Memorial Day Weekend, usually involves two things: trudging through traffic-snarled roads and listening to music with friends and family (usually accompanied by heavy drinking… hopefully not while stuck in traffic). Well, to appease the herding masses, Sirius is hooking up Memorial Day Weekend with performances by country/rock artists Van Zant, and providing enhanced traffic and weather reports.

Coming from Tennessee’s Ocean Way Studios, brothers Johnnie Van Zant (known from his work with Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Donnie Van Zant (known from his work with .38 Special), will perform songs from their new album Get Right With the Man, (plus some stuff from .38 Special and Lynyrd Skynyrd). The exclusive performance will be broadcast on SIRIUS channel 31, New Country, on May 27th at 10pm, May 29th at 5pm and May 30 at 8pm.

Starting May 26, the Weather Channel reports on SIRIUS traffic and weather channels will provide resort and getaway destination weather, every Thursday through Sunday throughout the summer. Starting on Friday, May 27, traffic reports will provide uber-coverage of US beach, mountain and getaway destination routes every Friday evening for the trip away and Sunday afternoons and evenings for the grueling return trip home.