Rickey Medlocke & The Legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Rickey Medlocke makes his TIJ debut to talk about his incredible rock & roll journey! He shares stories from his early days drumming with Skynyrd, to fronting Blackfoot and touring with AC/DC, Nazareth, and Iron Maiden, to rejoining Skynyrd thanks to a Snickers bar and $1.50! He remembers his friend Gary Rossington, explains how Damon Johnson came to fill Gary’s shoes, and reveals what it was like playing “Free Bird” for the first time ever. Rickey also speaks candidly about missing the tragic Skynyrd plane crash, his induction into the Native American Music Hall of Fame, his passion for wrestling (and watching alongside an incognito Ozzy Osbourne in Florida), and why he’ll never retire from the stage. "RISE AGAIN" is available on all digital platforms on Rock The Cause Records. Rickey Medlocke Band - RISE AGAIN WIN your way to the KISS Kruise: Land locked In Vegas! https://kiss.topeka.live/giveaway/ Watch this episode on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/ChrisJerichoFozzy 👍 Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the 🔔 to stay updated on new episodes! More from Talk Is Jericho: 📸 Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy | @talkisjericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🌐Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Talk is Jericho, baby.
0:05.0	Talk is Jericho.
0:07.0	Talk is Jericho, Mama, talk is me.
0:12.0	All right, welcome to Talk is Jericho.
0:14.0	It's the pot of thunder and rock and roll,
0:16.0	and you know what we do on Fridays.
0:18.0	It's the Duff McCagan joke of the week.
0:28.5	Chris Jericho, Duff McCaghan calling you from sunny Seattle, Washington. Listen, I just found this out.
0:38.3	You know what side chicken has its feathers? The outside. Thank you very much. Goodbye.
0:44.2	Yeah, I mean, that one sounds like something that my five-year-old cousin used to tell me when he was five.
0:46.7	But it's Duff sending it in from home.
0:52.1	He's got some downtime with the family before Guns and Roses hit the road yet again in October, this time in South America.
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1:05.8	I'm giving you the chance to see us and enjoy the Kiss Cruise for free.
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1:28.8	an event poster for you. You'll even get a pair of signed quarantine drumsticks courtesy of drummer,
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