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The Ronnie Van Zant Memorial Park is a public memorial park located in Lake Asbury, Clay County, Florida. The park was built in memory of Ronnie Van Zant , vocalist of Southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd , who died along with numerous other band members and crew in a 1977 plane crash .
Van Zant's younger brother, Johnny, took over as the new lead singer when the band reunited in 1987. Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King recalls the intense sadness of Van Zant's funeral, noting that people in attendance were so overcome with grief that they were literally falling down. [9] Van Zant was buried in Orange Park, Florida, in 1977
I'll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt by Brian T. Atkinson was released on New Year's Day 2012 by Texas A&M University Press, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of Van Zandt's death. The book contains interviews with longtime Van Zandt friends Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Kris Kristofferson ...
This year’s event is March 9-10 in the Southside Preservation Hall and Rose Chapel, 1519 Lipscomb St.. Drummer Jack Bullett Harris of Fort Worth knew Van Zandt when Harris was the drummer for ...
Donald Newton Van Zant (born June 11, 1952) is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as a member of the band 38 Special , from its formation in 1974 until 2013.
Collins with Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1977 (from left to right): Leon Wilkeson, Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, Steve Gaines, Artimus Pyle and Billy Powell. On October 20, 1977, an airplane carrying the band crashed into a forest in Mississippi, killing three band members, including Van Zant. Collins was seriously injured in the crash ...
Along with the deaths of Ronnie Van Zant, the Gaines siblings, and Bob Burns, guitarist Allen Collins was paralyzed in a 1986 car accident and died at age 37 in 1990. Bassist Leon Wilkeson died of ...
Jimmie Van Zant (December 22, 1957 – April 7, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was named after his mother's current husband at the time, Jim Nightingale; When his mother married Alfred Kelsay in 1970 he was adopted soon after at the age of 12 and his surname was changed to Kelsay.