Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s manager since 1999 has become a free bird himself — and is taking the band with him.
After 26 years with Vector Management in Nashville, Ross Schilling has formed his own King Duke Entertainment, based in his native Sarasota, Fla., where he’ll handle the group as well as frontman Johnny Van Zant and the estates of the late original band members — an integration he’s become well-practiced in juggling over the years.
“Getting through the things that have happened, the ups and then the downs of losing guys, now knowing what’s gonna happen next, the thing I’m most proud of is going, ‘How you pick up everyone back up and continue on’ — and doing it,” Schilling tells UCR…