The tour is scheduled to run through mid-September. Bob Burns, the former drummer for the Southern hard rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has died in a car crash in Georgia. OctoOctober 20 Three members of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a Mississippi plane crash In the summer of 1977, members of the rock band Aerosmith inspected an airplane. Chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from L & J Company of Addison, Texas, it flew from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashing near its destination. As far as rock ’n roll legends go, the plane crash that killed three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd - Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines - as well as. On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 passenger aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi, United States.
But a message on the group's official Web site said the summer tour will resume on Aug. When Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant died in a plane crash at the age of 29, music fans were shocked and saddened, but the accident seemed to make good on dark premonitions the singer had been sharing for years. The band has been on tour, and dates through the weekend have been cancelled. The band has sold an estimated 35 million records. Lynyrd Skynyrd reformed in 1987, and has been touring and recording steadily ever since with Johnny Van Zant, brother of the late Ronnie, as lead singer. Formed in 1964, the group originally included vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarists Gary Rossington and Allen Collins, bassist Larry Junstrom and drummer Bob Burns. Lynyrd Skynyrd is a Southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and singer Cassie Gaines were all killed in the crash, and the band stopped performing and recording. Three lineups of Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1973 (top), 1977 (middle) and 2008 (bottom). Wilkeson cheated death in 1977, surviving a crash of the band's chartered plane. The official cause of death will be announced after toxicology test results come back in two to three weeks. J- Leon Wilkeson, bass player and founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, is dead at age 49.Ī spokesperson for the band's record label said Wilkeson died in his sleep Friday at a hotel near Jacksonville, Florida.Ī medical examiner said on Sunday that Wilkeson suffered from chronic liver and lung disease, and most likely died of natural causes. When Lynyrd Skynyrds Ronnie Van Zant died in a plane crash at the age of 29, music fans were shocked and saddened, but the accident seemed to make good on.
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