# Ronnie Van Zant

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Street Survivors--Lynyrd Skynyrd | The Story Behind The Album Cover Art

Send us Fan Mail  What are the odds? Ronnie Van Zant said he wouldn't live to see thirty. Steve Gaines got spooked and walked away from the album cover photo shoot after only a handful of pictures. The album was called Street Survivors. The band stood surrounded by flames. Three days later, their p…

[EP 413] Lynyrd Skynyrd: How Ronnie Van Zant Led Rock’s Most Defiant Band with Chris Salisbury

Lynyrd Skynyrd became one of the most influential and enduring bands in Southern rock, powered by the songwriting, vision, and uncompromising leadership of Ronnie Van Zant. In this episode of Booked On Rock, author Chris Salisbury joins me to explore the story behind Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic albums…

He Survived The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash - Craig Reed

Craig Reed spent years on the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd as a guitar technician during one of the most important eras in Southern rock history. He worked closely with the band behind the scenes, helping keep the shows moving while witnessing the personalities, chaos, friendship, and incredible succes…

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, & Ted Nugent 2001

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, & Ted Nugent 2001 July 5, 2001. The Edge of Forever Tour hit The Zoo. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Deep Purple. Ted Nugent. That is a serious classic rock lineup. 5,148 people showed up, but the guys both agree it should have done even better. With a bill like that, it felt like it …

Skynyrd Crash Survivor MARC B FRANK

This is one of the most harrowing interviews I've ever done - and I've done too many. In 1977, Marc B Frank was a Lynyrd Skynyrd road crew member. Today he is a wounded witness to one of the most devastating events in rock history, when on October 20, 1977, the Convair CV-240 passenger aircraft car…

Lynyrd Skynyrd Bodyguard Survived the Crash And Holds Nothing Back - Gene Odom

Gene Odom was Ronnie Van Zant’s close friend, bodyguard, and head of security for Lynyrd Skynyrd. In 1977, he survived the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and five others—and changed the band forever. But this conversation is about much more than that night. Gene takes us inside his lifelon…

History Today - Oct. 20

In 1977, the plane carrying the band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in Mississippi, killing six including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. In 2011, Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi was captured and killed by rebel forces. In 1973, the Sydney Opera House opened. In 1962, Bobby Pickett's 'Monster Mash' h…

Hour 3: Rest in Power, Ronnie Van Zant

Today is the anniversary of the terrible plane crash involving Lynyrd Skynyrd, which we get to after we finish arguing about politics with a brick wall

Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd: Songs That Describe American Life | Cultish Creative Music Club

What does the mother in Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man" really want for her son? On this episode of the Cultish Creative Music Club, Matt Zeigler and Joseph Moore explore how the lyrics and guitar chords of the 1973 Southern rock classic give her advice about love, faith and ambition a bittersweet so…