October 20, 1977.
A tragic day in the history of what I feel is the best southern rock band ever. Lynyrd Skynyrd.

continue to RIP:

Ronnie Van Zant
Steve Gaines
Cassie Gaines
& Dean Kilpatrick

they were a great band.

Yes, the REAL band.  :(

Thanks for posting the real band!

Tanya

Watch out for the @sshole guest who caught my spelling error but had no balls to reply to my poll. Anyway....God Bless the REAL band :\'(


RnRF,

I have an old friend in Colorado Springs who is a MAJOR FAN of Skynyrd, even the geriatric version.  :P

RnRF,

I have an old friend in Colorado Springs who is a MAJOR FAN of Skynyrd, even the geriatric version.  :P
http://www.skynyrd.com/images/group.jpgIf you have ever seen the VH1 special on them.....well I did and I cried. Artimus Pyle was telling how he held Cassie who's throat was slit but he remembers her softly saying "I don't want to die"  :\'(

They did two of the most memorable rock song ever: "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama."

And of course other good songs, too. They were indeed a great band.

http://www.skynyrd.com/images/group.jpgIf you have ever seen the VH1 special on them.....well I did and I cried. Artimus Pyle was telling how he held Cassie who's throat was slit but he remembers her softly saying "I don't want to die"  :\'(


Yeah, I saw that VH1 special.  It was pretty cool.  I remember when those guys broke out in '73 or '74.  They rocked.  I also remember the day of their plane crash.  I was walking in the dark, it was raining, when I heard over the radio.  That blew.

Seems like Artimus had a falling out with the rest of the band and has not been with them for the past few years.

As for Johnny Van Zant, I see him as a bogus pretender.  It would be one thing to do some sort of "tribute concert", but to actually tour for 17 tears as Skynyrd is a cheap desecration.  And I am not even a Skynyrd "fanatic" or "purist".

I mean, what if the Beatles did a tour with a fake George and a fake John?

Watch out for the @sshole guest who caught my spelling error but had no balls to reply to my poll. Anyway....God Bless the REAL band :\'(
R &R, What poll- I'll respond......

What a nice thing to say about someone...::)

Absolutely Vile
Maybe so but you didn't have his stupidity directed at you ::)

R &R, What poll- I'll respond......
It's almost at the bottom of page 3

RnRF,

I have an old friend in Colorado Springs who is a MAJOR FAN of Skynyrd, even the geriatric version.  :P
I deleted my original message...I should've saved that message to "Mr. X" for a pm :-\\

Free Bird
Sweet Home Alabama

both were my favorites. :)


Howard

the song 'simple man' brings me to tears. my favourite skynyrd song next to 'tuesday's gone'.