Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gene Odom
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gene Odom
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock

Author: Gene Odom, Frank Dorman

Narrator: Arthur Flavell

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/30/2019

Synopsis

In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager Ronnie Van Zant and some of his friends hatched the idea of forming a band to play covers of the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Yardbirds and the country and blues–rock music they had grown to love. Naming their band after Leonard Skinner, the gym teacher at Robert E. Lee Senior High School who constantly badgered the long-haired aspiring musicians to get haircuts, they were soon playing gigs at parties, and bars throughout the South. During the next decade Lynyrd Skynyrd grew into the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful of the rock bands to emerge from the South since the Allman Brothers. Their hits "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama" became classics. Then, at the height of its popularity in 1977, the band was struck with tragedy—a plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and two other band members.

For the fans who have purchased a cumulative 35 million copies of Lynyrd Skynyrd's albums and continue to pack concerts today, Lynyrd Skynyrd is a celebration of an immortal American band.

About Gene Odom

Gene Odom was Ronnie Van Zant's lifelong friend, frequent member of Lynyrd Skynyrd's entourage, and was also aboard the plane on the fateful flight that killed Van Zant and two other band members.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leslie on August 17, 2007

This is an excellent biography of Lynyrd Skynyrd. It tells you how they got their name, and the inner workings of the band. If you like their music, this book will leave you free as a bird, now.......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on November 05, 2014

This guy has made Ronnie Van Zants Reputation better than the wild and crazy guy he always had. This book has their whole story full of tragedy and tells how great Ronnie Van Zant was and his troubles as well as allen collins life and the life of the other band members. A bad thing about this book i......more

Goodreads review by Dan on May 04, 2015

Simple, matter-of-fact account of the Skynyrd legend from the childhood friend of Ronnie Van Zant, and chief of security for the band in their heyday...Most revealing are the details of the October 20, 1977 plane crash; the last moments, and aftermath as told by the author, who was on the plane when......more

Goodreads review by Tom on August 28, 2014

Insider's story of the band's history. Interesting read, but it is clear that the author is not a professional writer.......more

Goodreads review by Craig on October 03, 2023

Growing up in the Deep South in the 1970s, the music of Lynyrd Skynyrd was a staple on every rock radio station blaring in our cars and playing anywhere else we could find it, including school dances, skating rinks, and pizza joints. We considered "Sweet Home Alabama" to be the national anthem of th......more

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