Ronnie Van Zant Discography at Discogs

Ronnie Van Zant

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Ronnie Van Zant

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Best known as the original lead singer, songwriter and founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Born: January 15, 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida St Vincent's Hospital
Died: October 20, 1977 in a plane crash in the swampland of southern Mississippi.

At 6:42 PM, the pilot of Lynyrd Skynyrd's chartered Convair 240 airplane, tour plane 'Freebird' en route to a gig in Baton Rouge, Louisiana had taken off from Greenville, South Carolina radioed that they were dangerously low on fuel. Less than ten minutes later, the plane crashed into a densely wooded thicket in the middle of the swampland near Gillsburg, Mississippi. The crash killed Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick.

Van Zant was buried in Orange Park, Florida in 1977, but was relocated after vandals broke into his and bandmate Steve Gaines' tombs on June 29, 2000. Van Zant's casket was pulled out and dropped on the ground.

According to the cemetery listing website Find-a-Grave, Van Zant was reburied at Riverside Memorial Park in Jacksonville, near the grave of his father Lacy and mother Marion. Both his current resting place and the empty mausoleum in Orange Park are memorials for fans to visit.

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(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)

One More From The Road

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First ... And Last ◄ (5 versions)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gold & Platinum ◄ (13 versions)

Skynyrd's Innyrds - Their Greatest Hits

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First - The Complete Muscle Shoals Album ◄ (1 versions)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits (CD, Comp, RM)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gold ◄ (2 versions)

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd Live

Sweet Home Alabama

Authorized Bootleg: Live / Cardiff Capitol Theatre -Cardiff, Wales NOV 04 1975

Authorized Bootleg: Live At Winterland - San Francisco Mar. 07 1976

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Legend ◄ (5 versions)

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama / Take Your Time ◄ (3 versions)

Nuthin' Fancy

Free Bird / Searching

Sweet Home Alabama / Saturday Night Special

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets ◄ (15 versions)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird / Sweet Home Alabama / Double Trouble (12")

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama / Free Bird (7", Single)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - What's Your Name / I Know A Little ◄ (2 versions)

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