When Gary barred Allen from coming onto the stage any longer, “it killed Allen. That was Gary and Dale’s payback to Allen. If you ask me, they murdered that man.”
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTERVIEWS
Charlie Brusco, Bob Burns, Alex Hodges, Jimmy Johnson, Ed King, Rodney Mills, Barry Rudolph, Alan Walden.
BOOKS
Allman, Gregg with Alan Light. My Cross to Bear. New York: William Morrow, 2012.
Ballinger, Lee. Lynyrd Skynyrd: An Oral History. Los Angeles: XT377 Publishing, 1997.
Brant, Marley. Freebirds: The Lynyrd Skynyrd Story. New York: Billboard Books, 2002.
Brant, Marley. Southern Rockers: The Roots and Legacy of Southern Rock. New York: Billboard Books, 1999.
Goodwyn Jones, Anne and Susan Van D’Elden Donaldson. Haunted Bodies: Gender and Southern Texts. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1998.
Kemp, Mark. Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a New South. New York: Free Press, 2004.
Kemp, Mark. “On Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ed King, and Trayvon Martin.” Rock’s Backpages, July 18, 2013. http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/on-lynyrd-skynyrds-ed-king-and-trayvon-martin.
King, Richard H. and Helen Taylor. Dixie Debates: Perspectives on Southern Cultures. New York: New York University Press, 1996.
Kooper, Al. Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock ’N’ Roll Survivor. New York: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2008.
Nuzum, Eric. Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
Odom, Gene with Frank Dorman. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Rock. New York: Broadway Books, 2002.
Watts, Trent. White Masculinity in the Recent South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2008.
Young, Neil. Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream. London: Penguin Books, 2012.
ARTICLES
“1977—Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines of Lynyrd …” This Day In Rock. www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1977-ronnie-vanzant-and-steve-gaines-of-lynyrd.
“Aircraft Accident Report, Convair 240, N55VM, Gillsburg, Mississippi, October 20, 1977, U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, D.C.” www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR78-06.pdf.
Associated Press. “Billy Powell Obituary.” Legacy.com, January 28, 2009. www.legacy.com/ns/obituary.aspx?n=billy-powell&pid=123423955.
Bell, June D. “Guitarist: Lynyrd Skynyrd Pushed Me Out.” Jacksonville Times-Union, June 6, 1997. http://jacksonville.com/special/lynyrdskynyrd/guitaristtheypushedmeout.html.
“Billy Powell.” Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_powell.
Boucher, Caroline, “Who the Hell Are Lynyrd Skynyrd?” Disc and Music Echo, February 1974.
Bull, Roger. “The Band Plays on—Lynyrd Skynyrd to Continue.” Florida Times-Union, March 16, 2009. http://jacksonville.com/interact/blog/roger_bull/2009-03-16/the_band_plays_on_-_lynyrd_skynyrd_to_continue.
“Bryan Cole: Mose Jones.” Sweethomemusic.fr. www.sweethomemusic.fr/Interviews/MoseJonesUS.php.
Campbell, Mary. “Lynyrd Skynyrd Works on Pride.” Hutchinson News, May 30, 1975.
Carter, John. “Remembering Lynyrd Skynyrd,” Florida Times Union, October 19, 1997. http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/101997/1019Skyn.html.
Charlesworth, Chris. “Memories of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Rudge.” Rock’s Backpages, 2001. www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/memories-of-lynyrd-skynyrd-and-peter-rudge.
Charone, Barbara. “Lynyrd Skynyrd Interview.” Zoo World, April 1974.
Clark, Rick. “American by Birth … (Southern by the Grace of God).” Simple Man, www.angelfire.com/tn/LSkynyrd/history.html.
Conroy, Pat, foreword to Turn South at the Next Magnolia: Directions from a Lifelong Southerner, by Nan Graham (Livingston, AL: Livingston Press, 2009).
Elwood, Phillip. “Rough, Rowdy, Ribald Rock.” San Francisco Examiner, March 6, 1976.
Esposito, Jim. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: The 100 Proof Blues.” Creem, October 1975.
Finotti, John. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: Unfynyshed Byzness.” Florida Trend, September 1, 1999. www.floridatrend.com/article/13369/lynyrd-skynyrd-unfynyshed-byzness.
Flans, Robyn. “Artimus Pyle: Venomous After Lynyrd Skynyrd.” Modern Drummer, July 25, 2007.
Glazer, Mitch. “One Mo’ Brawl from the Road.” Crawdaddy!, November 4, 1976.
Google groups: Talk, Politics, Guns, “Origins of ‘Niggertown Saturday Night Special.’” https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/talk.politics.guns/TpJlSRCxO68.
“Gospel Singer Remembers Her Roots in Lynyrd Skynyrd,” TriCities.com, December 27, 2012. www.tricities.com/archives/article_f8c56cc7-b4f8-5da0-9c75-14d2bb526247.html.
Hughes, Rob. “The Curse of Lynyrd Skynyrd.” Uncut, May 2006. www.uncut.co.uk/lynyrd-skynyrd/the-curse-of-lynyrd-skynyrd-interview#HK73Qsokw0lyhhWz.99.
“Hughie Thomasson Obituary.” New York Times, October 2, 2007.
Itzkoff, Dave. “Leonard Skinner, Namesake of Rock Band, Dies.” New York Times, September 20, 2010.
“Lynyrd Skynyrd: A Blood Bath Every Night.” Super Rock Awards, September 10, 1977.
“Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Early Days.” Ed King Forum. http://edking.proboards.com/thread/31/early-days#ixzz2ify1vqW1.
“Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young.” Thrasher’s Wheat—A Neil Young Archives. www.thrasherswheat.org/jammin/lynyrd.htm.
“The ‘Lynyrd Skynyrd’ Crash.” Check-Six.com. www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/LynyrdSkynyrd-N55VM.htm.
“Lynyrd Skynyrd Is Deceased.” Dallas Morning News, October 22, 1977.
Maraghy, Mary. “Vandals Disturb Ronnie Van Zant’s Grave.” Florida Times-Union, June 29, 2000. http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/062900/met_vanzant.html.
McConnell, Andy. “Ronnie Van Zant Kicked His Scotch Habit: It’s Wine Now.” Sounds, MAy 31, 1975.
Moore, Alex. “Lynyrd Skynyrd Just Realized the Confederate Flag Is Kinda Racist.” Death and Taxes. www.deathandtaxesmag.com/188905/lynyrd-skynyrd-just-realized-the-confederate-flag-is-kinda-racist.
Morin, Alyssa. “The Legend of Artimus Pyle: Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Drummer Lives to Tell the Tale.” Easy Reader News, September 10, 2013. www.easyreadernews.com/74326/lynnyrd-skynyrd-artimus-pyle.
Murphy, Bridget. “Van Zant Arrested on Drug Charges. He Is Related to Former Lynyrd Skynyrd Leader, Ronnie Van Zant.” Florida Times-Union, February 6, 2008.
“The Music Stopped and the Fight Started.” Jacksonville Journal, July 7 1975.
“Mylon LeFevre.” Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylon_LeFevre.
Norman, Forrest. “Soundman God.” Miami New Times, Jan 16, 2003.
Paul, Alan. “Prime Cuts: Lynyrd Skynyrd.” Guitar World, March 4, 2009. http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130515175017 / http://www.guitarworld.com/prime-cuts-lynyrd-skynyrd.
Peralta, Eyder. “Florida School Named After KKK Grand Wizard Will Get New Name.” The Two-Way (blog). NPR. December 17, 2013. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/17/251937557/florida-school-named-after-kkk-grand-wizard-will-get-new-name.
“Phil Walden.” Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Walden.
Reese, Willis, “Original Lynyrd Skynyrd Drummer Tells His Accounts of the Band’s Early Days,” Examiner, June 30, 2011. www.examiner.com/article/original-lynyrd-skynyrd-drummer-tells-his-accounts-of-the-band-s-early-days.
“Richard’s.” TheStripProject.com. www.thestripproject.com/TheStripProject/Richards.html.
Riegel, Richard. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: Does Their Conscience Bother Them?” Creem, December 1976.
“The Rotgut Life.” Time, October 18, 1976.
Rudolph, Barry. “Lynyrd Skynyrd.” Barry Rudolph Engineering/Production Services. www.barryrudolph.com/stories/skynyrd.html#top.
Smith, Michael Buffalo. “Skynyrd, The Allmans and Otis: Alan Walden’s Career in Rock and Soul.” Swampland.com, January 2002. http://swampland.com/articles/view/title:alan_walden.
Smith,
Michela. “In Memory of America: A Conversation with the Allman Brothers Band’s Butch Trucks.” Daily Free Press (Boston), November 21, 2011.
“Stephan J Dike.” Mugshots.com. http://mugshots.com/search.html?q=van+zant%2C+ronnie.
Stewart, Tony. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: I See the Bloodbath That Was Hamburg.” New Musical Express, October 25, 1975.
Sounds, May 31, 1975.
Sounds, October 25, 1975.
Sounds, November 16, 1976.
Tobler, John. “Sweetheart of the South.” Melody Maker, March 1974.
Uhelszki, Jaan. “The Gibson Classic Interview: Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ed King.” Gibson, September 13, 2010. www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Lynyrd-Skynyrds-Ed-King-913.aspx.
Uhelszki, Jaan, “Lynyrd Skynyrd: Fifths and Fists for the Common Man.” Creem, March 6, 1976.
REVIEWS
Altman, Billy. “Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991.” Rolling Stone, August 8, 1991.
Christgau, Robert. “Lynyrd Skynyrd.” Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics. www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lynyrd+Skynyrd.
Costa, Jean-Charles. “Gimme Back My Bullets.” Hit Parader, August 1976.
Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Back My Bullets.” AllMusic.com. www.allmusic.com/album/gimme-back-my-bullets-mw0000196579.
——. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: Last of a Dyin’ Breed.” AllMusic.com. www.allmusic.com/album/last-of-a-dyin-breed-mw0002373661.
——. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: One More From the Road.” AllMusic.com. www.allmusic.com/album/one-more-from-the-road-mw0000536195.
———. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: Second Helping.” AllMusic.com. www.allmusic.com/album/second-helping-mw0000273339.
———. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: Skynyrd’s First and … Last.” AllMusic.com. www.allmusic.com/album/skynyrds-first-andlast-mw0000190840.
“Gimme Back My Bullets Review.” Rolling Stone, March 25, 1976.
Milward, John. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: One More from the Road.” Rolling Stone, November 4, 1976.
Reed, Ryan. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: Last of a Dyin’ Breed.” Phoenix (Boston). http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/143345-lynyrd-skynyrd-last-of-a-dyin-breed.
Scoppa, Bud. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: Nuthin’ Fancy.” Rolling Stone, June 19, 1975.
——. “Lynyrd Skynyrd: Second Helping.” Crawdaddy!, September 1974.
“Second Helping Review.” Rolling Stone, November 7, 1974.
Walker, Billy. “Review: Nuthin’ Fancy.” Sounds, April 12, 1975.
Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. “Review: One More from the Road.” AllMusic Guide, February 14, 2009. http://www.answers.com/topic/one-more-from-the-road.
VIDEOS
Freebird… The Movie. Cabin Fever Entertainment, 1996.
“Highs and Lows with Lynyrd Skynyrd.” YouTube video. Posted by “The Year of Alabama Arts.” April 30, 2007. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRuAxmhRXS8.
“Lynyrd Skynyrd.” Behind the Music, season 1, episode 7. VH1. Aired October 19, 1997.
“Lynyrd Skynyrd—Free Bird (1987).” YouTube video. Posted by “beeteep60.” January 23, 2013. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBwqtmdxqzI.
“Lynyrd Skynyrd bandmates talk about Ronnie Van Zant and life on the road as the real Lynyrd Skynyrd.” YouTube video. Posted by “Tony Beazley.” November 13, 2009. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBftFjxWbN0.
“Lynyrd Skynyrd perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 2006.” YouTube video. Posted by “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum.” June 23, 2010. www.youtube.com/watch?%20annotation_id=annotation_753542&feature=iv&src_vid=1S_UagucO0A&v=LFbnhzFMjkM.
“Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash survivor Paul Welch talks with NFBC News.” YouTube video. Posted by “Nashville0nFacebook.” February 27, 2011. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTrf9greVqg.
“Ronnie Van Zant-Lynyrd Skynyrd-The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd.” YouTube video. Posted by “RandallTSkynyrd.” October 19, 2012. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AePnPCSFCfI.
“Skynyrd Uncivil War.” YouTube video. Posted by “RandallTSkynyrd.” November 30, 2012. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFIkQjDtwOw.
LINER NOTES
Lynyrd Skynyrd. One More from the Road Twenty-fifth Anniversary Deluxe Edition, 2001, compact disc (reissue), liner notes. www.angelfire.com/tn/LSkynyrd/reissue.html.
MARK RIBOWSKY
has written twelve books, including widely praised biographies of Tom Landry, Howard Cosell, Phil Spector, and Satchel Paige. He has also contributed extensively to magazines including Playboy, Penthouse, and High Times. He lives in Boca Raton, Florida.
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