Lynyrd Skynyrd Join Georgia Music Hall of Fame

9/6/2007 Stephen L. Betts Lynyrd Skynyrd will be inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on Saturday, Sept. 8. The 29th annual festivities, to be held in the Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, will begin with the Governor's Reception hosted by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, followed by dinner and the Georgy® Awards Show with celebrity presenters and a performance by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Other inductees include Usher, Mylon LeFevre, Freddy Cole and Babs Richardson. Ranked as one of the best-selling bands of all time by the Recording Industry Association of America and recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Lynyrd Skynyrd has recorded almost 65 albums, sold 30 million albums to date. To date, the Southern anthem "Sweet Home Alabama" has passed the one-million mark in downloaded master ringtones. Lynyrd Skynyrd member Johnny Van Zant, brother of the band's late founder Ronnie Van Zant, is one-half of the CMA-nominated duo Van Zant. His partner (and brother) Donnie, also performs with .38 Special.  The Hall of Fame gala supports the Friends of Georgia Music Festival's mission: to nurture the music industry in the state and fund the organization's annual scholarship program. For more information, visit www.georgiamusic.org.