40th anniversary: Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash...

[posty 2,296]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Convair_CV-240_crash

[edjr 5,547]

Talk about your bad luck. or good luck if you were one of the survivors

 

 

Lead vocalist/founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray all died as a result of the crash. Twenty others survived.

 

[vuduchile 1,940]

Gary Rossington is the only original member of the band still playing.

 

Correction. Sorta

 

Ricky Medlocke, who now plays lead guitar for the band was their drummer for awhile back in the 70's.

[edjr 5,547]

Gary Rossington is the only original member of the band still playing.

 

They have been Lynyrd Scabyrd since 1977

[drobeski 3,061]

Great band

[Mookz 1,287]

 

[patweisers44 697]

Its a pretty focking stupid thing to run out of gas in a GD automobile. But in a focking jet plane? Christ, that's unbelievable.

[edjr 5,547]

Its a pretty focking stupid thing to run out of gas in a GD automobile. But in a focking jet plane? Christ, that's unbelievable.

 

back in the 70s they didn't have fancy, lights and beeps to let you know

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

The were on fire when the band broke up.

[frank 2,144]

Freebird sucks. Sweet home Alabama sucks. They have some great songs, but those two suck.

[kutulu 1,542]

The were on fire when the band broke up.

Ooooh that smell

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

Gimme three steps

[GobbleDog 815]

"Everyone, brace for impact! The plane is going down! I forgot to fill up with the gas before takeoff."

[TommyGavin 788]

What song is it you wanna hear ????

[Big Guy 1,400]

I can still remember that day

 

And I always associate the song "That Smell" with the crash

[TommyGavin 788]

"Everyone, brace for impact! The plane is going down! I forgot to fill up with the gas before takeoff."

You were probably there dude.

[frank 2,144]

I wonder if it ruined snoop dogg's 6th birthday party?

[BunnysBastatrds 1,909]

Tuesday's Gone and Simple Man are two of the greatest rock ballads ever written.

[vuduchile 1,940]

Tuesday's Gone and Simple Man are two of the greatest rock ballads ever written.

Yup

[TommyGavin 788]

Tuesday's Gone and Simple Man are two of the greatest rock ballads ever written.

Good call BB

[BunnysBastatrds 1,909]

Good call BB

9/11 happend on a Tuesday. When I was driving to work that day, Tuesdays Gone came on the radio. Whenever I hear that song now, I think of that morning. Crazy. Great song.

[mighty_thor 115]

My cousin made a Facebook post a few months back that he just saw Lynyrd Skynrd in concert. My comment - Wow, they must be pretty old. Did they run out of gas at the end? He didnt get the gas reference.

[Voltaire 4,554]

I just learned yesterday that my eight y/o son's favorite song is Sweet Home Alabama. I'd long known that he liked it, hadn't realized until now that it was #1.

[nzoner 936]

As I recall their album Street Survivors had been released shortly before the crash and had to be recalled as on the cover some of the band members were in flames.

[tanatastic 2,061]

Thought it was one dude.

[nzoner 936]

Thought it was one dude.

They named the band after their high school gym teacher Leonard Skinner