The new project did not include drummer Artimus Pyle, who - in another stroke of Skynyrd misfortune - had badly shattered his leg in a motorcycle accident. The remaining band members continued to make music through the ’80s under various configurations, most notably the Rossington-Collins Band, who took special pains to distance the new outfit from a “reborn” Skynyrd tag by recruiting a female lead singer, Dale Krantz. He survived the incident and admitted he was under the influence at the time, prompting bandmates Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Allen Collins to write “That Smell” - an ominous tune warning, “Say you’ll be all right come tomorrow, but tomorrow may not be here for you.” (Ironically, Rossington, now 65, is the sole member of the original lineup still performing in the band.) Trouble began for the hard-partying band a year before the plane crash, when guitarist Gary Rossington plowed his brand-new car into a tree along a Jacksonville, Fla., road.
It is indisputably the creepiest prediction, but the fiery Street Survivors cover wasn’t the first prediction of deadly events for Skynyrd.
In fact, Lynyrd Skynyrd have managed to earn the dubious distinction of “ unluckiest band in history” over the years. (Photo: AP)Īlthough the crash remains now and forever the darkest centerpiece in Lynyrd Skynyrd’s legend - as well as a breeding ground for gruesome urban legends surrounding the demise of various members - fans know quite well it’s far from the first or last tragedy the definitive Southern rockers endured. The small plane had 26 people onboard, and six were killed in the crash, including three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. "That's really the best way for me to summarize this whole experience and what it means," McDaniel said.Ĭontact Justin Vicory at 76 or Follow on Twitter.The wreckage of a twin-engine Convair 240 plane lies in a wooded area near McComb, Miss., on Oct. If it wasn't preserved and documented in history, it would be forgotten. McDaniel on Monday paraphrased comments from then-Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper Ken Estes.Ībout two weeks after the crash, Estes, speaking to one of the crash rescuers, described the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash as the region's "Alamo." And seeing the quality of the humanity that was involved, really, really makes me proud," he said. "Coming here tonight and seeing all of you, to meet you guys and shake your hands. Nobody that was alive at the time, nobody died," Lewis told the crowd, among them five crash survivors. I give a lot of credit to the surgeons and a higher authority than me. Lewis was on site that night, helping to get to the survivors, and then carrying them out of the woods on canvas military stretchers. Hank Lewis, then the chief surgeon at the hospital where the crash survivors were transported, spoke about the night at a performance of Nuthin' Fancy, a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band. 'Nobody that was alive at the time died, nobody died' Any leftover funds will go to the crash survivors, many of whom continue to struggle with medical issues from the crash. A separate GoFundMe site has raised close to $15,000, which will go to the preservation of the monument. In less than a year, the LSMP raised $65,000 for the monument, much of it from local contributors, McDaniel said. Undeterred, McDaniel and others got to work, doing all the dirt and concrete work while a quarry in Georgia laser-etched the chosen words into the granite along with sketches of each deceased band member. But despite the historical significance of the event, and the band's obvious influence and contribution to the blues genre, the commission turned it down. Money raised to erect, preserve monument to Lynyrd Skynyrdīobby McDaniel, the president of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument Project, and others tried to get the Mississippi Blues Commission to dedicate a marker at the crash site. He leased a portion of his land to the monument organizers about a year ago. Easley, one of the first on the scene the night of the crash, lives about a quarter of a mile away from where the plane went down.
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