Lynyrd Skynyrd Members Reflect On Deadly 1977 Plane Crash | This Week in Music History
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2021
- On this day in 1977, the chartered plane carrying the band Lynyrd Skynyrd ran out of fuel and crashed, killing six passengers including lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant. Dan Rather sits down with the surviving members to discuss that day.
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R.I.P. Gary Rossington. I'm glad you survived & were able to help resurrect Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1987. Very cool you were still playing in your band until the end in 2023 🙏✌️
So sad. The story with Dean's spirit of touching
2.7 K views and only 86 likes?!?!
Tf is that crap. This man is one of the greatest guitarists to ever live. What a tragedy for Lynryd Skynyrd. I wasn't born until 79 but I love their music.
I love seeing younger people give this band their due. I was 17 when the plane crashed, and the news hit me hard. Allen Collins, Ed King, and Steve Gaines were awesome talented guitarist, but for me, Gary was the sound of that band.
God bless Gary Rossington who has helped carry on the band’s legacy. The other 2 members here in this video were not there in this plane crash
The mental trauma of surviving a fatal plane crash. Coping with your own painful physical injuries. Trying to deal with the unimaginable survivor's guilt from knowing your closest friends died. Knowing your career has probably ended. All of it just in the time it took for a plane to fall. That's what he and the other survivors went through. I can't imagine the pain. God bless them and their loved ones.
PTSD
Life can change in an instant, blink of an eye. Why its so important that you try your very best to have a positive disposition each and every day and to remind yourself just how fragile life is. We all live in our own safe, little worlds and tend to forget sometimes about just how temporary this life is and how quick everything can change. Take care.
Outstanding post Marisa, You nailed it 100%
@@scentlessapprentice88you couldnt have said it better brotha
your comment was really moving. now go do the dishes
Back in the old days they used to cover the mirror in a house where there’s been a death because the soul of the dead person wanders around for three days, and it should not see itself in the mirror-if this happens the mirrors will tarnish and never be clean again, or in days to come the mirror will turn and make a picture of the dead. i found that to be interesting, sad, and spooky when he said he could see their faces in the flowers for like 3 days.
I like Gary Rossington. He spoke about his experience on the plane with Dean helping him. Wow
Miss this band. Godspeed, Ronnie.
This story is terrifying to listen but Gary rossington was so brave to talk about the horrible moment where his life changed for ever. Rip Gary we'll miss you 😢
God bless you Gary❤️.....it was there spirit they wanted you to stay and carry on
Life can change in an instant, blink of an eye. Why its so important that you try your very best to have a positive disposition each and every day and to remind yourself just how fragile life is. We all live in our own safe, little, "controlled", worlds, and we tend to forget sometimes, just how temporary this life is and how quick everything can change. You do the best with what you've got and you leave the rest to take care of itself. People have lost touch with one another and they've seem to forgotten that life isn't meant to be spent worrying and fighting non-stop. The only relevant question in the end? How was it spent. Pl&e.
God bless Gary Rossington 🙏 I pray he's now resting in eternal peace 🕯 with all his Lynryd Skynyrd Brothers, Ronnie, Allen, Steve, Leon, Billy, Dean & sister Cassie. They must all be having one hell of a jam session up there in Heaven. May they all rest in eternal peace.
Fly High Freebirds
🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
one wonders weather of not liqour and cocain are served in "heaven"
3 days. Yes their spirits don't leave until they are sure every body else is going to be alright.
Respectfully Gary, their spirits and some very heavy pain pills that allowed you to sense their presence. We still love you ❤️
The guy sitting on Gary's right is ronnys brother
Aerosmith's manager could have rented this bucket of bolts days prior to the crash. But he turned it down because he felt it was
not in good shape. Skynyrd got a great deal on this flying coffin for hire.
Interesting. " Flying coffin."
What a shame RIP everybody
God bless Skynyrd
This was too magical of a band for god to take everyone.. even he couldnt stop the legend of lynyrd skynrd
God saved the survivors. He is bigger than a plane crash.
He probably died because he couldnt get right with God.. he believed in Jesus but was a bad testimony and that backsliding influence killed him
I was heart broken as a teenager, just after seeing what would be one of my most favorite bands ever. Gary seems like such a nice man. I agree, with his “goofy” comment. I think the lifestyle has taken its toll, ‘oohh that smell’. After watching many interviews and reading a lot I agree again, Gary is lucky to be alive. I wonder what Lynyrd Skynyrd would have been like if they all survived. One said that the band was getting close to going through BIG changes. Ronnie was trying to clean up per Gene. Issues with Management. There were potentially conflicts within. I’m just a fan, who reads and reads between the lines. Gary, please make peace with Arty. Arty, please let go of the memories and make peace. Gary, enjoy your retirement. It’s time……………almost Fifty Years since LS died. You’ve paid tribute long enough. Let the “Free Bird” be free.
Gary is free now.
R.I.P. Gary. Hard to believe you are gone. You will never be forgotten. I love you forever and hope to meet you when I get home to Heaven. Thank you for the amazing and iconic music you gave us. I felt your spirit and heard your heart sing in every song. You are a Legend. ✌️🎸🦅😢🙏✝️🕊️🇺🇲💔💔💔💔💕💕💕💕😔
No one has the right to tell a true, legendary musician of Gary's caliber when they should stop doing what they love and live for. Gary knew what to do with his life. Only Gary. How dare you tell him when he had paid tribute long enough. That was something so deep and personal for him and only he knew what he needed to do with his life.
@@peterbilt-bo1vy I agree that no one has the right to tell anyone how to liv3 their life. In another stream, I wrote how grateful I was to Gary for cement8n* th3 legacy that was Lynyrd Skynyrd. He said, “this is all I know how to do”. He truly had an angel on his shoulder, how could he not believe he was here for a reason.
I was merely voicing my opinion based on those within stating facts about rules (rule of 3) being* broken, “blood oaths” also being broken. Money played a BIG reason at the time. Sometimes, with age comes wisdom. It did come to Gary, but opinions may argue when. Lynyrd Skynyrd died the evening that plane went down and some never walked out. The last of LS was given Tribute too in 1987. After that it was legacy building. Good music, for sure but not LS. Gary, a great guitarist (self taught), writer, storyteller, and good soul is with his loved ones now. Gary did live his life the way he wanted and I admire him. RIP. Lynyrd Skynyrd is playing that great gig in the sky.
Cassie and Steve both died. Sad
Was Ronnie's brother in 38 Special?
yes. Donnie was in 38 & Johnny of course became singer for Skynyrd.
@@kathyrais574 OK I thought so...
@@kathyrais574 so is there just the 3 of them siblings?
@@Chloe-ki8ec Ronnie was oldest, then Donnie & Johnny is the youngest.
He had 3 sisters as well. Joanne was his his full sister, her husband owned an auto parts store where Ronnie worked as a teen & he had to wear a wig because his hair was longer than "normal" & he delivered parts to people. Just like they all wore wigs when Allen Collins got married so as not to upset her parents. LOL
The other 2 I think are Lacy's from another marriage but not positive
Wow cool didn't know that lol
Ronnie was sitting in the front. Bad place to be. A real shame
They were intoxicated 🙄
God is real
i thought it was gene odem who experianced the door being on him and dean took it off.not rossington
Hmmmm?
I think Gene was under a piece of the wing. He said that they had used flares to de-ice the wing and somehow that chemical dripped into his eye and I think onto his body. He said it melted one of his eyes. I think he is blind in one eye.
No, gene crawled out from under the wing after the crash bc he got thrown out as he was running up the aisle when the plane broke into pieces.
No, it was Gary.
@@peterbilt-bo1vy gene talks about it on several occasions.
It didn't run out of fuel
WHERES ARTIMUS IN THIS???
They hate him for making that shitty movie.
@@iwanaGoFast2010 that's pretty shallow and intellectually immature if true, but I highly doubt it...
@@danshafer6026 Gary flat out does hate Artimus and at one point he said that Artimus wasn't really "going for help" but I think Artimus DID go for help but ultimately did wind up greatly embellishing his story. There are interviews on youtube with those that helped in the rescue who bluntly say that it's a lie that Artimus "got shot" that night. Just last week Artimus did an interview where he claims that the WIFE of the guy who owned the farmhouse shot him and confronted him about it at the Skynyrd crash site memorial. It's on the Musician's Hall of Fame Channel if you want to watch it. I personally think Artimus is full of crap in a lot that he says about Ronnie giving him a "hippie handshake" and all that.
@@iwanaGoFast2010 You are right. That WAS a shitty movie. Just saying.
@@danshafer6026 it is true & it wasn't just Gary, Billy & Leon for sure. I can't speak for Allen because I never heard him say anything abt it.
Artimus did this movie for the money & band fought him on it but a judge finally ruled he could tell story from his perspective & he made things up & lied to make it seem more like he was the big hero, he saved everybody & got shot in the process.
It was well documented that 3 men went for help, Artimus, Mark Frank & Ken Peden crew guys & they made it to Johnny Motes's house who thought they were escape prosoners & he had a gun but he did not shoot Artimus. When reporter ask him why movie only shows him goin for help when 3 other guys went, he says they were not there. That is not perspective that is sensationalism & I think he did it to make himself look like only hero.
There were other things he made up as well. He made it look like he & Ronnie were best friends when Ronnie's closest friends were Gary, Allen & Gene Odom
Not being mean or anything, but why on earth was Johnny & Rickey here? They weren't even on the plane that night. Just saying.
This was very small part of a much longer interview, an hour I believe so there was much more to it then talking abt the crash
So what's that have to do with my post? All I said which was backed by fact was, Johnny & Ricky weren't even on the plane that night so why were they here on the interview for? I would've much rather of heard accounts of that tragic night by those who were on the plane that night instead of the second hand accounts from those who weren't even there. Just saying.
@@allancove4483 I was just letting you know why they were there too because overall story wasn't abt crash.
There are many accounts from people on the plane that night all over. Just sayin
@@kathyrais574 I know that all too well as I've seen just about everything on this band & the tragedy that befell them. Just sad all way round. Just saying.
@@allancove4483
Do you understand why they were there now?
I believe it was the massive doses of morphine administered to him in the hospital for sever injuries that lead to him seeing sprites.
Why are the other two guys there? Weren’t even involved.
It's an interview of the band!! 🙄🤡 He just happened to ask that question, calm down dork!!
Moral support. Can you imagine telling that story?
Good god, it's incredible to think what they went through.....Rossington is a really good player too, like Collins....