10/21/11

R.I.P. to the Members of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Thirty-four years ago yesterday (10/20), a plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in Mississippi, killing singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines as well as four others. Ronnie’s brother, Johnny Van Zant, took on his role as the band’s frontman in 1987. He spoke to us about what October 20th is like for him.
 “Sometimes, if I’m at home, my family kind of knows we don’t even talk about it, we just carry on. And that’s not any disrespect to the people who passed on, of course, but it’s just, you know, I think going on.”

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