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Main article: 1977
Convair 240 crash
On October 20, 1977, just three days after the
release of Street Survivors, and five shows into
their most successful headlining tour to date,
Lynyrd Skynyrd's chartered Convair 240 ran out
of fuel near the end of their flight from
Greenville, South Carolina, where they had
just performed at the Greenville Memorial
Auditorium, to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Though the pilots attempted an emergency
landing on a small airstrip, the plane crashed
in a forest in Gillsburg, Mississippi.[14] Ronnie
Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines,
assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot
Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray
were all killed on impact; the other
bandmembers suffered serious injuries.
Following the crash and the ensuing press,
Street Survivors became the band's second
platinum album and reached #5 on the U.S.
album chart. The single "What's Your Name"
reached #13 on the single airplay charts in
January 1978.
The original cover sleeve for Street Survivors
had featured a photograph of the band,
particularly Steve Gaines, engulfed in flames.
Out of respect for the deceased (and at the
request of Teresa Gaines, Steve's widow), MCA
Records withdrew the original cover and
replaced it with a similar image of the band
against a simple black background .[15] Thirty
years later, for the deluxe CD version of Street
Survivors, the original "flames" cover was
restored.
Lynyrd Skynyrd disbanded after the tragedy,
reuniting just once to perform an instrumental
version of "Free Bird" at Charlie Daniels'
Volunteer Jam V in January 1979. Collins,
Rossington, Powell and Pyle performed the
song with Charlie Daniels and members of his
band. Leon Wilkeson, who was still undergoing
physical therapy for his badly broken left arm,
was in attendance, along with Judy Van Zant,
Teresa Gaines, JoJo Billingsley and Leslie
Hawkins.
[edit] Hiatus (1977–1987)Rossington, Collins,
Wilkeson and Powell formed The Rossington-
Collins Band, which released two albums
between 1980 and 1982. Deliberately avoiding
comparisons with Ronnie Van Zant as well as
suggestions that this band was Lynyrd Skynyrd
reborn, Rossington and Collins chose a
woman, Dale Krantz, as lead vocalist.
However, as an acknowledgment of their past,
the band's concert encore would always be an
instrumental version of "Free Bird". Rossington
and Collins eventually had a falling out over
the affections of Dale Krantz, whom Rossington
married and with whom he formed the
Rossington Band, which released two albums
in the late 1980s and opened for the Lynyrd
Skynyrd Tribute Tour in 1987–1988.
The other former members of Lynyrd Skynyrd
continued to make music during the hiatus era.
Billy Powell played keyboards in a Christian
Rock band named Vision, touring with
established Christian rocker Mylon LeFevre
(who, like Skynyrd, had once opened for The
Who). During Vision concerts, Powell's
trademark keyboard talent was often
spotlighted and he spoke about his conversion
to Christianity after the near-fatal plane crash.
Pyle formed The Artimus Pyle Band in 1982,
which occasionally featured former Honkettes
JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins.
In 1980, Allen Collins's wife Kathy died of a
massive hemorrhage while miscarrying their
third child. He formed the Allen Collins Band
in 1983 from the remnants of the Rossington-
Collins Band, releasing one tepidly-received
album, but many around him believed that the
guitarist's heart just wasn't in it anymore. Most
point to his wife's death as the moment that
Collins' life began to spin out of control; he
spent several years bingeing on drugs and
alcohol. In 1986, Collins crashed his car while
driving drunk near his home in Jacksonville,
killing his girlfriend and leaving him
permanently paralyzed from the chest down.
Collins eventually pled no contest to DUI
manslaughter, but was not given a prison
sentence since his injuries made it obvious
that he would never drive or be a danger to
society again.
Convair 240 crash
On October 20, 1977, just three days after the
release of Street Survivors, and five shows into
their most successful headlining tour to date,
Lynyrd Skynyrd's chartered Convair 240 ran out
of fuel near the end of their flight from
Greenville, South Carolina, where they had
just performed at the Greenville Memorial
Auditorium, to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Though the pilots attempted an emergency
landing on a small airstrip, the plane crashed
in a forest in Gillsburg, Mississippi.[14] Ronnie
Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines,
assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot
Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray
were all killed on impact; the other
bandmembers suffered serious injuries.
Following the crash and the ensuing press,
Street Survivors became the band's second
platinum album and reached #5 on the U.S.
album chart. The single "What's Your Name"
reached #13 on the single airplay charts in
January 1978.
The original cover sleeve for Street Survivors
had featured a photograph of the band,
particularly Steve Gaines, engulfed in flames.
Out of respect for the deceased (and at the
request of Teresa Gaines, Steve's widow), MCA
Records withdrew the original cover and
replaced it with a similar image of the band
against a simple black background .[15] Thirty
years later, for the deluxe CD version of Street
Survivors, the original "flames" cover was
restored.
Lynyrd Skynyrd disbanded after the tragedy,
reuniting just once to perform an instrumental
version of "Free Bird" at Charlie Daniels'
Volunteer Jam V in January 1979. Collins,
Rossington, Powell and Pyle performed the
song with Charlie Daniels and members of his
band. Leon Wilkeson, who was still undergoing
physical therapy for his badly broken left arm,
was in attendance, along with Judy Van Zant,
Teresa Gaines, JoJo Billingsley and Leslie
Hawkins.
[edit] Hiatus (1977–1987)Rossington, Collins,
Wilkeson and Powell formed The Rossington-
Collins Band, which released two albums
between 1980 and 1982. Deliberately avoiding
comparisons with Ronnie Van Zant as well as
suggestions that this band was Lynyrd Skynyrd
reborn, Rossington and Collins chose a
woman, Dale Krantz, as lead vocalist.
However, as an acknowledgment of their past,
the band's concert encore would always be an
instrumental version of "Free Bird". Rossington
and Collins eventually had a falling out over
the affections of Dale Krantz, whom Rossington
married and with whom he formed the
Rossington Band, which released two albums
in the late 1980s and opened for the Lynyrd
Skynyrd Tribute Tour in 1987–1988.
The other former members of Lynyrd Skynyrd
continued to make music during the hiatus era.
Billy Powell played keyboards in a Christian
Rock band named Vision, touring with
established Christian rocker Mylon LeFevre
(who, like Skynyrd, had once opened for The
Who). During Vision concerts, Powell's
trademark keyboard talent was often
spotlighted and he spoke about his conversion
to Christianity after the near-fatal plane crash.
Pyle formed The Artimus Pyle Band in 1982,
which occasionally featured former Honkettes
JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins.
In 1980, Allen Collins's wife Kathy died of a
massive hemorrhage while miscarrying their
third child. He formed the Allen Collins Band
in 1983 from the remnants of the Rossington-
Collins Band, releasing one tepidly-received
album, but many around him believed that the
guitarist's heart just wasn't in it anymore. Most
point to his wife's death as the moment that
Collins' life began to spin out of control; he
spent several years bingeing on drugs and
alcohol. In 1986, Collins crashed his car while
driving drunk near his home in Jacksonville,
killing his girlfriend and leaving him
permanently paralyzed from the chest down.
Collins eventually pled no contest to DUI
manslaughter, but was not given a prison
sentence since his injuries made it obvious
that he would never drive or be a danger to
society again.
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