I said, ‘Ronnie, don’t talk like that,’ but the man knew his destiny. He becomes a founding member and guitarist of both Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Rossington-Collins Band. “Ronnie and I were in Tokyo, Japan, and Ronnie told me that he would never live to see 30 and that he would go out with his boots on, in other words, on the road. Gary Rossington is born in Jacksonville, Florida. Legend has it that Van Zant predicted he would die before turning 30, as Artimus Pyle, who joined the band as a drummer in 1974, said in a VH1 Behind the Music interview. Guitarist Steve Gaines, his sister and background singer Cassie Gaines, the band’s assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray were also killed. Following Lynyrd Skynyrd’s show in Greenville, South Carolina, the plane they were on was en route to Baton Rogue, Louisiana, and crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi, after running out of fuel. Van Zant sadly didn’t live to see 30, as he was one of the six people who perished in a plane crash in 1977. A year later, he emerged from the infamous 1977 plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backing vocalist Cassie Gaines with two broken arms, a broken leg, and a. … When you get yourself in the right mood and the right place all the pressure’s off your head.” “The hard thing to do is to get yourself in the mood for writing, just get yourself in that right atmosphere. 'They're like the scariest rock band ever,' Dave Wyndorf of the band Monster Magnet told Spin, 'because they really, totally believed it.' Lynyrd. But their wild times awed even other rock and rollers. October 20, 1977, Gillsburg, Mississippi), Gary Rossington (b. January 15, 1949, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.d. The principal members were Ronnie Van Zant (b. “I think the whole trick to writing is it’s not very hard to do,” Van Zant explained about songwriting on Jim Ladd’s radio show, Interview, in 1976 (quote via Country Rebel). The music world is mourning Gary Rossington, the last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, who died on Sunday (March 5) at the age of 71. The original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd weren't the first or the last set of rock stars to have a wild time after reaching the big leagues. Lynyrd Skynyrd, American rock band that rose to prominence during the Southern rock boom of the 1970s on the strength of its triple-guitar attack and gritty working-class attitude. Among the band’s other hits he co-wrote are “Sweet Home Alabama,” “That Smell,” “Saturday Night Special,” “What’s Your Name” and “Simple Man.” Prior to forming the legendary rock band, Van Zant had aspirations to pursue a career in baseball. Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Van Zant formed Lynyrd Skynyrd in his hometown in 1964 with Collins, Rossington, bass guitarist Larry Junstrom and drummer Bob Burns. Van Zant was the co-founder, lead singer and primary songwriter for Lynyrd Skynyrd. This iconic song was co-written by two of the band’s original members, frontman Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Allen Collins.
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