Van Zant II
The brothers of storiedLynyrd Skynyrdfounder Ronnie Van Zant have made no attempt to shirk the legacy of their late, lamented big brother. Indeed, Johnny fills in for Ronnie as lead vocalist for Skynyrd, and Donnie's.38 Specialare true-blue (or should that be gray?) Southern rockers of the first order. The twosome's second collaboration sticks to a tried-and-true formula of Dixie bluster and guitar grit that seems to be the Van Zant's birthright. There's nothing subtle about their perspective, their roughhewn harmonies, or their blues-rock music (Kenny Wayne Shepherdcontributes guitar to two numbers). That's Van Zant--take it or leave it.--Steven Stolder