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The band's ex-guitarist, Ed King, said later that he "always knew it wasn't gonna end well" for the band due to their penchant for drinking and brawling, but he could never have envisioned it ending the way it did, and recalls being overcome with sadness upon learning of the crash. [14] Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1977
Gillsburg was the location of the October 20, 1977 plane crash that killed three members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd.A rental plane carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina, to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was low on fuel and crashed in a swamp in Gillsburg. [2]
Wilkeson's death put the group in a difficult position since an agreement with Ronnie Van Zant's widow, Judy Jenness, mandated that at least three of Skynyrd's longtime members would have to appear in order for the band to use the name Lynyrd Skynyrd. Jenness waived this proviso, and the group continued with replacement bassist Ean Evans.
Some have claimed that Lynyrd Skynyrd was the unluckiest band of all time.Along with the deaths of Ronnie Van Zant, the Gaines siblings, and Bob Burns, guitarist Allen Collins was paralyzed in a ...
Judy Van Zant-Jenness stands below a sketch of the late Ronnie Van Zant, the original lead singer of the Southern rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. The sketch is part of a monument to the band members ...
On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina to Baton Rouge, Louisiana crashed outside of Gillsburg, Mississippi.The crash killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, as well as pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. [2]
Gary Rossington, a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died. He was 71.The news of Rossington's death was confirmed by the band in a statement posted to Facebook on ...
After the band's first post-reformation studio album Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991, Pyle left suddenly after a show in August, [21] with Kurt Custer taking his place. [19] Hall left in 1993 after the release of The Last Rebel, [22] later suing the remaining members of the band for $500,000. [23]