Remember when
Kid Rock used to rap? It seems that
Pamela Anderson's second-most-famous ex has left his "Bawitdaba" days far behind him, embracing a Southern-rock sound on last year's chart-topping
Rock N Roll Jesus. Now he'll get a chance to spread the guitar gospel with the guys who invented it: Rock and Roll Hall of Famers
Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Better stock up on lighters for the pair's August "Rock and Rebels" tour, which will almost certainly end every night with an epic 20-minute version of "Freebird." If that's not American badass, I don't know what it is.
The classic-rock icons will open for Rock, who will be backed on tour by the 11-piece
Twisted Brown Trucker Band. The Truckers will also join him on "The Late Show With David Letterman" on May 14 to perform Rock's latest single, "All Summer Long." Sure doesn't sound like a guy who used to write rhymes, but Rock's rapping roots may catch up to him yet: He's working on side project with
Run DMC's
Reverend Run and plans to make the
Jesus follow-up a hip-hop album (gulp).
Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd "Rock and Rebels" tour dates:8.8: Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheater
8.9: Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
8.14: Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
8.16: Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
8.22: Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
8.23: Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
8.25: Toronto, Ontario @ Molson Amphitheatre
8.30: Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
8.31: Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
-David Greenwald
