Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. Leonard Skinnerd, which was in part a reference to a character named "Leonard Skinner" in Allan Sherman's novelty song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" and in part a mocking tribute to P.E. teacher Leonard Skinner at Robert E. Lee High School. Skinner was notorious for strictly enforcing the school's policy against boys having long hair. Gary Rossington, guitarist in the band, dropped out of school, tired of being hassled about his hair. The more distinctive spelling "Lynyrd Skynyrd" was adopted at least as early as 1969.
Originally formed in 1964 as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tunes "Sweet Home Alabama," and "Free Bird." At the peak of their success, three members died in an airplane crash in 1977, putting an abrupt end to the band's most popular incarnation.
Surviving members re-formed in 1987 for a reunion tour with lead singer Ronnie Van Zant's younger brother Johnny as frontman. A version of the band continues to tour and record, with only Gary Rossington of its original members remaining, until his death on March 5th, 2023.
Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006.
SKYNYRD, Lynyrd
[Van Zant, Johnny (John Roy Van Zant) [2/27/1960,
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A. - ]
singer, Gary Rossington (Gary Robert Rossington) [12/4/1951,
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A. – 3/5/2023, Macon Georgia, U.S.A. (heart attack)]
– musician (guitar) married to singer Dale Emily Krantz [1952- ] (19??-1982) father of Mary Elizabeth
Rossington, Annie Rossington, Billy Powell (William Norris Powell)
[6/3/1952, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.A. – 1/28/2009, Orange Park, Florida
(heart attack)] – musician (keyboards), married to ? (1975-1984) married to Ellen
Easter Powell (1987-2009) father of Layla Michelle Powell [1972- ], Richard Brandon Powell [1977- ], William Joel Powell [1980- ], Ashley Rose Powell, Maggie Jean Powell
[1982- ], Leon Wilkeson (Leon
Russell Wilkeson) [4/2/1952, Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. – 7/27/2001,
Ponte Vedra, Florida (liver, lung disease)] – musician (bass), and Artimus
Pyle (Thomas Delmer Pyle) [7/15/1948, Louisville, Kentucky,
U.S.A. - ] – musician (drummer),
married to ?, married to ? father of three sons, two daughters, Ed King (Edward
Calhoun King) [9/14/1949, Glendale, California, U.S.A. – 8/22/2018,
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. (cancer)] – musician (guitar),
They Call Me Renegade – 1989 [sing “Simple Man”, “Call M
the Breeze”
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