Proof for Mike...LMAO!

[Pumpkinman]

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[ibglowin]

LOL Very nice pics. looks like you had some great seats as well!

 

[Pumpkinman]

thanks, I'm too old to sit in the back and squint to see the band...LOL

 

[seth8530]

Did Lynyrd just turn 40 lol?

 

[Pumpkinman]

40 years, yep.

 

[Wade E]

Good old Photoshop!!!!! LOL must have been a great show.

 

[Pumpkinman]

Photoshop? Nah, just great seats...LOL

 

[olusteebus]

I was in a cadillac dealership in Jacksonville last year and Donnie VanZant was there. I asked the service rep if he comes here often and he said "oh yea. The salesmen love to see him come." He must have bought a bunch of cadillacs.

He is my wifes distant cousin. She is a VanZant. My wife jokingly says they were the black sheep of the family! I think they were good people.

 

[Pumpkinman]

That is cool, do they ever speak to each other?

 

[jswordy]

Great seats!

They play here all the time (it being Alabama, after all). I still remember the day of the plane crash. For me, that was the day the music died, even though they all went through other stages like Rossington-Collins Band, etc. You just cannot replace a Ronnie Van Zant, the soul of the original band and also it's lead singer and writer.

Ronnie had a certain angst that came from a hardscrabble blue-collar background and that angst increased the more fame he found. His feet were solidly planted in the working class but his wealth was pulling him into new worlds. Some of his song lyrics show how truly torn he was. They still tour on the backbone of Ronnie's songs, and he died in 1977. A bunch of friends and I skipped college that day and just went out to a national park nearby, drank beer and played Skynyrd songs.

Lynyrd Skynyrd was taken from the name of a high school gym teacher (Leonard Skinner) who always gave them a hard time about their long hair. He later got their permission to use the name and sold real estate under it.

I used to listen to their stuff all the time back in the day in Illinois, but since moving here I am burnt out on Lynyrd Skynyrd from hearing it all the time! You listen to any classic rock station here for two hours, you are likely to hear "Sweet Home Alabama" at least once. Hey ... you know they DID play one or two other songs, too...

 

[Pumpkinman]

Great post Jim!