Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Their name comes from one of their school teachers who was named Leonard Skinner. They wrote songs including: "Sweet Home, Alabama", "Simple Man" and "Freebird." The lead singer's name was Ronnie Van Zant. After Ronnie died, his brother Johnny Van Zant became lead singer. Lynyrd Skynyrd has been performing for 50 years now. They had a concert on October 6, 2023.

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1973
Background information
Origin	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Southern rock country blues rock hard rock
Years active	1964 (1964)–1977 (1977) 1979 1987 (1987)–present (present)
Labels	MCA Atlantic Capricorn CMC International Sanctuary Universal Roadrunner/Loud & Proud
Associated acts	Van Zant Rossington Collins Band Allen Collins Band Outlaws Strawberry Alarm Clock Blackfoot ZZ Top The Rossington Band Charlie Daniels
Website	lynyrdskynyrd.com
Members	Rickey Medlocke Johnny Van Zant Michael Cartellone Mark Matejka Peter Keys Keith Christopher
Past members	Gary Rossington Ronnie Van Zant Larry Junstrom Bob Burns Allen Collins Ed King Leon Wilkeson Steve Gaines Billy Powell See band members section and members list article

Plane crash

On October 20, 1977, the band was on tour flying to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for their next gig, when their 1977 Convair 240 plane ran out of fuel and crashed in a heavily wooded area. Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick and the pilots were killed in the crash. The rest of the band and crew were injured and temporarily split up. They reunited in 1987 with Van Zant's younger brother Johnny as their new singer.

Lynyrd Skynyrd Media

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  Lynyrd Skynyrd wordmark

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  Leonard Skinner was a physical education instructor at Robert E. Lee High School (pictured) in Jacksonville, Florida, known for his strict enforcement of the school's regulations on male hair length.

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  A crowd of 120,000 fans at Knebworth House in 1976

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  Trade ad for Lynyrd Skynyrd's single "What's your name".To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics editing program. The original can be viewed at the source below.