DREAM VACATION

Now here’s good news: the Gear Daddies will be filling in for Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Minnesota State Fair:

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Aug. 28 concert at the Minnesota State Fair has been canceled because of singer Johnny Van Zant’s severe throat problems. The Gear Daddies, Minnesota favorites from the ’80s and ’90s, will be the replacement for the grandstand that night.

A better question is why the Gear Daddies can’t just replace Skynyrd permanently.