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Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) passes away

ClonerJams said:
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Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Last Original Member, Dead at 71

Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd's last original member, has died at age 71.
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Loved this tidbit:

“During a fateful Little League game, Ronnie Van Zant hit a line drive into the shoulder blades of opposing player Burns and met his future bandmates. Rossington, Burns, Van Zant, and guitarist Allen Collins gathered that afternoon at Burns’ Jacksonville home to jam the Rolling Stone’s “Time Is on My Side.” An early version of Lynyrd Skynyrd was born.”
 
CyCrazy said:
They only played 5 songs?
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Yeah, back then they only did an hour plus encore, lots of tuning and gab going on between songs. They did have an opening act, but can't recall who that was that did a 40 min set, the agent and headliner band would decide who would open.

Edit: Semis had to be on the road by midnight, we(Hilton Crew) usually would get them out at11:00/11:15 for next gig, drivers liked us, usually got a nap halfway!:p
 
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This song was pretty much about Gary after he wrapped his car around a tree and knocked a lot of his teeth out (as well as other injuries).

 
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Turn2 said:
While I hope and can appreciated that you may have enjoyed the show, anything after ‘77 wasn’t the real Skynyrd. They really morphed into another band that appropriated the name.
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Yeah, agreed, I fully understood their history even before going though.

It helped too that it was the brother that took over singing duties instead of hiring someone like alot bands like Jouney do nowadays.
 
jereseib said:
Yeah, agreed, I fully understood their history even before going though.

It helped too that it was the brother that took over singing duties instead of hiring someone like alot bands like Jouney do nowadays.
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Don’t know if Billy Powell was playing then, but he was a big part of their sound. Rickey Medlocke and Hughie Thomasson were pretty much plug-and-play on guitar, but the whole persona of the band was…different.
 
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Turn2 said:
Don’t know if Billy Powell was playing then, but he was a big part of their sound. Rickey Medlocke and Hughie Thomasson were pretty much plug-and-play on guitar, but the whole persona of the band was…different.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure Billy Powell was on the keyboards for that show.
 
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Turn2 said:
I was there. Anyone else?

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Lynyrd Skynyrd Setlist at Hilton Coliseum, Ames

Get the Lynyrd Skynyrd Setlist of the concert at Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA, USA on September 25, 1976 from the Gimme Back My Bullets Tour and other Lynyrd Skynyrd Setlists for free on setlist.fm!
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yep

First saw Lynrd Skynrd at the RKO in Davenport in the summer of 1974. "Sweet Home Alabama" was blowing up as a huge hit song.

The opener group was an "up and coming group from Boston",...Aerosmith.

Fun night.
 
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Turn2 said:
I was there. Anyone else?

Wow Ames had a lot of fantastic concerts! That was before my time but
went to a community college in Orange County before attending ISU and saw a lot of great shows including Skynyrd at the Anaheim Stadium August 31 , 1977. Set list:

  1. "Call Me the Breeze"
  2. "Workin' for MCA"
  3. "You Got That Right"
  4. "Travelin' Man"
  5. "Tuesday's Gone"
  6. "Saturday Night Special"
  7. "Whiskey Rock-a-Roller"
  8. "I Ain't the One"
  9. "Gimme Three Steps"
  10. "Sweet Home Alabama"
  11. "That Smell"
  12. "Free Bird"
REO Speedwagon was hot then, too:

  1. "(I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come"
  2. "The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot"
  3. "Rock and Roll Music"
  4. "Keep Pushin'"
  5. "Say You Love Me or Say Goodnight"
  6. "Don't Let Him Go"
  7. "Riders in the Sky"
  8. "Lay Me Down"
  9. "Time for Me to Fly"
  10. "157 Riverside Avenue"
  11. "Like You Do"
  12. "Roll With the Changes"
  13. "Ridin' the Storm Out"
Ted Nugent wasn't too popular in Southern California, but he played a set, too.
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RIP Lynyrd Skynyrd. Hard to tell just how much music vanished in that plane crash Oct. 20, 1977.

 
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