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 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Larry Junstrom. Larry Junstrom was the first bassist but did not stay with the band long after they found Leon Wilkinson.
3. Donnie plays for .38 Special and Johnnie now sings for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
1977. The plane crash happened October 20, 1977.
'Street Survivors' . 'Street Survivors' was the last album recorded by the original line up.
| What name does the band sometimes tour under when they are playing small club dates? | Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Gary Rossington. As a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, he helped usher in the Southern rock scene in the 1970s. Leading the Rossington-Collins Band, he defined the unmistakable sound in the 1980s. Back at the helm of Lynyrd Skynyrd, guitarist Gary Rossington advances the legendary music even further into the millenium.
Ean Evans. Ean Evans was a long time friend of the band and joined after the death of Leon Wilkeson.
| In 1974 the band embarked on the "Torture Tour", that same year two members left the band. Who are the two departed members?
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Bob Burns and Ed King. The band released their second album "Second Helping", produced by Al Kooper. The album hit number twelve and the single "Sweet Home Alabama" reached number eight.
No. While there wasn't a "real" Curtis Loew, there were many Curtis Loews in the neighborhood. The actual spelling of the name came when Ed King was writing the liner notes for the Second Helping album in 1974. He thought it would be funny to name this old Florida black bluesman after the Jewish Loew's Theatre.
Nuthin Fancy. Artimus Pyle joins the band playing drums.
"Free Bird". This began as a ballad without the guitar solos at the end, and they recorded it that way for the first time in 1972. Guitarist Allen Collins had been working on the song on and off for the previous two years. At the time of recording, the song was only 7 1/2 minutes long, but throughout the next year, Collins continued to refine the song until it was recorded for the final cut of "Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd" in 1973.
Almost Famous. Sixteen-year-old avid rock fan William lands an assignment from Rolling Stone to accompany a fledgling band from Michigan called Stillwater on their first tour. As he becomes more involved with the band members, he loses his objectivity and is soon entangled in the infamous 70's rock scene.
Endangered Species. It was released on the music label Capricorn Records.
Jacksonville, Florida.. In 1964 Ronnie Van Zant, Bob Burns, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, and Larry Junstrum, all from Jacksonville, formed a group called My Backyard. Later, after several names changes, they'd settle on Lynyrd Skynyrd. The group would continue performing together until October 20, 1977.
Ronnie Van Zant. Ronald Wayne Van Zant was born on January 15, 1948. He was the founding member of this legendary group. Allen Collins and Gary Rossington played guitar, and Larry Junstrom played bass for Skynyrd.
| The group was named after Leonard Skinner; however, what relation did he have with the members of this group? | Original Lynyrd Skynyrd
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gym coach. Leonard Skinner was Rossington and Burns' gym coach, at Robert E. Lee High School. He was a disciplinarian who enforced the school's dress code. Burns was expelled for having his hair too long; males weren't allowed to have hair touching the collar or sideburns below the ear. Legend has it that while still going under the moniker "One Percent" Ronnie Van Zant joked, while performing on stage, that they were now called "Leonard Skinner." This name would stick, only with a different spelling.
The Who. In 1973, during the Quadrophenia tour, at the Cow Palace in California, The Who refused to go on stage after Lynyrd Skynyrd had opened because the crowd wouldn't stop applauding Skynyrd.
it's where the group wrote their first and second albums. In 1970, because of constant complaints by the local police, the band searched for an isolated area to work. They found a farm near Green Cove Springs. The farm had a small wooden shack with a tin roof, and it would become known as the Hell House. It was called Hell House because of the extreme temperatures. Hell House was where the sound of Lynyrd Skynyrd was born.
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd. In April 1973, at Studio One, Dorvaville, Georgia, the group released "Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd." It featured the song "Free Bird," a song that received national airplay, and eventually reached #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
6. Incredibly, Skynyrd only released six albums prior to the plane accident. In 1973, they released "Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd," in 1974, "Second Helping," in 1975, "Nuthin' Fancy," in 1976, "Gimme Back My Bullets" and "One More from the Road," and finally, in 1977, they released their final album, "Street Survivors."
MCA. In 1973, Skynyrd signed a record deal with MCA. They producer was Al Kooper and they produced their first album, "Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd" shortly afterwards. In 1974, they made "Second Helping," in 1975, "Nuthin' Fancy," in 1976, "Gimme Back My Bullets," and their last album, in 1977, "Street Survivors."
Duane Allman. In 1973, the band released their signature song, "Free Bird," which was a tribute to Duane Allman, of The Allman Brothers Band. Duane was killed in a motorcycle accident while in Macon on October 29, 1973. "Free Bird," initially wrote for a wedding, was dedicated to the memory of Duane Allman.
| Why did Van Zant say the group had to stop doing the song, "Gimme Back My Bullets" during concerts? | Original Lynyrd Skynyrd
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crowds would throw handfuls of .38 slugs on stage. Van Zant stated something to the effect, "....we had to quit doing that song, because almost every audience would throw a handful of bullets, you know, like .38 slugs." We wrote it about the bullets in the music industry trade magazines, but I'd say "Gimme back my bullets", and they'd let me have it."
One More from the Road. Released in July 1976, "One More From The Road," introduced Gaines on a record. It was the group's first and only live album and would become their most successful selling album of all-time.
Billy Powell. One of the group's original roadies, it was later discovered that Powell was an excellent piano player. Powell was very musically educated. Skynyrd, though a guitar band, saw Powell, a piano man, lay down the musical backgrounds for most of their songs.
19. Released in 1973, "Free Bird" released from the album, "Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd" made it to #19 on the US charts and #31 on the U.K. charts.
Quadrophenia. The Who's manager, Peter Rudge, signed the Skynyrd to open for The Who on their Quadrophenia tour. During the tour's opening night, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, they played in front of over 20,000 fans. Later, Rudge offered to become Skynyrd's manager and they agreed, thereby leaving their old manager, Alan Waldon.
Artimus Pyle. In 1975, Burns left the band and was replaced by Pyle. The new lineup's first album, "Nuthin' Fancy," was released, becoming their first Top Ten album. It featured the hit song "Saturday Night Special," which would hit #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Al Kooper. Impressed with the band during a performance at an Atlanta club called Funocchio's in 1972, Koper signed them to MCA Records.
8. The group's most successful single of all-time, "Sweet Home Alabama," was from their second album, "Second Helping." It was released in 1974 and climbed to number 8 on the U.S. Charts.
October 20, 1977. It occurred three days after the release of Street Survivors. While enroute from Greenville, South Carolina to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, it crashed near McComb, Mississippi. The crash killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson, Gary Rossington, and Leslie Hawkins sustained serious injuries during the crash. Artimus Pyle, who ran to a nearby farmhouse to get help, was shot in the shoulder by a startled farmer. Afterwards, when the farmer, Johnny Mote, realized Pyle was connected with the plane crash, he called for help.
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