Ronnie Van Zant’s bandmates were anxious as they prepared to board their leased plane at Greenville, South Carolina’s Downtown Airport on the afternoon of October 20th, 1977. And they had good reason to be:Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s rickety Convair 240, pushing 30 years old, was obviously pas...
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joy and confusion into their electric jams. No other Southern rock band was as nuanced as Skynyrd in their prime. Several years after the accident (which occurred just days after they released one of their best LPs, ‘Street Survivors’), the band regrouped with Van Zant’s brother in the...
Rossington cheated death more than once. He survived a car accident in 1976 in which he drove his Ford Torino into a tree, inspiring the band’s song “That Smell.” A year later, he survived the plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backing vocalist...
Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped write the classic “Sweet Home Alabama,” died Sunday at the age of 71.
Gary Rossington of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd performs at the 2015 Big Barrel Country Music Festival in Dover, Del. (Owen Sweeney via AP)Owen Sweeney Rossington cheated death more than once, Rolling Stone reported. He survived a car accident in 1976 in which he drove his Ford Torino into a tr...
"I must be traveling on now," and that's what Lynyrd Skynyrd will continue to do after the death of the band's last founding member Gary Rossington last month. The group had already planned to tour this year to celebrate their 50th anniversary, but discussions were had about how to proce...
Leon Wilkeson, bass guitarist of the vital Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died. He was 49.
Rossington, who was a founding member of the legendary Southern rock group, survived the tragic 1977 plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backing vocalist Cassie Gaines. A year prior, Rossington had survived a car accident when his vehicle hit an oak tree...
Gary Rossington of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd performs at the 2015 Big Barrel Country Music Festival in Dover, Del. (Owen Sweeney via AP)Owen Sweeney Rossington cheated death more than once, Rolling Stone reported. He survived a car accident in 1976 in which he drove his Ford Torino into a tr...