Leon Russell Wilkeson (2 April 1952 - 27 July 2001) was the bassist of Southern rock band
Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2001. Early Life Born on April 2, 1952 in Newport, Rhode Island but raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Wilkeson became a major
Beatles fan just as he was becoming a teenager and began learning to play bass guitar in order to emulate his favorite member of the Fab Four,
Paul McCartney. Wilkeson dropped out of his school band in order to focus on learning the bass at the age of 14 and, shortly afterwards, was approached by a fellow student, who told him t…
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