Lynyrd Skynyrd Discussions - Classic Rockers Network2024-03-29T15:31:20Zhttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/group/lynyrdskynyrd/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noSouthern Rock Revival!!tag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2013-03-03:1599616:Topic:1794572013-03-03T23:04:53.607ZDJ Bearhttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/DJBear
<p>HeyHey Southern Rock Fans!!! I will be doing a 3 hour "Southern Rock Revival" on Tuesday, the 5th of March from 1-4PM EST(6-9PM UK Time or 19-21 Uhr German time). Come on over and Enjoy the Finest in Southern Rock! Join me in the Chatroom at <a href="http://www.wolfmanradio.com">www.wolfmanradio.com</a> , and I also take requests!!! Its time to honor the Fine mix of Rock, Country and Blues that makes Southern Rock!!!!! </p>
<p>HeyHey Southern Rock Fans!!! I will be doing a 3 hour "Southern Rock Revival" on Tuesday, the 5th of March from 1-4PM EST(6-9PM UK Time or 19-21 Uhr German time). Come on over and Enjoy the Finest in Southern Rock! Join me in the Chatroom at <a href="http://www.wolfmanradio.com">www.wolfmanradio.com</a> , and I also take requests!!! Its time to honor the Fine mix of Rock, Country and Blues that makes Southern Rock!!!!! </p> Lynyrd Skynyrd 2009tag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2009-09-24:1599616:Topic:337522009-09-24T17:42:41.736ZDig A Ponyhttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/JStew
I have a chance to see Lynyrd Skynyrd within the next couple weeks live.<br />
While I enjoy a few of their songs, I never quite got into the band.<br />
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Now my question is, would it be worth going to see them? Does anybody even know how many (if any) original members there still in the band?<br />
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If anybody has seen them recently, please let me know how it was.
I have a chance to see Lynyrd Skynyrd within the next couple weeks live.<br />
While I enjoy a few of their songs, I never quite got into the band.<br />
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Now my question is, would it be worth going to see them? Does anybody even know how many (if any) original members there still in the band?<br />
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If anybody has seen them recently, please let me know how it was. Lynyrd Skynyrdtag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2009-09-01:1599616:Topic:313452009-09-01T21:34:37.960Zbrutal jackhttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/brutaljack
Skynyrd,s new c.d. Guns &…
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Experience this Lynyrd Skynyrd Documentary as if you were there, because I was and you will be too. This exciting Documentary covers the complete Lynyrd Skynyrd Bus Tour 2008 with all the stories. For all the true Lynyrd Skynyrd Fans. I have shared some behind the scenes stories never before told. The Ballad Of Gene Odom DVD is also included.<br />
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Experience this Lynyrd Skynyrd Documentary as if you were there, because I was and you will be too. This exciting Documentary covers the complete Lynyrd Skynyrd Bus Tour 2008 with all the stories. For all the true Lynyrd Skynyrd Fans. I have shared some behind the scenes stories never before told. The Ballad Of Gene Odom DVD is also included.<br />
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Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:40 pm Post subject: SOUTHERN ROCK'S FINEST in St. Petersburg, Florida<br />
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SOUTHERN ROCK’S FINEST -will headline the State Theatre (dowtown St Pete) with special guests Rebel Pride, Sobriety X, Un4Givin, Down Jr., Brian Chris, and Lavafish. Also coming along with SRF will be author GENE ODOM, former head of security for Lynyrd Skynyrd ,body guard of…
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Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:40 pm Post subject: SOUTHERN ROCK'S FINEST in St. Petersburg, Florida<br />
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SOUTHERN ROCK’S FINEST -will headline the State Theatre (dowtown St Pete) with special guests Rebel Pride, Sobriety X, Un4Givin, Down Jr., Brian Chris, and Lavafish. Also coming along with SRF will be author GENE ODOM, former head of security for Lynyrd Skynyrd ,body guard of Ronnie Van Zant, and Skynyrd plane crash survivor. Gene will be signing his highly acclaimed book "Remembering the Freebirds of Southern Rock", and selling great Skynyrd photos etc. from his personal collection.Don’t miss this Show!! TRIBUTE TO “COACH” LEONARD SKINNER AND SOUTHERN ROCKtag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2008-09-14:1599616:Topic:74942008-09-14T17:53:36.677ZBW2417https://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/BW2417
This will be coach’s last public appearance.<br />
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I have wanted to do something very special for “Coach” Leonard Skinner for a while now. Little Leonard recently advised me that “Coaches” health is failing. So I have decided that the sooner the better. I checked with Morocco Shriners Temple and the only available time until next year would fall on Oct. 17, 2008. I knows this falls on our Bus Tour weekend. The bus tour weekend is still happening!!!! Nothing has changed! We will still be having the…
This will be coach’s last public appearance.<br />
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I have wanted to do something very special for “Coach” Leonard Skinner for a while now. Little Leonard recently advised me that “Coaches” health is failing. So I have decided that the sooner the better. I checked with Morocco Shriners Temple and the only available time until next year would fall on Oct. 17, 2008. I knows this falls on our Bus Tour weekend. The bus tour weekend is still happening!!!! Nothing has changed! We will still be having the meet and greet. However, this tribute will be the same night, because of the availability of Morocco Shriner’s Temple as well as the “Coach’s declining health.<br />
I will offer to all members of <a href="http://www.LynyrdSkynyrdDixie.com">www.LynyrdSkynyrdDixie.com</a> 1st dib on $20.00 a ticket for the “COACH’S ” TRIBUTE AND LAST AND FINAL PUBLIC APPEARANCE for 2 weeks only. These tickets can be purchased from <a href="http://www.LynyrdSkynyrdDixie.com">www.LynyrdSkynyrdDixie.com</a> . Those tickets purchased 1st will have front tables at the tribute. Then Classic Rock 105 will begin advertising the event and selling tickets to the public. Which more than likely will be a sold out event.<br />
JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins will be on hand for the event. Other special guests to be announced at a latter date.<br />
There will be chances sold for RONNIE VAN ZANT’S hat that he wore on the original “flames” Street Survivors album. However, there will be a reserve put on it. I will not let the hat go for a mere nothing.<br />
The Morocco Shrine Temple in Jacksonville, Fl is located off St. Johns Bluff Road between Jacksonville and Jacksonville Beach off of Beach Blvd.. Morocco Shrines are just as excited as we are about this legendary event that I have come up with and honored to be a part of. There will be food, drinks and alcohol for purchase from the Shrines Temple if desired.<br />
So, if you want an up front table to a tribute for “Coach” Leonard Skinner’s final public appearance, here’s your chance!!<br />
I will be telling the true story behind the plane crash. Some facts that have never been revealed. Pure untold Gene Odom’s crash story. The Lynyrd Skynyrd airplane crash story, Hopefully this will clear up some of the rumors and myths that others have told for years.<br />
Again, this forum will have 1st dibs on these tickets for 2 weeks only then when the public hears about it from Classic Rock 105, it will then be to each his own. If still available.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Gene Odom<br />
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<a href="http://lynyrdskynyrddixie.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1552">http://lynyrdskynyrddixie.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1552</a> Skynyrd Insider's Storytag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2008-09-02:1599616:Topic:65332008-09-02T16:17:57.183ZBW2417https://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/BW2417
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Former bodyguard penning tale about<br />
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By RYAN TRARES<br />
DAilYJOURNAL STAFF WRITER<br />
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The death of a rock 'n' roll legend can define an era.<br />
The death of a close friend can define a man.<br />
No matter how many years pass, Gene Odom always will<br />
remember the night of October 20, 1977.<br />
Music fans will recognize the date.<br />
Some where over Mississippi, the airplane carrying rock band Lynyrd<br />
Skynyrd crashed,…
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Former bodyguard penning tale about<br />
life after accident<br />
By RYAN TRARES<br />
DAilYJOURNAL STAFF WRITER<br />
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The death of a rock 'n' roll legend can define an era.<br />
The death of a close friend can define a man.<br />
No matter how many years pass, Gene Odom always will<br />
remember the night of October 20, 1977.<br />
Music fans will recognize the date.<br />
Some where over Mississippi, the airplane carrying rock band Lynyrd<br />
Skynyrd crashed, killing charismatic lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and<br />
Four other people aboard. Odom was on that plane. As the band's security director and Van Zant's personal bodyguard, he helped pull his childhood friend into a plane seat and strapped in the sleeping Van Zant.<br />
"That was probably three seconds beforethe crash," he said.<br />
The rest is rock 'n' roll history.<br />
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For Odom, the crash ended the chapter of his life with Lynyrd Skynyrd.<br />
But his story extends further than his association with the famed band.<br />
With the help of Franklin resident Scott Coner,he's telling his own tale.<br />
The two joined forces to write "Theirs Forever: The Ballad of Gene Odom,<br />
"a retrospective of Odom's life,complete with an accompanying album of<br />
original music Coner wrote. Odom and Coner came together through their musical interest and while Odom was doing a favor for one of Coner's friends. The friend, a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan who was suffering from cancer, wanted to see the band's old neighborhood. Coner contacted Odom, who escorted the man through their old haunts. The friendship built from there. Odom has published two books about his time with the band. The first, "Lynyrd Skynyrd I'll Never Forget You,"<br />
was a self-published collection of memories he had growing up with Van Zant. The second, "Lynyrd Skynyrd, Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock," follows the same formula, focusing on Odom's time with the band. With this book, Coner felt it was time for Odom to tell his own story. "His life, the interesting portions, didn't stop in 1977.They really started then," he said.<br />
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For the past week, the two have been working at Coner's Franklin home and office as Odom tells his story. While not dwelling on it, Coner knows it would be difficult to write the book without starting with the close relationship between Odom and Van Zant. The two were childhood friends. They grew up in the same poor neighborhood in<br />
Jacksonville, Fla., and spent time fishing and hanging out, often wreaking havoc. They stayed friends after Van Zant started playing music. When Lynyrd Skynyrd started its meteoric rise, Van Zant asked Odom to be his bodyguard. Despite all of the tales that come from living with a rock band, Coner was fascinated by the parts that came after the plane crash. He wanted to delve into Odom's rehabilitation from that wreck, which severely burned him and cost him his left eye. After two years spent recovering, Odom went to work as an ironworker. But a work accident in 1990,combined with the injuries sustained in the plane crash, made it too difficult to work. He has been living on disability since then. The book will touch on Odom's divorce in 1989,an event he calls horrendous. He also will write about his two daughters and grandchildren, who are referenced in the title "Theirs Forever." To go with the book, Coner, his musician friend Johnny Burbrink and Odom have been working on an album of original songs.<br />
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The lead track is "The Ballad of Gene Odom," a haunting song detailing the fateful plane crash and legal troubles that arose in the 1980s with the surviving band members. adorn still holds some resentment for the current version of the band, which he refers to as "second-class Skynyrd" and "that clown act." Their touring under the Lynyrd Skynyrd name and playing the old songs without Van Zant violates an agreement they all signed after the crash. But Odom tries not to dwell on that. He instead<br />
wants to honor his friend while also saying something about his own life.<br />
Coner hopes they appeal to Lynyrd Skynyrd fans while opening up new veins of music to their ears. The plan is to have the package ready to go by fall. Coner said they hope to have some music available on Odom's Website, <a href="http://www.LynyrdSkynyrdDixie.com">www.LynyrdSkynyrdDixie.com</a> as well as perhaps a sample chapter. "We're going to try and coerce them into taking a step out here in faith and saying maybe there's something outside of Freebird' and 'Sweet Home Alabama,'" he said.<br />
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I remember what a hard time the band had trying to get the picture<br />
for the front cover of the "Street Survivors" album. The set'up at<br />
Universal Studios was a metal trough in front of the band, one in each<br />
of the windows located on both sides of the band, and an explosion<br />
that would go off behind the band. The explosion would go off, setting<br />
the troughs on fire, just as the…
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"Street Survivors” Photo of Album Cover<br />
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I remember what a hard time the band had trying to get the picture<br />
for the front cover of the "Street Survivors" album. The set'up at<br />
Universal Studios was a metal trough in front of the band, one in each<br />
of the windows located on both sides of the band, and an explosion<br />
that would go off behind the band. The explosion would go off, setting<br />
the troughs on fire, just as the picture was being taken, giving the<br />
effect of Lynyrd Skynyrd coming into town and setting it on fire<br />
-which was what they always did. The problem was that the flames in<br />
the trough in front of them would rise up too high causing the band<br />
members to jump back.<br />
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On a couple of occasions, the gas that was being used to start the<br />
fires would burn too long causing the wood in the town setting to<br />
catch on fire. The studio firemen would come in and put the fires out<br />
and then they'd have to start all over. Finally, after about a hundred<br />
fires and a half a day of shooting they got it right. The picture was<br />
almost perfect except Gary was jumping back a little.<br />
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After the plane crash and the death of Ronnie, Steve, and Cassie,<br />
the survivors decided that the fire scene wasn't very appropriate and<br />
they took the picture that was originally supposed to go on the back<br />
cover of the album and put it on the front. The fire scene ended up on<br />
the back cover.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Gene Odom<br />
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SOUTHERN ROCK’S FINEST<br />
With Special Guests<br />
The Ghost Riders<br />
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A Night of Sizzlin’ Southern Rock<br />
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July 26, 2008 7pm<br />
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SOUTHERN ROCK’S FINEST returns to the MUSIC RANCH. They really rocked the house at their last show and fans demanded their return. The group features former contributing members of the greatest Southern Rock bands including:<br />
DAN TOLER of the Allman…
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SOUTHERN ROCK’S FINEST<br />
With Special Guests<br />
The Ghost Riders<br />
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A Night of Sizzlin’ Southern Rock<br />
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July 26, 2008 7pm<br />
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SOUTHERN ROCK’S FINEST returns to the MUSIC RANCH. They really rocked the house at their last show and fans demanded their return. The group features former contributing members of the greatest Southern Rock bands including:<br />
DAN TOLER of the Allman Brothers, and Dickey Betts<br />
STEVE GRISHAM of The Outlaws, Ghost Riders<br />
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Plus members of Molly Hatchet, Pure Prairie League and Marshall Tucker.<br />
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Special Guest is the Music Ranch favorite GHOST RIDERS.<br />
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Plus meet the original LYNYRD SKYNYRD crew member Gene Odom. Gene was lifelong friend and bodyguard of Ronnie Van Zant and security for Lynyrd Skynyrd.<br />
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Be there early for a night of Sizzlin’ Southern Rock. The show starts at 7pm with the RENEGADE band.<br />
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Admission is $20 at the gate<br />
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The Music Ranch is located at 1920 Banana Rd., Lakeland, Florida, just off North US 98. Go 1 mile down Banana Road and look for the sign on the left.<br />
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For more information, call Phil Stevens at 863-815-2293 Lynyrd Skynyrd Remembering The Free Birds Of Southern Rocktag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2008-06-26:1599616:Topic:32892008-06-26T22:04:43.287ZBW2417https://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/BW2417
This book begins with Gene Odom’s harrowing, first-person account of the hellish plane crash, which took the lives of band members and Gene’s best friend, Ronnie Van Zant. He then recalls growing up with founder/vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and working for the band as they chased fame. Odom’s strength as a storyteller lies in having been there, so it’s hardly an unbiased account. But his insight into the relationships between band members and the sad fate of the survivors (two have died since) is…
This book begins with Gene Odom’s harrowing, first-person account of the hellish plane crash, which took the lives of band members and Gene’s best friend, Ronnie Van Zant. He then recalls growing up with founder/vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and working for the band as they chased fame. Odom’s strength as a storyteller lies in having been there, so it’s hardly an unbiased account. But his insight into the relationships between band members and the sad fate of the survivors (two have died since) is told with empathy and humor (including interviewing the real Leonard Skinner).