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Listen to Looch: new Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary is an eye-opener

Still from "Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow" on Showtime
Still from "Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow" on ShowtimeCourtesy of SHOWTIME

by Mary Lucia

August 21, 2018

As I live and breathe, I never thought that I would be sitting here urging you to watch a 90-minute documentary about Lynyrd Skynyrd. But a brand-new documentary just aired on Showtime, and it's called If I Leave Here Tomorrow. It is the most enlightening film — I learned so much! For a band I once put on the shelf, I now have a great appreciation for this band.

It's a really incredible documentary that any music lover should really check out. And I'm going to tell you right now, too, that the next drunken loudmouth who screams "Freebird" at a show, I will never be able to think if it in the same way, because the song "Freebird" is used at the very end to sort of encapsulate the whole idea of "If I Leave Here Tomorrow, will you still remember me?"

So check it out, it's on Showtime, and it's on demand.

Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow - official site

Lynyrd Skynyrd - official site

'If I Leave Here Tomorrow: a film about Lynyrd Skynyrd'
"Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow" on Showtime
Courtesy of SHOWTIME