On behalf of my husband who wishes to know..are they still alive?
He was thinking they died in a plane crash.
I havent a clue cos never heard of 'em till tonight but I told him I'd ask you guys and seek your wealth of knowledge.
2007-04-04 09:53:11 · 16 answers · asked by Michelle 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Lynyrd Skynyrd's legend is grounded in a plane crash that occurred on October 20, 1977, three days after the release of Street Survivors. A chartered Convair 240, N55VM, carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana crashed near a forest in McComb, Mississippi. The crash killed singer/songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. Other band members were injured, some very seriously. Drummer Artimus Pyle crawled out of the plane wreckage with several broken ribs, but was ambulatory, as were road crew members Kenneth Peden Jr. and Mark Frank. The three injured men hiked some distance from the crash site, through swampy woods, and finally flagged down farmer Johnny Mote, who had come to investigate. (Varying accounts have Mote either firing a warning shot into the air or actually shooting Pyle in the shoulder - no report is completely reliable. Pyle claimed in a February 2007 appearance on Howard Stern's Sirius radio program that Mote had shot him; Mote has always denied shooting the drummer. Video of a barechested Pyle at the 1979 Volunteer Jam does not show evidence of a gunshot wound) Medical personnel arrived and began to ferry out the injured and the dead. Allen Collins suffered two cracked vertebrae in his neck, and both Collins and Leon Wilkeson nearly had arms amputated as a result of crash injuries. Wilkeson suffered severe internal injuries, including a punctured lung, and had most of his teeth knocked out. Gary Rossington broke both his arms and both his legs in the crash, and took many months to recuperate. Leslie Hawkins sustained a concussion, broke her neck in three places and had severe facial lacerations. Mysteriously, security manager Gene Odom was seriously burned on his arm and face in the crash, which involved no explosion or fire since the plane was out of fuel. Victims were taken to the hospital in McComb, Mississippi, by ambulances or any available vehicles. Road crew member Steve Lawler, who suffered severe contusions and facial lacerations, was taken to the hospital in a pickup with a camper top.
2007-04-04 09:58:03 · answer #1 · answered by no g 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crahsed 3 days after their album, street survivors, was released.The crash on October 20, 1977 killed singer/songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. Other band members were injured including drummer Artimus Pyle who crawled out of the plane wreckage with several broken ribs as well as road crew members Kenneth Peden Jr. and Mark Frank.
2007-04-04 10:02:58 · answer #2 · answered by sprake2466 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
3 of them died in a plane crash in 1977
2007-04-04 10:42:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only are they alive and well--despite a terrible plane crash that killed several members--but they cut a CD a few years back called "Vicious Cycle." It's a 30-year(!!) retrospective disc that includes a new track, "Red, White & Blue."
2007-04-04 10:05:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three of them died in the plane crash.
2007-04-04 10:00:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well as you have your answer, heres a little trivia, The band got the name from a School teachers name!!
Named after Leonard Skinner, an annoying gym teacher/coach some of the members had in high school. Leonard is said to have moved on to sell real estate in Jacksonville, Florida.
2007-04-04 10:09:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines died in the crash. This is their current lineup:
Johnny Van Zant - lead vocals
Gary Rossington - guitar
Billy Powell - keyboards
Rickey Medlocke - guitar, backing vocals
Mark Matejka - guitar, backing vocals
Ean Evans - bass, backing vocals
Michael Cartellone - drums
They still tour, I seen them live 2 years ago.
2007-04-04 09:59:56 · answer #7 · answered by GirlsRGamers2 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i think most of them died in a plane crash
2007-04-04 10:18:54 · answer #8 · answered by sara f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 of em died in the plane crash, includin ronnie, the lead singer...but they still perform with one of the other van zant boys as a frontman
2007-04-04 09:56:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
lead singer did indeed die in a plane crash along with two other members of the band. thats all i know though sorry. but no doubt you will have other answers xx
2007-04-04 09:58:59 · answer #10 · answered by ♥♥Cat Lady♥♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋