![]() Larry Junstrom went on to spend more than 35 years as the bassist for 38 Special (led by Ronnie's other brother Donnie - yes, the brothers' names are Ronnie, Johnny, and Donnie), retiring in 2014 and passing in 2019. In 2015, Bob Burns was killed in a car accident at his Georgia home. The band reformed in 1987 with Ronnie's younger brother Johnny and a rotating cast of new blood.Īllen Collins died in 1990 of pneumonia resulting from a serious car accident four years earlier due to his drug abuse. Rossington, Collins, Wilkeson, and Powell formed the Rossington-Collins Band, but Collins was prone to alcoholism and drugs. The band disbanded after the tragedy, with the group reuniting at Charlie Daniels's Volunteer Jam V to perform an instrumental version of "Free Bird" accompanied by Daniels and some of his band members (bassist Charlie Hayward and keyboardist Joel "Taz" DiGregorio). Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, his sister Cassie (one of the band's backup singers, known as The Honkettes), and Dean Kilpatrick, a member of the band's production staff, were killed. Tragedy struck on October 20, 1977, three days after the band recorded their Street Survivors album when their chartered plane crashed in Mississippi. (The next time you hear someone shout "Play 'Free Bird'!" at a concert, you now know who to blame). The group was eventually discovered by producer Al Kooper and recorded its first album, (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd), in 1973 - in the process, the album forever cemented the song "Free Bird" as a permanent part of the rock'n'roll lexicon. Meanwhile, roadie Billy Powell joined the group as the keyboardist. In 1972, Walker and Medlocke left the group to perform with the band Blackfoot and Leon Wilkeson took Walker's place as the bassist. ![]() Walker replaced him, while Rickey Medlocke joined the band as a second drummer and mandolinist. During their early years, Junstrom left the group and Greg T. They later renamed themselves "My Backyard" in 1965, "Leonard Skinner" (a rather authoritarian teacher at their former high school who disapproved of male students with long hair) in 1970, and " Lynyrd Skynyrd" in 1972. Jacksonville friends Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Larry Junstrom, Gary Rossington, and Bob Burns formed the band in 1964 under the name "The Noble Five". Similar to "I Put Spongebob Music Over X" trend, "I Put "Free Bird" over X Fight Scene" refers to memes that use fight scenes from movies with "Free Bird" edited into the background (examples shown below).If you live in the American South, you damn well better know Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sorry Officer, The Speed Limit Does Not Apply When Free Bird refers to memes about people driving their vehicles at max speed during the "Free Bird" solo guitar melody (examples shown below). Sorry Officer, the Speed Limit Does Not Apply When I'm Listening to Free Bird Spawned in late January 2022 on iFunny with memes in which the number of rats progressively increased, the exploitable format received further spread online in spring and summer 2022 with videos captioned "spinning rat" (examples shown below). Horizontally Spinning Rat, originally known as Rats Multiplying, refers to a series of memes based on videos of 3D rat models usually set to the song "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It received more than 631,000 views in eight months (shown below, right). On December 31st, YouTube user SonicAlex25 reposted the video. Prior to December 31st, 2021, an unknown user uploaded a video that showing character Ayumu Uehara from Love Live! Nijigasaki School Idol Club crying. The video received more than 825,000 views in one year (shown below, left). For example, on May 25th, 2021, YouTube user Cursedmanchild uploaded a Barnacle Boy's sulfur vision edit. The solo guitar melody gained popularity in exploitable memes. ![]() The video received more than 2 million views in two years (shown below). On August 10th, 2020, YouTube channel Movies And Shows Clips uploaded its church fight scene. It also was used in numerous movies, such as in the 2014 film Kingsman: The Secret Service. It received more than 3.9 million views in seven years (shown below, right). on July 24th, 2015, YouTube user ParallaxDG uploaded Guitar Hero Full Combo video of the song. The video received 31,000 views in four years (shown below, left). For example on March 9th, 2018, YouTube user Essenciais uploaded gameplay of the GTA San Andreas where the song is played. The song was featured in several video games such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Guitar Hero II. ![]() It received more than 70 million views in three years (shown below). On July 31st, 2018, the Lynyrd Skynyrd official YouTube channel uploaded the song. On November 1974, the "Free Bird" song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant was released.
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