We were shocked, as were most others hearing the news. Pilots Walter McCreary and William Gray were fully aware of a fuel shortage before the flight took off. Through the woods, yet another seeker appeared. With the tree tops approaching fast and just eight miles short of the air strip, the plane was headed for a Mississippi swamp and nothing could be done to save them now. The plane had completely disintegrated. At this point, for Artimus Pyle, Marc Frank, and Ken Peden, the only sensible thing left to do was to leave certain death at the crash site, for uncertainty in the swamp. In 1995, while on assignment in Phunket Thailand for the Times-Picayune's series "Oceans of Trouble," I boarded a small fantail fishing boat on the edges of the Andaman Sea with writer John McQuaid to photograph the disappearing mangroves. Band members Artimus Pyle and Billy Powell entered the cockpit to get an idea of what was happening. Home; Memorials; Cemeteries; Famous; Contribute; Register; Sign In; Register; Sign In; . Identification was completely hindered as there had been a poker game going on during the flight, and everyones wallets and purses had been strewn throughout the swamp. The reason behind this? As the three marched on, feet soaking wet from the water, all odds seemed stacked against the trio. He knew those woods well. The aircraft was destroyed by impact; there was no fire. Johnny Mote and his ragtag team were first on the crash site. Powell also claimed that Ronnie Van Zant's head had been smashed. The plane finally slammed into the earth, and Billy Powell recalls saying, We hit the trees at approximately 90 mph. Ronnie Van Zant enjoying a stog before a show. He was best known for being a Rock Singer. Johnny Mote and his ragtag team were first on the crash site. Where Did We Find This Stuff? It is reported that the pilots whose eyes were full of terror, told them to go back to their seats and prepare for impact. The flight was going good so far and other than Ronnie getting severely intoxicated while on the flight, all seemed to be setting up to be another routine flight. He had hunted squirrels along that very ridge. Be the first to get hottest news from our Editor-in-Chief, Check your email and confirm your subscription. Some blame it on the planes age and poor design, weighing in on its smaller fuselage and compact wingspan. Stinky! Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. You all just better get some rest. Dan Barnes recalls saying This man had just been to the funeral home and seen his son dead and decided to keep that to himself for these guys to heal. Rescuers look over the wreckage of the 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash. The cockpit, tail, and wings completely ripped apart and the remaining cab lay desolate, in the shape of an L. The plane was simply not built well enough to even remotely handle the impact from the pine trees at roughly 90 mph. Mote hopped into his pick-up to get back to his house, told his wife to get back in the house, then proceeded to grab his gun and stand guard. A little after an hour of trudging through a creek and at one point burrowing underneath a barbed wire fence they found themselves staring at a small, dim light in the distance. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Photo: thetv.info. Thats when most of the sober members of the band saw that the right propeller was no longer working. Billy had taken too long on his intro to the song Free Bird and that didnt set well with Ronnie. Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines, along with backup singer Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray died. The accident essentially destroyed one of the unique voices of American rock and roll. Contributing to the fuel exhaustion were inadequate flight planning and an engine malfunction of undetermined nature in the engine which resulted in higher than normal fuel consumption.". Artimus Pyle emerged with several broken ribs, and bleeding everywhere you could. I had a small studio, making a living mostly painting signs for local businesses. I would like to think that only one grave robber was involved, but so many items were missing that I have to believe otherwise. It was as if they were back in Noahs time and all but a select few were stricken with greed of mankind and the chance to capitalize on an easy opportunity. He says he first came in the 80s after he graduated. Natural causes were to blame. Ronnie Van Zant enjoying a stog before a show. Other band members were injured, some very seriously. This year there were no red roses, but a freshly carved "R.J." stood out with red paint enhancement. His first band recorded its debut at Sun Recording Studio in Memphis, and later bands included RIO Smokehouse and Rusty Day. According to an interview in the book Freebirds, Billingsley had dreamed of the plane crash and begged Allen Collins by telephone not to continue using the Convair. I began the classic guitar lick. The sky is the limit for the talented actress. Marc Frank, a 24-year-old roadie traveling with the band, noticed what seemed to be fuel spewing from the right engine. On several occasions, the latter shined through. It was there where he was found dead in his room on July 27. "Steve was at the peak of his career. Laying on the ground, still alive for only a moment, to slowly bleed to death. Wilkeson cheated death in 1977, surviving a crash of the band's chartered plane. After the death of three of their members, the band decided to change the cover photo of the album, which initially featured a picture of the band engulfed in flames. Dwain Easley still lives on the east side of the crash site. Cassie Larue Gaines was an American singer. Apparently, Artimus had been quoted saying that Ronnie got up, went to the back of the plane and gave him a hippy handshake but Gene was quite persistent on the fact that it was complete bull. The three injured men hiked some distance from the crash site, through swampy woods, and finally flagged down farmer Johnny Mote, who had come to investigate. Then on the other side, it was Allen in the middle of Dean and Cassie. Terror soon engulfed the cabin of the plane and the pilots were frantically trying to radio local Houston Air Traffic Control, stating they had a fuel issue and were most likely going to have to make a emergency landing. We were all fans. Marc Frank remembers seeing complete and total despair. Artimus Pyle and Gary Rossington are the only two members alive today from the crash. The band decided that once they had landed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, they would acquire a Learjet to replace the severely outdated 30-year-old plane. Two of them were crew members, pilot Walter McReary and co-pilot William Gray, the rest were band members and roadies. News had spread about the crash and before too long an estimated 3,000 people had swarmed to the crash site. The plane finally slammed into the earth, and Billy Powell recalls saying, We hit the trees at approximately 90 mph. Lynyrd Skynyrd stops for a shot in 1973. As we talked, we heard a racket through the trees. These combinations of poorly built aircraft and less than acceptable crew quickly led to the dismissal of the band leasing out their services. I had never seen anything like it before. Leon Wilkeson and Billy Powell would both go on to pursue other musical ventures and both have a hand in several Lynyrd Skynyrd re-boots. Pyle maintains in the Howard Stern interview that the fuel gauge in the older model plane malfunctioned and the pilots had failed to manually check the tanks before taking off. On 20th October 1977, the Lynyrd Skynyrd boarded a chartered Convair CV-240 to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after their performance in Greenville, South Carolina. Band confidant, Gene Odum, is privately interviewed to share his story on what happened on this awful day in history. Wilkeson cheated death in 1977, surviving a crash of the band's chartered plane. I dont know who you think we are but we were on a plane and the plane crashed out there on the other side of that cow pasture. Mote instantly connected the dots to the sound he heard earlier and the men that lay before him. Cassie Gaines Wikipedia; Sponsored Links. ", "I never cared about flying in an airplane," he said. But I loved the bonding. The band got its name as a way of mocking Leonard Skinner, a gym coach at Robert E. Lee High School known for punishing his long-haired students specifically band co-founders Gary Rossington and Bob Burns. Mote fired a warning shot in the air. Cassie was buried in Orange Park, Florida, together with her brother, Steve Gains. Headline from a local newspaper reporting the crash. But sadly when he drank, which was quite often, his demeanor and character qualities changed drastically. He had already finished a film about the plane crash when Gary and several others stepped in and placed a lawsuit against the film to not be shown to the public. On the original pressing of the cover of Street Survivors was a photograph of the band engulfed in flames. Among them were Lacy Van Zant, Ronnies Father, and .38 Specials Guitarist Dan Barnes. Billy Powell, the bands keyboardist, received extensive facial lacerations and a broken right knee. Security manager Gene Odom was seriously burned on his arm and face and lost the sight in one eye as a result of an emergency flare on board the plane that was activated during the crash. "New Orleans is a southern city. Both Steve and Cassie Gaines were killed in the crash. Making the original release cover more valuable to collectors than the second cover released just a few weeks after the album hit the shelves. Steve Gaines was killed instantly upon impact and his sister Cassie Gaines perished as well. A few minutes later I was talking my way past a Mississippi State trooper. Powells nose had been nearly ripped from his face after crashing head first through a table. "Are you writing a book?" Small and cramped, it still felt better than lift-off of the Convair CV-240. Minutes later he was guiding an ambulance through an overgrown trail. I couldn't stand it. From left to right: Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant, And Gary Rossington. Artimus Pyle and Gary Rossington are the only two members alive today from the crash. The other two members were JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins. Tangled by underbrush and the 20-foot creek, the rescue team had to act and think fast. "You like Lynyrd Skynyrd?" All reality had been broken and none of the surviving members would ever be the same or view life the same again. Billy Powell would be in the new starting line-up of Lynyrd Skynyrd until his death in 2009. Laying on the ground, still alive for only a moment, to slowly bleed to death. Two of them were crew members, pilot Walter McReary and co-pilot William Gray, the rest were band members and roadies. He had known Easley Creek since his youth. At this point, for Artimus Pyle, Marc Frank, and Ken Peden, the only sensible thing left to do was to leave certain death at the crash site, for uncertainty in the swamp. There is some speculation as to why the second engine had ultimately failed. Lead vocalist and founding member of the southern rock band, Ronnie Van Zant, also lost his life in the accident. Allen Collins kept moving on, eventually getting together with Gary Rossington to form the Rossington Collins Band. A little after the two-hour mark, however, events started to unfold that would soon make history. He needed to use their darkroom to get his photos out. Two bulldozers were dispatched to plow a primitive path off nearby Highway 568 in order to give a ground path available to the first responders. I marked my calendar and made arrangements. Turns out that Cassie didn't want to board that particular flight and had blatantly refused to travel on that plane. In this video you will see the true story behind the tragic passing of Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie Gaines, Dean Kilpatrick, and Steve Gaines on October 20, 1977. I'd deal with that later. All he could think was that they must be from a recent a jailbreak," she said. The Vintage News Aerosmith Said No, Lynyrd Skynyrd Said Yes To The Plane. Soon after the plane would begin to jerk and shake violently. Deceased people hanging from trees, the other survivors moaning for help of any kind, and completely surrounded by a black swamp whose canopy is blocking the only light that is trying so desperately to shine through. We love you!!!" A small plane with 40 seats and two props the plane was anything but extraordinary. Her mother passed away on 15th February 1979 in a car accident. However, other band members convinced her otherwise. At least one member, background singer Cassie Gaines, had refused to board the flight, but was convinced against her better judgment. Gene Odom had been thrown from the plane and broke his neck, his skin badly burned and one eye blinded by phosphorus from a de-icing flare that had been aboard. He was more in the image I was pre-visualizing - one of an aging rocker. Freebird, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 10/20/77 and a notebook-sized rebel flag are deeply etched into the old bark. But there wasn't any gas on the ground because they ran out of gas.". Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines, Kilpatrick and the pilots were laid in a temporary morgue at a local high school gymnasium. I would like to think that only one grave robber was involved, but so many items were missing that I have to believe otherwise. It was as if they were back in Noahs time and all but a select few were stricken with greed of mankind and the chance to capitalize on an easy opportunity. As soon as it seemed that the worst of the flight was passing, the true nightmare was about to set in for Lynyrd Skynyrd and the crew aboard. As they, too, were succumbing to the sub-par standards of the plane and crew. Obviously it is hard to dictate the correct story when various opinions and recollections are thrown out, however, it seems to us as though the pilots were aware of the faulty issues of the plane, did not check to make sure that the plane had enough gas, and did not seem to make an attempt to alert the passengers of their timely death. July 30, 2001 -- Leon Wilkeson, bass player and founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, is dead at age 49. Here Are Our Sources: Remembering Lynyrd Skynyrds Deadly 1977 Plane Crash, Jordan Runtagh, The Rolling Stones, What Happened To The Surviving Members Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash?, Micheal Cristopher, Ultimate Classic Rock.com, Falling Free Bird: The Truth About The Infamous Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash Is Stranger Than Fiction, Phil Gibbons, Ranker.com, The Joplin Globe Steve and Cassie Gaines to be inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. Billy Powell would be in the new starting line-up of Lynyrd Skynyrd until his death in 2009. It felt like being hit with baseball bats in a steel garbage can with the lid on. That farm belonged to a young dairy farmer named Johnny Mote. The fuselage turned sideways, and everybody was hurled forward.. I dont like that, The Weeknd is getting mocked for his response to Rolling Stones The Idol expos, Daisy Jones & the Six review: Riley Keough fronts a rock soap opera, Aaron Carters mom posts awful photos from death scene, pushes for homicide inquiry, Wayne Shorter, influential jazz saxophonist and composer, dies at 89. 5 spot, it was the bands first No. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airplane crash that claimed other band members and crew. The pilot and co-pilot also died; 20 others aboard lived. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Natural causes were to blame. Ronnie Van Zant was just more than the bands main songwriter, frontman, and singer. Rescue vehicles on the ground found no direct path in sight. He was known as Papa Ronnie. One of them being completely decapitated. Artimus Pyle, drummer for the band, stops for a quick picture while en route to the next show. In a separate interview, revealing the story of sound man Paul Welch who suffered traumatic injuries in this crash and was sent into a coma, shares that the plane that was utilized during this trip was already catching fire around the engine area and Lynyrd Skynyrd had requested to cease using it. The other band members Collins, Gary Rossington, Wilkeson, Powell, Artimus Pyle, and Hawkins, tour manager Ron Eckerman, and several road crew suffered . The pilots were still in their seats, but were laying upside down in nearby trees. Photo: obviousmag.org. Cassie Gaines died on the 20 th of October, 1977 in a plane crash at Gillsburg, Mississippi when she was only 29 years old. Tremendous physical pain overwhelmed the group as did mental exhaustion. Things were going so well. Check your inbox to be the first to know the hottest news. Both of which helped the album climb to the No. Ronnie Van Zant was just more than the bands main songwriter, frontman, and singer. "Why, yes I do," I said, thinking about my roots, my old buddies and the high school dances. [2] As a member of the Civil Air Patrol on that fateful night, he heard the report of a plane crash over the citizens band radio. Four of the passengers were killed including bandleader and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines and assistant tour manager Dean Kilpatrick. Cassie joined the team and became one of the three members of The Honkette's, a female gospel vocal trio of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sit down. The plane had taken off with a faulty gasoline gauge that fooled the pilots into thinking that the plane was equipped with the appropriate amount of gas to reach their destination. I told him that it was the strongest thing I had seen a man do.. Even though she survived the actual crash, she eventually bled to death before the rescue team could reach her. He was a walking treasure trove of names, facts and figures. But soon, the helicopters that were heard and seen previously were on the scene. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and singer Cassie Gaines were all killed in the crash, and the band stopped performing and recording. Gary Rossington, one of the bands guitar players, had suffered two broken arms, a broken leg, a punctured stomach and liver. Cassie Gaines was born on January 9, 1948 and died on October 20, 1977. He didn't know who the victims were. With the dust settled from a plane crash that would make a small Mississippi town famous, everything that surrounded the few conscious and able survivors were completely horrific and getting darker by the second. Wilkeson would play in both Rossington Collins Band and the Allen Collins band. With the dust settled from a plane crash that would make a small Mississippi town famous, everything that surrounded the few conscious and able survivors were completely horrific and getting darker by the second. He had been hospitalized since September. Don't look like they can afford a ticket. His luck, however, was on the short end of the stick as he would have his throat slit while on the Lynyrd Skynyrd tour bus in the early 90s. The news was shocking -- a plane crash near my hometown of McComb, Miss. Band confidant, Gene Odum, is privately interviewed to share his story on what happened on this awful day in history. Powell's nose had been nearly ripped from his face after crashing head first through a table. It would take hours to remove the bodies of the dead and injured from the plane. The crash killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, as well as pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. "They stopped, straight back there," he said, and pointed to the tree line a quarter mile across open hay fields and woods. I knew my camera had stories to tell. After a shorter-than-normal day of bow hunting, he received a phone call about a plane crash in the area. His only help at that moment was his neighbor, Dwain Easley. Gary Rossington broke both his arms and both his legs in the crash, and took many months to recuperate. Collins recovered and began performing again, eventually forming the Allen Collins Band. Cassie Gaines Birthday and Date of Death. David Bowie Reveals His Favorite Songwriters, Michael Jacksons Daughter Release New Song, Fans Wants To Cancel Roger Waters Concerts, Ozzy Osbourne Give Update On Possible Touring, Why Keith Richards Was Jealous Of The Beatles, Dave Grohl Reveals His Favorite Paul McCartney Track. Ultimate Classic Rock What Happened to the Survivors of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash? Lynyrd Skynyrd did not plan on keeping the plane for long. Birthday: January 9, 1948. One such silent witness has found a way to talk. There is some speculation as to why the second engine had ultimately failed. He drove down from his home in Oakland, Miss. ", "And everybody says they were the first one there. Was there a guest book?". Ronnie Van Zant, drunk and laying in the middle of the aisle, simply pulled himself together, sat up, and quietly chose a seat up front. The whole scene tore him apart. Tap into Getty Images' global scale, data-driven insights, and network of more than 340,000 creators to create content exclusively for your brand. Photo: hu.wikipedia.com. The band regularly has different people sit in and play shows with them like Warren Haynes and Dicky Betts. She said her husband grabbed his .243 hunting rifle, ran out and fired a warning shot. Since Cassie was not aware of the band's existence at that time, Jojo offered her a copy of Lynyrd Skynyrd's first two albums to make her acquainted with the band's work. She was sick and would meet up with the band in Arkansas to continue the tour. Ronnie Van Zant, drunk and laying in the middle of the aisle, simply pulled himself together, sat up, and quietly chose a seat up front. Sadly, it would end all to soon. The cover would quickly be changed to a more bland blacked-out background with the band in the same pose after the accident. Billy Powell, the bands keyboardist, received extensive facial lacerations and a broken right knee. We knew every word. Members of the band that survived the crash said that Cassie actually . On October 20, 1977, Cassie Gaines died of non-communicable disease. Photo: Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader. As the small band of brothers grew, the conversation grew lively but stayed reverent. Everyone knows him as "Governor." He suffered a heart attack while on break from tour. Some were screaming and moaning for help, but they were all limp. A costly mistake at 9,000ft or so. When the group asked Ronnies father how he was, he simply replied Hes fine. "They seemed to be chasing him, trying to flag him down. Photo: Pinterest. Sadly, the band would not make it to Baton Rouge and the plane had been pushed one flight too many. The album would go through several cover changes and would mark a new era for the guys. to gather a few more. Cassie Gaines, Steve Gainess sister who were both bound for death in the crash, would routinely ride on the equipment bus rather than the plane. Collins and other band members were severely injured. We beat patterns into our dashboards drumming out the beat. Cause of death: Car accident. I can't remember," he said. Everyone just stood there helpless. Violent, wild, and belligerent, Ronnie was a force to be reckoned with. However, they were apparently talked into using it just one more time which happened to be their last ride. Soon after the plane would begin to jerk and shake violently. Its many hit songs include "Freebird," "Sweet Home Alabama," "Gimme Three Steps" and "Simple Man.". Ronnies mother Marion refused to make the flight, after seeing a horrific plane crash of her own that killed 9 people. Bianca is a force to be reckoned with in the American film industry. On one occasion after a show, he approached Billy Powell who was the bands keyboard player, and punched him so hard in the mouth he knocked his two front teeth out. Part of the preparations required contacting landowners and securing permission to be there and a guide to lead me in. What happened to the Menendez brothers' money? Artimus Pyle was also notoriously outspoken against the plane and on several occasions would take buses to shows. A spokesperson for the band's record label said Wilkeson died in his sleep Friday at a hotel near Jacksonville, Florida. Gene Odom had been thrown from the plane and broke his neck, his skin badly burned and one eye blinded by phosphorus from a de-icing flare that had been aboard. Wilkeson would eventually be found dead in a hotel room in 2001 at age 49. Lynyrd Skynyrd reformed in 1987, and has been touring and recording steadily ever since with Johnny Van Zant, brother of the late Ronnie, as lead singer. He then assembled a convoy of trucks and four-wheelers to locate the crash site and rescue the survivors. The plane was produced from 1947-1954. Allen Collins, who lost fellow members of the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd in a 1977 plane crash and was paralyzed four years ago in a drunken driving accident, died Tuesday of pneumonia. (Photo by Ted Jackson). "If (that tree) could talk, it'd tell you all about it," he said. Ultimate Classic Rock What Happened to the Survivors of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash? The reason is that just a few short days before some of the band members had reported seeing sparks a large as 10ft shooting out of the right engine. Natural causes were to blame. Circa 1975, Singers Cassie Gaines , Leslie Hawkins and Jo Jo Billingsley of the American rock group, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1970s. Marc Frank recalled hearing both engines on the plane then within a matter of minutes, just air passing over the cabin. According to Powell, Cassie Gaines' final moments were particularly painful as she bled to death in his arms and that her throat had been cut from ear to ear, which gave more indications of execution than an accident. In the ensuing chaos, souvenir hunters took billfolds, jewelry, suitcases, band merchandise and even chunks of metal from the crash site. Gary continues on the band with Ronnies brother, Johnny Van Zant, and guitarist Ricky Medlocke. Tuesday October 20, 2015 marked the 38th anniversary and drew several veterans from the night of the crash. Your IP: Varying accounts have Mote either firing a warning shot into the air or actually shooting Pyle in the shoulder no report is completely reliable. Tremendous physical pain overwhelmed the group as did mental exhaustion. Band members Artimus Pyle and Billy Powell entered the cockpit to get an idea of what was happening. The rest of the group had no idea at the time that they would never see the face of Ronnie again. The tour is scheduled to run through mid-September. Street Survivors became the band's second platinum album, and was the #5 top selling album on the U.S. album chart. Rudge chartered three planes for loved ones to identify the bodies. McDaniel was eager to join me. It was Steve, and me, and Ronnie and I was in the middle of them. Rossington and keyboardist Billy Powell are now the only founding members in the band. So, we're both southerners.". Lynyrd Skynyrd was known for their hard-rocking style, driven by powerful guitars. Pyle did confirm (from Pyle's interview on the The Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio, Feb. 12, 2007) that Van Zant's cause of death was trauma to the head caused by equipment, such as Betamax tapes and Trinitrons, flying forward in the plane's cabin. "Folks were all mashed together. Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash site draws a pilgrimage. With the tree tops approaching fast and just eight miles short of the air strip, the plane was headed for a Mississippi swamp and nothing could be done to save them now. She was hesitant because she had seen a small fire in one of the engines the previous day. A Convair CV-240, similar to the one in the crash. Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines, Kilpatrick and the pilots were laid in a temporary morgue at a local high school gymnasium. Before long, he noticed three men emerge from the dense woods along the pasture. He could see the circling helicopter from his back yard. Assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, the pilot, and co-pilot Walter McCreary and William Gray also died. "Live on my brother. Pyle claimed in a February 2007 appearance on Howard Stern's Sirius radio program that Mote had shot him; Mote has always denied shooting the drummer. Aerosmiths band management at the time was looking at a Convair CV-240. "It was the saddest thing," she recalls, 11 years later. The site has drawn visitors over the years. Totaled, decimated, and left for dead. There have been several different theories as to the culprits of this . Street Survivors was released just three days before the crash and would quickly become a hit. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Artimus has had many ups and downs since then, several incarcerations, and a huge falling out with Gary. Shining from what seemed to be a small house on a dairy farm. A tragic scene no person would ever wish to see or soon forget. The crash killed singer/songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. The aircraft crashed in a heavily wooded area during an attempted emergency landing. The band has sold an estimated 35 million records. Allen Collins, another guitar player for the group, had cracked two vertebrae, and the cut to his right arm was so severe, that it almost required amputation. "I've been coming for years," he said, "and I've never met anyone who was here that night. In addition to his fractured ribcage, Artimus Pyle was treated for numerous abrasions and contusions. The original cover was restored after the 30th anniversary of the album. You all just better get some rest. Dan Barnes recalls saying This man had just been to the funeral home and seen his son dead and decided to keep that to himself for these guys to heal.

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