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Posted: 10/20/2017 9:51:19 AM EDT
"Uncontrolled Impact With Terrain" Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane goes down, killing six The band's chartered plane runs out of fuel due to a faulty engine and crashes in Mississippi. Singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines are killed, along with three crew members. Lynyrd Skynyrd would disband after the accident, with the remaining members reuniting a decade later. |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 9:59:03 AM EDT
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If I knew how to post a video, simple man would be it.
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Posted: 10/20/2017 9:59:40 AM EDT
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Wow 40 years now.
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Posted: 10/20/2017 10:02:04 AM EDT
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 Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Lyrics HD |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 10:04:22 AM EDT
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"Lyn-yerd Skyn-yerd" I will never forget Walter Cronkite announcing that story. I hope he's still roasting in hell, that scumbag fuck.
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Posted: 10/20/2017 10:05:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/20/2017 10:05:38 AM EDT
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I remember that day. Hot girl in math class was bawling her eyes out
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Posted: 10/20/2017 10:06:03 AM EDT
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My video would be "Curtis Lowe" if I knew how to embed it. Probably about time I learned how to do it...
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Posted: 10/20/2017 10:08:59 AM EDT
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 The Ballad of Curtis Loew - lynyrd skynyrd (with lyrics) |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 10:10:42 AM EDT
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This is one of my favorites. Usually when people think of Skynyrd they think of that God awful song Gimme 3 Steps or the way overplayed Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama.
 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Comin´ Home |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 12:55:54 PM EDT
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I remember that day. Hot girl in math class was bawling her eyes out 
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:04:41 PM EDT
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 All I Can Do Is Write About It |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:10:02 PM EDT
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Less well known, but my favorite.
 Lynyrd Skynyrd - All I Can Do Is Write About It Beat. Damn. |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:10:20 PM EDT
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I think you have the wrong plane OP. The one in your post is the one that Patsy Kline died in.
This was the plane that Ronnie Van Zant was on... 
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:13:58 PM EDT
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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fuPYFxlUNQg/Vh0LCutjPZI/AAAAAAADOrc/7Au60U4z5AE/s640/Lynyrd%2BSkynyrd1.gif "Uncontrolled Impact With Terrain" Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane goes down, killing six The band's chartered plane runs out of fuel due to a faulty engine and crashes in Mississippi. Singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines are killed, along with three crew members. Lynyrd Skynyrd would disband after the accident, with the remaining members reuniting a decade later. Wrong plane.... way too small. |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:15:03 PM EDT
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This is one of my favorites. Usually when people think of Skynyrd they think of that God awful song Gimme 3 Steps or the way overplayed Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro4_u0DtFaI |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:17:16 PM EDT
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I think you have the wrong plane OP. The one in your post is the one that Patsy Kline died in. This was the plane that they were on... http://www.flightjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/7807667594_1a4170c569_z.jpg 
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:20:44 PM EDT
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This is one of my favorites. Usually when people think of Skynyrd they think of that God awful song Gimme 3 Steps or the way overplayed Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro4_u0DtFaIProbably my favorite song;  Four Walls of Raiford - Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:22:15 PM EDT
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I had my ticket stubs that I slit a wee bit to sneak in an unopened "Street Survivors" album, which, when first released, had the band standing in front of a flaming street, and Steve Gaines, being toe-headed, look like he was on fire. After the crash, these were pulled from record stores, and a new jacket was released with the fire cropped out.
Sadly, I had a girlfriend that donated a bunch of my stuff while I was out of town, "just trying to make a path, and you don't even have a record player"....
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:22:43 PM EDT
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A pox on Artimus.
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:22:45 PM EDT
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I was on the scene that night (early morning) covering it
for a New Orleans TV station. Ambulance crew was bringing out the last bodies when we arrived. Pitch dark in a wooded area near a levee. The only light was from the portable belt light we were carrying for the video camera. Plane looked relatively intact, but was split open about mid point. No fire. Luggage and personal items strewn about. |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:29:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:30:26 PM EDT
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A pox on Artimus. |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:36:26 PM EDT
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A pox on Artimus. Supposedly he was crawling out of the forest, all bloody, to a farmhouse, and a farmer shot him in the shoulder thinking he was a psycho. I guess the farmer denies shooting him... |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:44:46 PM EDT
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OP's plane is neither LS nor Patsy Cline. Maybe Croce's but I dunno.
ETA: Not Croce's either |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:46:05 PM EDT
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I was in college and heard about on the news the next morning. Met some friends on my way to class. We decided the best tribute was to skip class and drink whiskey all day.
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:46:53 PM EDT
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Neil Young did it.
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:47:50 PM EDT
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A pox on Artimus. |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 1:53:50 PM EDT
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I was 17, had tickets to see them, concert was re-scheduled.........Never happened
 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird - 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Official) |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:02:28 PM EDT
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If the imbed God's could put up "if I'm wrong" I would be grateful.
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:03:59 PM EDT
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From what I undertand, the pilots died from the impact to the front of the plane, Steve had massive internal injuries and was alive when he was pulled from the plane but died on scene. Ronnie was hit in the head by something and killed. Cassie I'm not sure about. The only one ejected was Ronnies friend that always toured with them, and he supposedly smacked into s tree and got burned by something but he lived.
One of the said in an interview that they had a lot of cases and things that normally wouldn't have been on a plane that were unsecured so when it crashed all of shit went flying into everyone. |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:06:53 PM EDT
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If the imbed God's could put up "if I'm wrong" I would be grateful. 
 Lynyrd Skynyrd - If I'm Wrong |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:19:25 PM EDT
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If the imbed God's could put up "if I'm wrong" I would be grateful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XflO5kD5RrQ
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:19:59 PM EDT
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This is weird because I was just listening to some Skynyrd last night and thinking I needed some more in my collection.
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:24:17 PM EDT
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Saw them just a bit earlier on the one more for the road tour.
Miss um My video would be " on the hunt". |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:26:54 PM EDT
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I saw the remains of the band in 1980 playing as Rossington-Collins
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:28:13 PM EDT
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 On The Hunt - Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:34:13 PM EDT
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RIP.
They really were good. Lots of great songs and a smokin hot blues / rock guitar combo. |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:34:13 PM EDT
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Lynard Skynard was headed for Baton Rouge, LA then to Little Rock, AR, then on to Evansville, IN to play Roberts Stadium two nights later.
I have 2 tickets for the Evansville concert, which now live inside the shrink wrap on a first release copy of the Street Survivor album. The first release had a cover photo with fire around the members. It was pulled the day of the crash and replaced with a photo of the band standing in front of a black background. 
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:39:22 PM EDT
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Lynard Skynard was headed for St. Louis to play the Checker Dome that night, then on to Evansville, IN to play Roberts Stadium the next night. I have 2 tickets for the Evansville concert, which now live inside the shrink wrap on a first release copy of the Street Survivor album. The first release had a cover photo with fire around the members. It was pulled the day of the crash and replaced with a photo of the band standing in front of a black background. https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.tE0sxyYrwj5KM4oG4-lLEQEsEr&pid=15.1http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/Lynyrd_Skynyrd-Street_Survivors-Interior_Frontal.jpg |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:41:36 PM EDT
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One of my favorite bands, saw them in concert three times.
RIP |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:42:51 PM EDT
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Plane crashes seem to be the traditional way for southern rock musicians to die.
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Posted: 10/20/2017 2:46:19 PM EDT
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I've always heard they were leaving Greenville SC and head to Baton Rouge and I think on to Florida. 
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Posted: 10/20/2017 4:59:49 PM EDT
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Sad day indeed. I was in high school. My brother was in college at GA Southern and had just seen them the week before, and had worked the show with some other guys and girls in the student union.
RIP. |
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