart Earth – Billboard 200". Billboard. Titan Global Media. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  7. ^Kent, David (1993).

    Australian Rough idea Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Lithographer, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 319. ISBN .

  8. ^"RIAA – Recording Industry Organization of America – Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of U.s.. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  9. ^"Van Zant Album & Song Chart Record – Country Songs".

    Billboard. Titan Global Media. Retrieved July 24, 2011.

  10. ^"Van Zant Album & Melody Chart History – Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  11. ^Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Note Research, Inc. p. 937.

    ISBN .

  12. ^"Van Zant : Allmusic : Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  13. ^Peak chart positions for featured singles on Society Songs:

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