including lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and sibling band members Steve and Cassie Gaines. The tragedy shook the rock and roll world and brought the band’s career to an abrupt halt (until a ...
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Lynyrd Skynyrd monument in Mississippi marks where several members of the group died during a plane crash in 1977. The group had just performed in Greenville ...
p><p>King joined Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1972 and co-wrote several of the band's biggest hits. He left the band in the midst of a tour in 1975 and three months later began consulting lawyers about securing ...