In 2015 I used to work at a car parts store close to where Artimus lives now. He'd come by somewhat regularly and sometimes ask for me by name. Genuinely one of the sweetest guys I've ever met. Can definitely tell the rock star life has affected him throughout the years but he's a genuinely good guy despite everything he's been through. Funny, I was an aspiring musician at the time and I was talking to him about how nervous I was to perform in front of a crowd with around 100 or so people and he replied with "Son if I can perform in front of 100,000 people opening for the Rolling Stones without shitting myself, you can do 100." Really awesome guy.
I heard that the band discussed getting a different plane like you said. I also heard that they knew that the plane had a faulty fuel gauge before the flight. It was totally avoidable.
Artimus Pyle was NOT SHOT. He said he was but the guy at the house was interviewed and said he shot into the air. The doctor that treated pyle said he had no gunshot wounds. In fact pyles injuries were not as serious as he says. He was released from the hospital the day after the crash.
Right! Also, The ex-wife of Johnny Mote (guy who shot in the air) is on a UA-cam clip at the memorial and is a hoot! Her name is now Brenda Martin. She was there as well. They let Artimus use their phone. 2 of the crew were with Artimus. One was Kenny Peden, recently deceased. The other was Mark Howard or Mark Frank.
quite possible that atriums was so messed up from the wreck that he heard the gun shot and saw he was bleeding and in that state of shock just assumed he was shot
I heard the song "Simple Man" for the first time today and I've been playing it nonstop. I love that song and it was sad when I read about the history of this band and what happened to them. But I'm thankful to have come across that song it has become one of my favorites
Aerosmith declined using the plane after seeing the pilots drinking Jack Daniel's right out of the bottle during the plane inspection lol. Ya good call on that one.
Perfect example as to why no single member in a band should have complete authoritative control, especially if they exhibit suicidal behaviors and show a complete lack of care for the safety of others
I think Ronnie knew he had doomed his troops. He was buckled in but unbuckled himself in the last seconds. I don't think he wanted to live with the guilt if he survived. Just my imaginary opinion.
I've been flying since 1973 I've always done all my own work on the plane the Hydraulics the engine..One time I had an electrical problem I was too far away from the airport so I landed on 95 Expressway..There was basically no cars on the road at the time I pulled off to the right side of the road about 5 minutes later a State Trooper was trying to give me a ticket..It's definitely a scary experience when you're going down and you're not anywhere near an airport..Still Fly-🛩🛩today..RIP to all the members of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band that never made it out alive..Sad Story..Still have all their albums also have Street Survivor with the flames in the background I know they took them away and blacked it out after the crash but really who didn't love the Lynyrd Skynyrd band..❤🎸🎸🎙🎶🎵🎼🎤🎹❤
@@BP-rn3nlRonnie had been up all night and took two sleeping pills before they boarded and was asleep on the floor when everything went south. His buddy, name escapes me, he was a roadie and security buckled Ronnie up. Upon later inspection of the plane the row of seats Ronnie was in had 3 cut seat belts from rescuers trying to free the occupants while one buckle was not cut leading to speculation that Ronnie who was out of it may have unbuckled his belt. Artimus plye claimed Ronnie walked back, told him he loved him , then returned to his seat. That seems very unlikely but it is a witness saying Ronnie removed his seatbelt. The reason his story is unlikely is the nose by that point was pitched up. Walking to the back then returning to his seat would've been physically and timewise likely impossible to accomplish.
Saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in the summer of 1974. They were on the list with Emerson, Lake and Palmer as the headliner. Skynyrd totally was the best band that day.
I just listened to ELP yesterday. Loved them. Loved Skynyrd who I seen 2 times. You can't compare these two groups. Totally different but one just as good as the other.
Seen ELP in 74 also..2 backup bands but not Skynyrd...shame, but Joe Walch was doin the Rocky Mountain and I'm thinkin Deep Purple..not sure..was in a different time zone..Never got to see Skynrd..damnit
Best live concert music on the radio I ever heard. Was lucky enough to be driving long distance on the CA 101 one night to hear it; the guitars were ELECTRIFYINGLY good, you two.
Back in the 70’s music was so diverse- so much talent it’s mind boggling. Rock, southern rock, country, R & B, disco, ballads- incredibly diverse. RIP to the members of this talented group of musicians
I live in Jacksonville and every time I visit my grandmothers grave I have to visit Ronnie’s everytime since his is at the same graveyard, what a beautiful soul we lost that day rip brother
@@Giggidygiggidy12 yep that’s where they were raised and started their music Career, and funny enough I live in fruit cove (a town in Jax) they have a property they used to own literally 3 walking minutes away from my house
@@mattg1611 you care more about a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd than your own grandma's grave even though it's just a grave that's crazy what about your grandma she wasnt a beautiful soul ? maybe you mean both but you said "that day" so im confused did she also pass that day😭😭💀
@@duckster_playz531 what tf is actually wrong with you? Why tf would I love a band singer more than my own grandmother?, you have no place to tell me who I love and don’t love bc you don’t know me and in case you couldn’t tell this video is about lynard skynard not my grandmother, You’re clearly under the age of 12 by the way you talk and interpret things and the fact you liked your own comment which is pretty embarrassing, grow up.
@@duckster_playz531 what tf is actually wrong with you? Why tf would I love a band singer more than my own grandmother?, you have no place to tell me who I love and don’t love bc you don’t know me and in case you couldn’t tell this video is about lynard skynard not my grandmother, You’re clearly under the age of 12 by the way you talk and interpret things and the fact you liked your own comment which is pretty embarrassing.
Lived in Asheville, NC and met Artimus Pyle back around 2006. He was the neighbor to one of my family members. He was out doing work in his front yard so me and my brothers waved to him, he came over to introduce himself and shake our hands, seemed like a nice guy. Also had a friend who had a similar self fulfilling prophecy of dying at a young age and he ended up dying in a car accident aged 22.
I saw their last concert at: "Greenville Memorial Auditorium" in Greenville, SC. (Now, building no longer standing. Torn down years ago ) . October 19th, 1977 ! Ticket cost: $6.00 I was 16 at the time ! Besides Styx, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, Skynyrd was my Favorite band in 1977 ! Fortunately, I kept my ticket stub from that final night... Glad I did so, especially after hearing the tragic news of the crash the next day ! The stub, which included the name of the band, the venue, the date, and price of $6.00, even though it was torn that much information was on the stub. I kept it locked away for years. Eventually in 2020 selling it to a collector on eBay significant !!! (I still however kept a pic of the stub. Can't post pics here.🤔) The Show: When they took the stage, they performed their older songs, but were primarily promoting the Brand New "Street Survivors" Album !!! The album had just recently been released, and was being praised by critics as to how refined and professional a direction their sound has taken ! Lynyrd Skynyrd was set to take it to the next level. They were poised, and moving up the charts fast was, That Smell, I Know a Little, among others. They were heading to New heights, literally 😢 I am not quite sure, but it could have been Nazareth "Love Hurts" band...... (incidentally, Love Hurts was record prior by the Everly Brothers ) ... that was the Warm up Band !? Not Sure on that one... Anybody know ???? The show was tremendous....!!! Everything that a true Lynyrd Skynyrd fan could ask for......To actually see Rossington, Collins blistering those guitar necks...Billy Powell piano licks, the whole band was so frickin tight .. Humble roots....They had come out from Muscle Shoals Studio 1973 with Sweet Home Alabama, all the way to the Street Survivors with the great guitarist, Steve Gaines. They Rocked for almost 2 hours.... The concert ended WITHOUT FREE BIRD being played. 🤔 The band had exited the stage, and said goodnight....The crowd became very loud, screaming in tandem FREE BIRD, FREE BIRD, !!! But, We ALL KNEW, they had saved it for the finally !!! They returned to the stage, and Billy ripped that iconic intro on the piano.... And They performed the encore' song FREE BIRD as the crowd was screaming in joy. Little did we know 😞😢, That would be the last song Ronnie Van Zant would ever sing in public was: "Free Bird "......Lyrics, IF I LEAVE HERE TOMORROW, WOULD YOU STILL REMEMBER ME ?? 😢 It's Very touching to revisit the song, now in 2023, knowing the lyrics speak of Ronnie and his desire to fly High and Free. He is now ( They All Are ) Flying on High now....! ...."if there's a Rock n Roll heaven, you know they got a hell of a band" Remember, Ronnie's Mom had said to him, " Son, don't forget there is Someone up Above " which he wrote into the song "Simple Man". Ronnie knew there was... And God was ready for him...😢 Quote: {Death can come for you anytime, anywhere...! It's Never welcome...} John Wayne... The Cowboys Movie. Ronnie was only 29 years old at the time of death. To answer the question, Yes Ronnie We do Remember You. You left us too early. 😢 Rest in Peace Ronnie Van Zant and all of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band 🙏❤️🙏 From all of us who truly Loved the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band. We have the music and memories.
You got history tgere Holly. Its funny and tragic that Ronnie's last pre death song opened with lyrics asking if he'd be missed if he left which ring true to this day
i was there, too. 16-year-old high school student from Mann. i remember some kids from Bob Jones out front telling people not to go into Satan's den. great concert.
I wasn’t born yet but both of my parents saw them at that same concert. Cool fact is that they hadn’t even met yet - they would meet each other at a local mall 12 days later on Halloween night, it’s just both my mom and dad happened to attend the Greenville concert by coincidence! About two years ago I took a trip down to Jacksonville and paid my respects to their graves, and it was sorta eerie the gravestones in front of me belonged to some iconic and talented men that entertained my parents at the very beginning of their relationship. FLY HIGH FREE BIRD, YEAH ! 🦅
Powell was trained in Classical piano at Juliard if I am not mistaken. He started out as a Roadie for the band. While they were recording in Muscle Shoals, Alabama everyone had taken a break and gone to lunch except Billy Powell. When everyone returned from lunch, they heard Billy In the studio playing the Piano while the replay of Free Bird was being played. They were all stunned at what he was able to do and he became a member of the band right then and there. What he was playing is the exact same version you hear on the song today.
there are many out there including a full length movie, if you want to listen to the truth of the crash do not listen to Van Zants widow, she was NOT there and kept home ALWAYS as she was only 14 years old when married therefore a jouvenile and could not travel state to state. She is not a good person. LIsten to Artimus Pyle's rendition (drummer and crash survivor
@@kevinhoneycutt238I heard Artimus say it himself in an interview that he was indeed, shot by the farmer but forgave him because he was just protecting his property
@@SoCal780Artimus says a lot of things, on top of being involved in child problems.But the officials and the Man of the property He was on, say different.
Cassie Gaines was often terrified of that plane since it had issues before. I can just imagine what went thru her mind when the engines quit. An old plane can fly indefinitely with a good air frame and proper maintenance. There are still some Convairs flying for small outfit freight haulers. In the 1970s many of these old planes were owned by fly by night operators who cut corners on maintenance. The Skynyrd plane had issues of engine fires and the fuel gauges didn't work ( the 240s also had a short range of maybe 1100 miles) All of this totally preventable.
I'm a 39 year pilot. The meme shows a DC 3 going in with a burning right engine. Their chartered aircraft was a Convair 240 that ran out of fuel and did not burn, not a DC3 as depicted. It absolutely stuns me still after all these years that the Captain would run out of fuel on a normal flight! I find it unbelievable, but it HAPPENED! I rarely EVER blame a flight crew for a crash, but this was unbelievable!
And fail Landing one engine and even engine out. But maybe that time they were low and not good spot around. One engine off is No Fanny thing. Need to get it down Quick and safe but where. Bad luck also. Old plane low fuel , too risky.
@@rainbowseeker5930 No pilot of any aircraft trusts fuel gauges. We ALWAYS depend on the fuel burned and fuel added figures to verify our fuel load. You NEVER bet your life on a fuel gauge!
@@JohnMoore-xf5wy Thanks for the clarity you have added on this point, it makes a lot of sense. I know nothing about flying so didn't realise these figures are logged. In a car on the ground this doesn't usually matter too much but I think if I was a pilot I would be tracking the fuel consumption/use figures rather than the fuel gauge, even if it wasn't standard procedure! Thanks again - was very interesting to learn about this.
Artemis crawled with shattered ribs etc to that farmhouse in an attempt to get help - he was not shot. The way the survivors described the deathly silence as the plane slowly lost altitude into the swamp is so haunting.
The band played together in their high school years. One of their teachers hated long hair and rock & roll. He said they’d never be any good & made them cut their hair, if they wanted to continue to attend high school. His name was Leonard Skinnard. So years later when they became popular, they changed their band name to Lynyrd Skynyrd, to get back at him.
@@jwwj30 Same here mate, we never got to see the original Skynyrd here in Australia... such a shame. Did get to see Johnny, Gary Ricky etc in 2014 though... which was still pretty cool... better than nothing... 😎
@@jwwj30 Well that adds a new level interesting, just cause in my little town of 1000 people we used to have a doctor who’s Skinner. That’s a very rare last name in my books. I’m 51 and this is only the second time I’ve heard that last name. Perhaps there was a relation to that teacher. The doctor here was actually quite cool, very old and had a young girlfriend probably a good 20 years younger than he. So 30 and him 50. He lived till over a 100 but was always such a wonderful man.
I seriously doubt that they didn’t were aware of the situation. You can’t miss that one engine burst into flames and the other one stops running, especially since it was noisy prop engines.
Yeah these old props where very loud you definetly notice if you're suddenly gliding. Still an aircraft is perfectly capable of doing it these pilots where not very good. They must have known they where fast and high but instead of circling to loose some altitude they just kept going into the trees...
"Sir, we may be out of fuel." "What makes you think that?" "We've lost engine one...and engine two is no longer on fire." "Buckle up, boys." "Don't look, doll. This might get hairy. Attention! This is your captain speaking. I've got good and bad news. The good news is, we'll be landing immediately. The bad news is, we're crash-landing."
They were well aware.... The pilot shut down the right engine because it was running in the "over rich" condition, causing flames to exit the exhaust. It was a common problem with the Convair 240. It is speculated that the pilot accidentally dumped the fuel in an attempt to divert the fuel to the remaining running engine. All of the survivors recall the silence before the crash.
Salvation is so very Simple HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE - Ancient Semitic Cuneiform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 I am YaH, and there is none else.
46 years to the day, where did those decades go. Broke my heart as a teenager, here in the U.K. a national newspaper ( Daily Mirror) reported the tragedy, and on the following page, had a full page advert for the release of Street Survivors with the Band surrounded in flames ( we didnt know at that point there was no fire) I dont think it was a deliberate thing, but it compounded the sad loss of members of my favorite band, second to none. I still have my 1973 August copy of 'Pronounced' ( and a few other copies and C.D's etc) precious items from an exceptional band. Rest in Peace Boys, you still can't hear us...but we can still hear you. ( Skynyrd Fans know where thats adapted from....👍🏻)
On the 21st of October,77,I was my 21st birthday,we went to see Bob Seger at the Hammersmith odeon,a 2 minute silence was held for the band,I saw them live in London & the rainbow theatre,& Knebworth in 76,when they blew the stones off the stage,great memories of a great band.
You didn’t mention any of Leon Wilkeson’s injuries, he was seated next to Steve Gaines in the crash and sustained a closed double fracture of his left leg, a severe double compound fracture of his left arm, 6 broken ribs, upper/lower jaw/nose/facial bones extensively smashed and 15 missing teeth. He survived but never played bass the same again. Also reports very on Artimus Pyle’s alleged shooting, he jokes that he was shot. The farm says otherwise.
An ex boss of mine used to say c'mon Tim, I need an aviation fix, and off we would go to the local airport. (He had a four-seater) Once in the air he would let me take over and it was exhilarating. He always told me if anything happened he was convinced I could land the plane. I was never so sure and prayed I never had to find out. I didn't.
Easy if you ever... keep runway in sight and aim ur nose towards the threshold.. the arrows and the line...drop your flaps gradually, keep your speed at around 130kts to 80kts depending on the aircraft. Cessna172 is 80kts, Boeing 737 is 130kts when you clear the line flare so your hind wheels touch down before nose wheel. And finally drop the nose wheel and either reverse thrust or apply brakes ....SEE! Easy
I saw them in the Savannah Civic Center on their last tour a few shows before the wreck. They came back thru the area and played in Statesboro at Georgia Southern College just down the road from Sav. They crashed 7 days after playing in Statesboro. They put on a great show. RIP
@@matthewmosier8439 They played Savannah on their last ever tour although it was 2-3 months or so before they came back thru and played Statesboro. It was more than a "few shows" before they crashed, yet was still on their last tour. I remember they played Statesboro and I considered going to that one too but didn't make it. They crashed 7 days after playing at Ga. Southern in Statesboro.
This just breaks my heart because I love Lynyrd Skynyrd! Still a major fan and always will be! Everything about lynyrd skynyrd I watch it! And the pain never ceases. It hurts the same every time I watch something about them! RIP Lynard Skynard! Much love going out to ALL Of Your Souls! 🙏💯
My band got to share the stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd at a USO show in ‘04. I was 16. It was surreal. They nailed the performance, and left me shaking knowing that my band had to play later that night. I came on after them in front of 40,000 people. Then the rockstar life ensued. It took seven trips to rehab to get clean. I was too young. I’ll never forget that show.
Another sad event, glad the story was brought back to life, they were definitely a great band that changed music world wide for the better!! 70 yr old Grandma, Teresa
My father, his brother, and their best friend was there in 77 having grown up in Greenville, at the end of the concert, Artimus Pyle threw his drum sticks into croud, my dad's best friend caught one of the drum sticks and handed it to my then 15-16 year old dad, and still has it to this day
I remember all of this very well. We had seen them in Portland, Maine that August before the crash, it was my sister's 1st Concert. (I was so proud to take her). They really were incredible, and I will never forget the great privilege of seeing them.
@@allisonoconnor8055 They may be gone, but the music never dies. I was lucky enough to see them a few time, once just months before the crash. RIP to all.
@@allisonoconnor8055 OH MAN!!!! I'm so jealous! Closest to that was partying with Y&T and meeting the Molly Hatchet guys in the gun store I worked in. Tesla is a whole different thing. They and I are from Sac, we grew up in bordering neighborhoods. Hung out with them a ton back in the day. MANY parties with Frankie and the boys.
What I've learned from this and other incidents is to fly commercially if I'm going to go anywhere. I don't care how rich or famous I am; I don't think I could feel safe on any private chartered flight.
?? I don’t remember the tickets being that cheap. I know I had to travel from Orlando to Lakeland so maybe my expenses was gas money and food along with the ticket. I had to have 30.00-40.00 to partake. They were awesome!! Billy Powell and Artimus we’re powerhouse percussionists. Ronnie was just a good ol’ Florida boy. Self fulfilling prophecy? So many amazing musicians lost to idiots flying planes and helicopters
Lynyrd Skynyrd was my very first favorite band and One More From The Road was my very first album. I saved up my pennies, had every song memorized, and even as an 8-year old child, grieved the loss of Ronnie and Cassie. I’ve always held them in my heart! Looking forward to meeting them when I’m called home.
the guitarist that died ( steve gains) had just joined the band. he only recorded 1 album (street survivors) he is the brother of 1 of the back up singers( cassie gains) who also died. she was telling the band how great of a guitar player her brother was for a few years. they finally checked him out and they let him join the band. he finally made the big time playing with skynyrd only to be killed in the plane crash . he was only in the band a year and a half ....................
I was 14 in 1977 , I remember that plane crash it was a sad .moment for Lynyrd Skynyrd fans Sweet home Alabama and Freebird are my 2 favorite songs RIP 🙏
i remember that absurd horrible crash...its something you remember forever when you heard. I was in the.second half of high school. At college we way over played the live double album.
Greetings from Greenville, SC - I wanted desperately to go to that concert that night (having friends who had tickets) but was prevented from doing so by my mother who absolutely refused to let me go. She woke me up the next day with the Greenville News, headlines splashed with the tragic crash. I later ended up working for the concert promoter who had the show that night at GMA. He mentioned several times about the questionable plane and the ill advised decision to take the flight instead of the tour buses. So sad that the girl had refused to fly on the plane and was talked into it and then later died. I now live less than a mile from the Greenville Municipal Airport. Very strange and tragic ending to a heroic Southern rock band. All of our local rock heroes (Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Bros) met with tragic endings and unexpected deaths.
So youre mother denied you a once in a lifetime experience and you dont resent her for it? I would loathe my mom if she didnt let me see my favorite artists just for them to die the next day.
@@ThePhantomGodofNight No, I could never loathe her - I probably did something worthy of being grounded. She also put her foot down when I wanted to go and see Paul McCartney and Wings on the Band On The Run/Wings Over America Tour in the summer of 1975 - I moped and pouted but I was only 13🤔
I saw them live with Johnny. It wasn’t a very good show. The crowd was full of old ass boomers that wouldn’t even stand up and watch the show. They even got mad when me and my dad got rid of our chairs and actually acted like we were at a fucking Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. The band played like 8 songs. They didn’t even play Simple Man. The crowd sucked the life out of that show. Fucking boomers ruin everything:
"Little did they know" lol, you've said that 3 times immediately after members express concern. I'm pretty sure some of them knew the danger quite well.....
In the late 1990s I had a premonition that the end of my life would not be good. It just flashed into my mind and the feeling was so strong, I had to tell my coworker. She freaked out. I never forgot it to this day. Now I have a fatal lung condition that will eventually suffocate me to death. Bronchiectasis. My doctor looked me in the eye and said you have no idea how right you are. So I know how Ronnie felt.
‼️‼️‼️ Greatest true , all American rock band of all time. Ronnie Van Zant's chilling prediction , that he would die before age 30 , and while on the road , is in fact , beyond eerie. Such tragedy to these band members and backup singers. That aircraft should have never been allowed to fly. Thanks for uploading. ‼️✝️🇺🇲♥️👍‼️‼️‼️‼️
Back in 1977 I bought a ticket for Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. I drove to the arena and had to park my car. It was crowded. I found a seat 30 minutes later. An hour went by and there was announcement : Lynyrd Skynyrd plane had crashed! We were all crying. Then the announcement said: If you want a refund, go to the pay out desk. They said you can get $10 back on your ticket. No one went to the pay out desk! It was so sad a day! I heard other bands play that day and they were talking about Skynyrd as they introduced themselves. I never asked for a refund.
“Daddy, I'll never make it over 30.” When one thinks so, he may be self-fulfilling his own prophecy, thus, living dangerously and making the odds favorable for a shortened life. He even said to a worried passenger who was afraid of getting on the shitty plane: “If your time is up, your time is up.” If he'd only been a little more cautious, a little more protective of others lives, this would not have happened.
Yeah, I have always felt the same way. The way you live your life and the thoughts you harbor have a massive effect on your experience of life. You really need to have as positive of a vision for yourself as possible!
@@slome815Potentially if that engine wasn't running rich, it wouldn't have burnt through so much fuel and they might have made it to the airport. (Also they had to wait for the drummer, burning fuel at the airport)
It's not out told because it didn't happen, he wasn't shot, the farmer shot a warning shot but never actually hit him. The only sources that say he was actually shot are ones that took Artimus's joke seriously
You state they played at Greenville Memorial Auditorium for their last show prior to the crash in Greenville, North Carolina but it was Greenville, South Carolina.
Here it is late 2024 and I still miss and wonder what would have become of this band if this tragic plane crash would not have happen. All of the original band members are gone now and I hope they are resting in Heavenly Peace, but have Heaven when we all arrive. God Bless each and everyone of them!!!
Ronnie Van should feel horrible in the afterlife...half these people knew there was plane problems & didn't wanna get on the deathtrap, and Ol Ronnie threatened them saying anyone who didn't get on would be fired, what a selfish approach to the matter, there blood was on his hands.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is somewhat hindered by their huge hits like "sweet home alabama" and "freebird". They are so much more than that. One of the tightest, most talented bands ever.
RIP Walter McCreary Jr. (1943-1977) William J. Gray Jr. (1945-1977) Ronnie Van Zant (1948-1977) Steve Gaines (1949-1977) Cassie Gaines (1948-1977) and Dean Kilpatrick (1949-1977)
I simply cannot believe no one noticed the engines stopping. They are incredibly loud, and they were props not jets. So they induce vibration into the airframe. Even a deaf person could know something was wrong because the vibrations present the entire flight would stop suddenly. The engine drone is comforting. It means everything is ok. It’s supposed to be there. Sudden silence, even from one side, would instantly alert everyone on board that something abnormal is occurring. That part of the story just doesn’t make sense.
Tbh they were musicians in the 70s. Full of drugs and blasting tunes/making their own. I'm sure some were oblivious, but I don't believe all of them wouldn't have noticed
We lost a huge unique front man and others. RIP to them all. My aunt knew Ronnie. I was just a baby but I today still listen at them and now Johnny and the band. Sad awesome
This is a good example of not allowing peer pressure to control your actions and go with your first thoughts.
Always follow your gut feelings
@@RK-eo8gl yep
This is how Randy Rhodes died. He had a fear of flying and the dude convinced him. Then the dude thought he was cool buzzing Ozzy's tour bus.
True, wouldn't want to be a passenger with pilots who drink before a flight..sad all around...
He was cooked up. Imagine being ozzy, and getting GRAZED by a friggin plane!
In 2015 I used to work at a car parts store close to where Artimus lives now. He'd come by somewhat regularly and sometimes ask for me by name. Genuinely one of the sweetest guys I've ever met. Can definitely tell the rock star life has affected him throughout the years but he's a genuinely good guy despite everything he's been through.
Funny, I was an aspiring musician at the time and I was talking to him about how nervous I was to perform in front of a crowd with around 100 or so people and he replied with "Son if I can perform in front of 100,000 people opening for the Rolling Stones without shitting myself, you can do 100." Really awesome guy.
I just wish Artimus would not try to add fiction to an already tragic event as the plane crash is. Just be honest and quit making crap up for effect.
The Rolling Stones!
He's likely still thankful to be alive in the 46 years since.
Not only did they front for the Stones, rumor has it that they blew them away on stage!!!!!!!
@@thomasfoss9963 it wouldn't take much...Stones are overrated.
they were the best southern rock band ever! Their talent was incredible and that band is very much missed! RIP guys
Allman Brothers are way better. as well as Marshall Tucker and probably others
@@davidgray1515meh
CCR was a good band...
@@davidgray1515it’s called an opinion, brother.
6.00 bucks admission wow remember ...creep pilots
I heard that the band discussed getting a different plane like you said. I also heard that they knew that the plane had a faulty fuel gauge before the flight. It was totally avoidable.
Carelessness equals death when it comes to flying
Fuel gauges were operable according to the NTSB.
They knew they'd die early bc they make poor decisions
It was gravity.
Ronnie spoke into existence that's why u don't keep talking about it
Artimus Pyle was NOT SHOT. He said he was but the guy at the house was interviewed and said he shot into the air. The doctor that treated pyle said he had no gunshot wounds. In fact pyles injuries were not as serious as he says. He was released from the hospital the day after the crash.
Right! Also, The ex-wife of Johnny Mote (guy who shot in the air) is on a UA-cam clip at the memorial and is a hoot! Her name is now Brenda Martin. She was there as well. They let Artimus use their phone. 2 of the crew were with Artimus. One was Kenny Peden, recently deceased. The other was Mark Howard or Mark Frank.
@@PatriciaLen66 what gets me is he still says he was shot when everyone says he wasn’t.
@@kennethwilkes6865 IKR! Guess he may have been in shock and just really believes it. 😕
@@kennethwilkes6865I always knew that story was exaggerated.
quite possible that atriums was so messed up from the wreck that he heard the gun shot and saw he was bleeding and in that state of shock just assumed he was shot
I heard the song "Simple Man" for the first time today and I've been playing it nonstop. I love that song and it was sad when I read about the history of this band and what happened to them. But I'm thankful to have come across that song it has become one of my favorites
Simple Man is special. I'm a huge LS fan and as great as Free Bird is, Simple Man is my favorite by far.
Simple Man is definitely one of my favorites, I picked it for my mother -son dance song at his wedding ❤
One of my fav songs
it's good advice too especially today. Southern living lives on thank God
Good on ya kid! It’s been my lifes mantra since I first heard it in the 70’s. I like to think I lived up to it meaning. ❤✌🏾💪🏽
Aerosmith declined using the plane after seeing the pilots drinking Jack Daniel's right out of the bottle during the plane inspection lol. Ya good call on that one.
😅Thats an old old prank, ice Tea in a whiskey bottle 😅
…as an ex-commercial pilot, am chocked by the negligence of the flight crew. Sickening, indeed.
was one of them janis joplin
That's NOT why Aerosmith decided against using it. They were going to buy the plane but thought it looked raggedy.
@@meghanmisaliarit did
Perfect example as to why no single member in a band should have complete authoritative control, especially if they exhibit suicidal behaviors and show a complete lack of care for the safety of others
I think Ronnie knew he had doomed his troops. He was buckled in but unbuckled himself in the last seconds. I don't think he wanted to live with the guilt if he survived.
Just my imaginary opinion.
Amen! 🎩🦅🛩️
I've been flying since 1973 I've always done all my own work on the plane the Hydraulics the engine..One time I had an electrical problem I was too far away from the airport so I landed on 95 Expressway..There was basically no cars on the road at the time I pulled off to the right side of the road about 5 minutes later a State Trooper was trying to give me a ticket..It's definitely a scary experience when you're going down and you're not anywhere near an airport..Still Fly-🛩🛩today..RIP to all the members of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band that never made it out alive..Sad Story..Still have all their albums also have Street Survivor with the flames in the background I know they took them away and blacked it out after the crash but really who didn't love the Lynyrd Skynyrd band..❤🎸🎸🎙🎶🎵🎼🎤🎹❤
@@robertreed7963 Ronnie got a boo boo on his head.....lol
@@BP-rn3nlRonnie had been up all night and took two sleeping pills before they boarded and was asleep on the floor when everything went south. His buddy, name escapes me, he was a roadie and security buckled Ronnie up. Upon later inspection of the plane the row of seats Ronnie was in had 3 cut seat belts from rescuers trying to free the occupants while one buckle was not cut leading to speculation that Ronnie who was out of it may have unbuckled his belt. Artimus plye claimed Ronnie walked back, told him he loved him , then returned to his seat. That seems very unlikely but it is a witness saying Ronnie removed his seatbelt. The reason his story is unlikely is the nose by that point was pitched up. Walking to the back then returning to his seat would've been physically and timewise likely impossible to accomplish.
That iconic song “Simple Man” will forever remind us of a mother’s wisdom and enduring love for their beloved child-even into adulthood
One of the greatest songs ever recorded
I live what you said thats what i think and tell all 3 of my sons this often❤
The song I shared with my son. It was one of his favorites.
I’m female but my mom always sends that song to me❤
Met my now wife on that day 20/10/77
We are still together.
RIP to a great band
Happy anniversary to you and your lovely lady!
10/20/77. You listed it, the military way.
So?
Nobody ask
Jealous single guys are sad.
Saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in the summer of 1974. They were on the list with Emerson, Lake and Palmer as the headliner. Skynyrd totally was the best band that day.
I love ELP, but that's an odd pairing. lol
I just listened to ELP yesterday. Loved them. Loved Skynyrd who I seen 2 times. You can't compare these two groups. Totally different but one just as good as the other.
No band was ever better than ELP. But they were not really rock.
Seen ELP in 74 also..2 backup bands but not Skynyrd...shame, but Joe Walch was doin the Rocky Mountain and
I'm thinkin Deep Purple..not sure..was in a different time zone..Never got to see Skynrd..damnit
That must of been the summer at Rich stadium :)
They were (and still are) one of the best rock bands ever. They had a magical combination and great vocalist.
Imo the best rock band ever
Best live concert music on the radio I ever heard. Was lucky enough to be driving long distance on the CA 101 one night to hear it; the guitars were ELECTRIFYINGLY good, you two.
@@tscully1504 dam right
Ehhh queen, nirvana, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, the Beatles all completely wash that sorry ass group of confederate flag wavers
Back in the 70’s music was so diverse- so much talent it’s mind boggling. Rock, southern rock, country, R & B, disco, ballads- incredibly diverse. RIP to the members of this talented group of musicians
Imagine actually PLAYING it.
Exactly
In the 70s standards didn't exsist. It was a far better and far worse time
Exactly. Music nowadays is nothing but garbage and racist hate speech called rap, r and b, and hip hop.
@@Saaahdude29 In the 70s, the music industry didn't tell the bands what to play.
"If it's your time, it's your time" is probably the least reassuring thing a person can say.
It is what it is. We are in this together. LOL
I Was looking at the t-shirt he was wearing Jimmi Hendrix, also didnt make it to 30.
But true
It wouldn’t had been her time had she not listened and went with her guts!
What if it was just the pilot's time and you chose the wrong plane?
I live in Jacksonville and every time I visit my grandmothers grave I have to visit Ronnie’s everytime since his is at the same graveyard, what a beautiful soul we lost that day rip brother
Jacksonville Florida?
@@Giggidygiggidy12 yep that’s where they were raised and started their music Career, and funny enough I live in fruit cove (a town in Jax) they have a property they used to own literally 3 walking minutes away from my house
@@mattg1611 you care more about a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd than your own grandma's grave even though it's just a grave that's crazy what about your grandma she wasnt a beautiful soul ? maybe you mean both but you said "that day" so im confused did she also pass that day😭😭💀
@@duckster_playz531 what tf is actually wrong with you? Why tf would I love a band singer more than my own grandmother?, you have no place to tell me who I love and don’t love bc you don’t know me and in case you couldn’t tell this video is about lynard skynard not my grandmother, You’re clearly under the age of 12 by the way you talk and interpret things and the fact you liked your own comment which is pretty embarrassing, grow up.
@@duckster_playz531 what tf is actually wrong with you? Why tf would I love a band singer more than my own grandmother?, you have no place to tell me who I love and don’t love bc you don’t know me and in case you couldn’t tell this video is about lynard skynard not my grandmother, You’re clearly under the age of 12 by the way you talk and interpret things and the fact you liked your own comment which is pretty embarrassing.
Lived in Asheville, NC and met Artimus Pyle back around 2006. He was the neighbor to one of my family members. He was out doing work in his front yard so me and my brothers waved to him, he came over to introduce himself and shake our hands, seemed like a nice guy. Also had a friend who had a similar self fulfilling prophecy of dying at a young age and he ended up dying in a car accident aged 22.
Met him in Morganton maybe 2 years ago. Cool guy
I met him in newton, He wanted to smoke so i gave him some smoke. In return he gave me and another friend his drum sticks signed. Great guy.
How funny, I grew up outside Asheville in Madison county and eventually lived in Asheville for a while too
I’m from there heard it’s changed I moved like ten years ago
I lived in black mountain, just out side of Asheville. ❤
I saw their last concert at: "Greenville Memorial Auditorium" in Greenville, SC. (Now, building no longer standing. Torn down years ago ) .
October 19th, 1977 !
Ticket cost: $6.00
I was 16 at the time !
Besides Styx, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, Skynyrd was my Favorite band in 1977 !
Fortunately,
I kept my ticket stub from that final night... Glad I did so, especially after hearing the tragic news of the crash the next day !
The stub, which included the name of the band, the venue, the date, and price of $6.00, even though it was torn that much information was on the stub.
I kept it locked away for years. Eventually in 2020 selling it to a collector on eBay significant !!!
(I still however kept a pic of the stub. Can't post pics here.🤔)
The Show:
When they took the stage,
they performed their older songs, but were primarily promoting the Brand New "Street Survivors" Album !!!
The album had just recently been released, and was being praised by critics as to how refined and professional a direction their sound has taken !
Lynyrd Skynyrd was set to take it to the next level. They were poised, and moving up the charts fast was, That Smell, I Know a Little, among others. They were heading to New heights, literally 😢
I am not quite sure, but it could have been Nazareth "Love Hurts" band...... (incidentally, Love Hurts was record prior by the Everly Brothers )
... that was the Warm up Band !?
Not Sure on that one...
Anybody know ????
The show was tremendous....!!! Everything that a true Lynyrd Skynyrd fan could ask for......To actually see Rossington, Collins blistering those guitar necks...Billy Powell piano licks, the whole band was so frickin tight ..
Humble roots....They had come out from Muscle Shoals Studio 1973 with Sweet Home Alabama, all the way to the Street Survivors with the great guitarist, Steve Gaines.
They Rocked for almost 2 hours....
The concert ended WITHOUT FREE BIRD being played. 🤔
The band had exited the stage, and said goodnight....The crowd became very loud, screaming in tandem FREE BIRD, FREE BIRD, !!!
But,
We ALL KNEW, they had saved it for the finally !!!
They returned to the stage, and Billy ripped that iconic intro on the piano.... And They performed the encore' song FREE BIRD as the crowd was screaming in joy.
Little did we know 😞😢,
That would be the last song Ronnie Van Zant would ever sing in public was: "Free Bird "......Lyrics, IF I LEAVE HERE TOMORROW, WOULD YOU STILL REMEMBER ME ?? 😢
It's Very touching to revisit the song, now in 2023, knowing the lyrics speak of Ronnie and his desire to fly High and Free.
He is now ( They All Are ) Flying on High now....!
...."if there's a Rock n Roll heaven, you know they got a hell of a band"
Remember, Ronnie's Mom had said to him, " Son, don't forget there is Someone up Above " which he wrote into the song "Simple Man".
Ronnie knew there was... And God was ready for him...😢
Quote:
{Death can come for you anytime, anywhere...! It's Never welcome...}
John Wayne... The Cowboys Movie.
Ronnie was only 29 years old at the time of death.
To answer the question,
Yes Ronnie We do Remember You.
You left us too early.
😢 Rest in Peace Ronnie Van Zant and all of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band 🙏❤️🙏
From all of us who truly Loved the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band. We have the music and memories.
You got history tgere Holly.
Its funny and tragic that Ronnie's last pre death song opened with lyrics asking if he'd be missed if he left which ring true to this day
Epic Michael. Fucking epic 🤘🏻
i was there, too. 16-year-old high school student from Mann. i remember some kids from Bob Jones out front telling people not to go into Satan's den. great concert.
I wasn’t born yet but both of my parents saw them at that same concert. Cool fact is that they hadn’t even met yet - they would meet each other at a local mall 12 days later on Halloween night, it’s just both my mom and dad happened to attend the Greenville concert by coincidence! About two years ago I took a trip down to Jacksonville and paid my respects to their graves, and it was sorta eerie the gravestones in front of me belonged to some iconic and talented men that entertained my parents at the very beginning of their relationship. FLY HIGH FREE BIRD, YEAH ! 🦅
Wow that’s wild
Whenever I hear about Lynard Skynard, “Sweet Home Alabama” comes to mind, it’s probably one of the best songs in all of rock n roll history! 🎶
Billy Powell was by far one of the best piano players I’ve ever witnessed. His hand to eye coordination is beyond genius.
Powell was awesome on piano, no doubt.🙏🇺🇸
Powell was trained in Classical piano at Juliard if I am not mistaken.
He started out as a Roadie for the band. While they were recording in Muscle Shoals, Alabama everyone had taken a break and gone to lunch except Billy Powell.
When everyone returned from lunch, they heard Billy
In the studio playing the Piano while the replay of Free Bird was being played.
They were all stunned at what he was able to do and he became a member of the band right then and there.
What he was playing is the exact same version you hear on the song today.
👍
@@pjuggle he was my friend,as were the whole band. He taught me how to play FREEBIRD,but I don't play it like him. Mr Keys has it down almost perfect
Billy lighting the keyboard on fire with “Call Me The Breeze” gets me every time.
I have never seen a documentary on this tragedy. Thank you for posting something that had never been released before.
Great movie about it called street survivors
There’s also a documentary on the band on Netflix called if i leave here tomorrow
What a narrow minded comment.
there are many out there including a full length movie, if you want to listen to the truth of the crash do not listen to Van Zants widow, she was NOT there and kept home ALWAYS as she was only 14 years old when married therefore a jouvenile and could not travel state to state. She is not a good person. LIsten to Artimus Pyle's rendition (drummer and crash survivor
There are actually a lot of docs on this incident
I grew up listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd. I was 15 at the time of the crash.
I remember the chill that went through me when I heard about this tragedy on the radio, yet, there was no details, no social media in those days
Thats another reason we lived in the good ole days! No social media bs.
A plane crash and getting shot in the same day. Thats what you call rock N roll.
No one shot artimus, that's not true
@@kevinhoneycutt238I heard Artimus say it himself in an interview that he was indeed, shot by the farmer but forgave him because he was just protecting his property
@@SoCal780Artimus says a lot of things, on top of being involved in child problems.But the officials and the Man of the property He was on, say different.
Hey fools Artemis was not shot!
Pyle is a huge liar, that did not happen.
Such a sad story of this great band. May they all RIP.🙏
Cassie Gaines was often terrified of that plane since it had issues before. I can just imagine what went thru her mind when the engines quit.
An old plane can fly indefinitely with a good air frame and proper maintenance. There are still some Convairs flying for small outfit freight haulers. In the 1970s many of these old planes were owned by fly by night operators who cut corners on maintenance. The Skynyrd plane had issues of engine fires and the fuel gauges didn't work ( the 240s also had a short range of maybe 1100 miles) All of this totally preventable.
But apparently their time was up and you can’t change that 🙄
Greed and ego kills
At least steve was with her
We got to humble ourselves and listen. I still listen to Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Me too I love all of them
I'm a 39 year pilot.
The meme shows a DC 3 going in with a burning right engine.
Their chartered aircraft was a Convair 240 that ran out of fuel and did not burn, not a DC3 as depicted.
It absolutely stuns me still after all these years that the Captain would run out of fuel on a normal flight!
I find it unbelievable, but it HAPPENED!
I rarely EVER blame a flight crew for a crash, but this was unbelievable!
And fail Landing one engine and even engine out. But maybe that time they were low and not good spot around. One engine off is No Fanny thing. Need to get it down Quick and safe but where. Bad luck also. Old plane low fuel , too risky.
@@mikkotoikka3188
Nonsense.
That plane had a faulty fuel gauge...it fooled the pilot.
@@rainbowseeker5930
No pilot of any aircraft trusts fuel gauges.
We ALWAYS depend on the fuel burned and fuel added figures to verify our fuel load.
You NEVER bet your life on a fuel gauge!
@@JohnMoore-xf5wy Thanks for the clarity you have added on this point, it makes a lot of sense. I know nothing about flying so didn't realise these figures are logged. In a car on the ground this doesn't usually matter too much but I think if I was a pilot I would be tracking the fuel consumption/use figures rather than the fuel gauge, even if it wasn't standard procedure! Thanks again - was very interesting to learn about this.
I’ll never forget that day. They were such an amazing band. It was heartbreaking when I heard the news. Ronnie had such an amazing voice. So soothing.
Artemis crawled with shattered ribs etc to that farmhouse in an attempt to get help - he was not shot. The way the survivors described the deathly silence as the plane slowly lost altitude into the swamp is so haunting.
The farmer: "Sorry about shooting ya, we had a miscommunication."
Not only was the crash story interesting, the fact that no one in the band was named Lynyrd or Skynyrd was also surprising.
The band played together in their high school years. One of their teachers hated long hair and rock & roll. He said they’d never be any good & made them cut their hair, if they wanted to continue to attend high school. His name was Leonard Skinnard. So years later when they became popular, they changed their band name to Lynyrd Skynyrd, to get back at him.
@@jwwj30His name was actually Leonard Skinner..
@@Mick_Aus Yes, Mick. Thanks for the correction, my bad. Still one of my all-time favorite Southern rock bands.
@@jwwj30 Same here mate, we never got to see the original Skynyrd here in Australia... such a shame. Did get to see Johnny, Gary Ricky etc in 2014 though... which was still pretty cool... better than nothing... 😎
@@jwwj30 Well that adds a new level interesting, just cause in my little town of 1000 people we used to have a doctor who’s Skinner. That’s a very rare last name in my books. I’m 51 and this is only the second time I’ve heard that last name. Perhaps there was a relation to that teacher. The doctor here was actually quite cool, very old and had a young girlfriend probably a good 20 years younger than he. So 30 and him 50. He lived till over a 100 but was always such a wonderful man.
I seriously doubt that they didn’t were aware of the situation. You can’t miss that one engine burst into flames and the other one stops running, especially since it was noisy prop engines.
Yeah these old props where very loud you definetly notice if you're suddenly gliding. Still an aircraft is perfectly capable of doing it these pilots where not very good. They must have known they where fast and high but instead of circling to loose some altitude they just kept going into the trees...
The engine didn't burst into flames not the day of the crash and the band were unaware until it was falling down
"Sir, we may be out of fuel."
"What makes you think that?"
"We've lost engine one...and engine two is no longer on fire."
"Buckle up, boys."
"Don't look, doll. This might get hairy. Attention! This is your captain speaking. I've got good and bad news. The good news is, we'll be landing immediately. The bad news is, we're crash-landing."
They were well aware.... The pilot shut down the right engine because it was running in the "over rich" condition, causing flames to exit the exhaust. It was a common problem with the Convair 240. It is speculated that the pilot accidentally dumped the fuel in an attempt to divert the fuel to the remaining running engine.
All of the survivors recall the silence before the crash.
Salvation is so very Simple
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE
- Ancient Semitic Cuneiform of Moshe (Moses)
- Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
Name one person who doesn't love "Sweet Home Alabama" . RIP
A talented band that wrote some of the best rock anthems of the day but catchy tune that it is, I am not a fan of the lyrics.
Me.
People who aren’t from or don’t care about Alabama
46 years to the day, where did those decades go. Broke my heart as a teenager, here in the U.K. a national newspaper ( Daily Mirror) reported the tragedy, and on the following page, had a full page advert for the release of Street Survivors with the Band surrounded in flames ( we didnt know at that point there was no fire) I dont think it was a deliberate thing, but it compounded the sad loss of members of my favorite band, second to none. I still have my 1973 August copy of 'Pronounced' ( and a few other copies and C.D's etc) precious items from an exceptional band. Rest in Peace Boys, you still can't hear us...but we can still hear you.
( Skynyrd Fans know where thats adapted from....👍🏻)
One of the greatest live band's I've ever seen. Totally awesome. It's a tragedy what happened, and I will never forget the shock when I heard the news
So sad. R.I.P to a great rock legend band
On the 21st of October,77,I was my 21st birthday,we went to see Bob Seger at the Hammersmith odeon,a 2 minute silence was held for the band,I saw them live in London & the rainbow theatre,& Knebworth in 76,when they blew the stones off the stage,great memories of a great band.
I was at Knebworth for that spectacular scene they were awesome & we were all off our faces. Those were the days! 😂🤣
You didn’t mention any of Leon Wilkeson’s injuries, he was seated next to Steve Gaines in the crash and sustained a closed double fracture of his left leg, a severe double compound fracture of his left arm, 6 broken ribs, upper/lower jaw/nose/facial bones extensively smashed and 15 missing teeth. He survived but never played bass the same again. Also reports very on Artimus Pyle’s alleged shooting, he jokes that he was shot. The farm says otherwise.
Was gonna say back then farm's fire warning shots first.
One can’t forget the great contributions from the late great Ed King .
Rest in peace to everyone who never made it home that day 🌹
✌️❤️
Back in the day one of the saddest day in music history
The ones who made Sweet home Alabama, Freebird and a few others. Rest In Peace...
Terribly tragic. RIP to all who passed especially the ones who died horrifically.
Except for Van Zant.
Lol
An ex boss of mine used to say c'mon Tim, I need an aviation fix, and off we would go to the local airport. (He had a four-seater) Once in the air he would let me take over and it was exhilarating. He always told me if anything happened he was convinced I could land the plane. I was never so sure and prayed I never had to find out. I didn't.
Easy if you ever... keep runway in sight and aim ur nose towards the threshold.. the arrows and the line...drop your flaps gradually, keep your speed at around 130kts to 80kts depending on the aircraft. Cessna172 is 80kts, Boeing 737 is 130kts when you clear the line flare so your hind wheels touch down before nose wheel. And finally drop the nose wheel and either reverse thrust or apply brakes ....SEE! Easy
@@Hindustan67usyou try to land a 172 at 80 knots you're gonna float for 38 years
Ya that’s a lot a speed for the little guy too much lift
@@LumpyFPVits easy bro blahblahblah
@@neonblack211 bet
This is the Internet I know everything and am good at everything here 😤
Grew up on skynrd Absolutely love them They will Never Die in our music industry!! Rock on my bros
Playing High in the sky !! ❤
I saw them in the Savannah Civic Center on their last tour a few shows before the wreck. They came back thru the area and played in Statesboro at Georgia Southern College just down the road from Sav. They crashed 7 days after playing in Statesboro. They put on a great show. RIP
I live in Savannah, didn't realize they played one of their last shows, here.
@@matthewmosier8439 They played Savannah on their last ever tour although it was 2-3 months or so before they came back thru and played Statesboro. It was more than a "few shows" before they crashed, yet was still on their last tour. I remember they played Statesboro and I considered going to that one too but didn't make it. They crashed 7 days after playing at Ga. Southern in Statesboro.
The 1 thing I've learned from history is,
If your a famous Rockstar, musician, etc. never fly on an airplane.
Or take a bus
Neil Young does not fly.
Rest in peace, Cliff@@Ob1tuber
Randy Rhodes.
Lol
This just breaks my heart because I love Lynyrd Skynyrd! Still a major fan and always will be! Everything about lynyrd skynyrd I watch it! And the pain never ceases. It hurts the same every time I watch something about them! RIP Lynard Skynard! Much love going out to ALL Of Your Souls!
🙏💯
My band got to share the stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd at a USO show in ‘04. I was 16. It was surreal. They nailed the performance, and left me shaking knowing that my band had to play later that night. I came on after them in front of 40,000 people. Then the rockstar life ensued. It took seven trips to rehab to get clean. I was too young. I’ll never forget that show.
What was your band called?
Band name ?
@@kobechristian8448dope sick
Who the fook is that guy
So sorry you had addictions. But, you went to rehab. Praying ❤️ ♥️ 🙏 that you are clean in 23!
I remember this vividly, I was in the 7th grade and lived in New Orleans so the fact that they were heading to Baton Rouge made it even bigger news.
Another sad event, glad the story was brought back to life, they were definitely a great band that changed music world wide for the better!! 70 yr old Grandma, Teresa
I saw them in Feb 1977 in Glasgow, what a band! RIP.
Lol rubbish
They always sucked ass.
Good Acid?
Lynyrd Skynyrd we’re a great legend. They are missed people.
My father, his brother, and their best friend was there in 77 having grown up in Greenville, at the end of the concert, Artimus Pyle threw his drum sticks into croud, my dad's best friend caught one of the drum sticks and handed it to my then 15-16 year old dad, and still has it to this day
That's so cool
I remember all of this very well. We had seen them in Portland, Maine that August before the crash, it was my sister's 1st Concert. (I was so proud to take her).
They really were incredible, and I will never forget the great privilege of seeing them.
BRO!!!! Every time I see that group photo with the flames, it sends a chill down my spine.
Great work. we really appreciate this.
Cheers Mate.
Except the plane was never on fire. In fact, it was out of gas.
I STILL have that record. 😢 There was no 🔥. NO GAS
@@allisonoconnor8055 They may be gone, but the music never dies. I was lucky enough to see them a few time, once just months before the crash. RIP to all.
I was able to see them 14 times. Partied with them twice in SEATTLE🤣😂💃 my brother worked lights at the venue, SEATTLE coliseum ‼️😜🥳
@@allisonoconnor8055 OH MAN!!!! I'm so jealous! Closest to that was partying with Y&T and meeting the Molly Hatchet guys in the gun store I worked in. Tesla is a whole different thing. They and I are from Sac, we grew up in bordering neighborhoods. Hung out with them a ton back in the day. MANY parties with Frankie and the boys.
Their story always makes me cry. So fucking tragic.
What I've learned from this and other incidents is to fly commercially if I'm going to go anywhere. I don't care how rich or famous I am; I don't think I could feel safe on any private chartered flight.
Exactly. Private pilot's are way too lax.
@@meghanmisaliar And I'm not saying it's a personal failing of theirs but more of an institutional or legal one. Not enough redundancy in place.
Ridiculous.....
@@meghanmisaliarthat's complete nonsense. Charter flights have rigid requirements and professional pilots just like airliners.
Saw them in August 1977, two months before the crash. They rocked!
Elvis passed on as well at that time give or take a few days. Cheers from Australia 🌏
Wow!! Jealous! Very cool.
@@PatriciaLen66 Line up was Starz, Ted Nugent, Lynard Skynard, Blue Oyster Cult. Tickets were $8.50. Over 65000 people
@@Peter-976 just Magical!! 🎶🤩 All fantastic bands!!
?? I don’t remember the tickets being that cheap. I know I had to travel from Orlando to Lakeland so maybe my expenses was gas money and food along with the ticket. I had to have 30.00-40.00 to partake. They were awesome!! Billy Powell and Artimus we’re powerhouse percussionists. Ronnie was just a good ol’ Florida boy. Self fulfilling prophecy? So many amazing musicians lost to idiots flying planes and helicopters
Lynyrd Skynyrd was my very first favorite band and One More From The Road was my very first album. I saved up my pennies, had every song memorized, and even as an 8-year old child, grieved the loss of Ronnie and Cassie. I’ve always held them in my heart! Looking forward to meeting them when I’m called home.
Damn, I've always liked Lynyrd Skynyrd but never really knew anything about the band itself, let alone this. Jesus man what a cruel twist of fate.
the guitarist that died ( steve gains) had just joined the band. he only recorded 1 album (street survivors) he is the brother of 1 of the back up singers( cassie gains) who also died. she was telling the band how great of a guitar player her brother was for a few years. they finally checked him out and they let him join the band. he finally made the big time playing with skynyrd only to be killed in the plane crash . he was only in the band a year and a half ....................
I was 14 in 1977 , I remember that plane crash it was a sad .moment for Lynyrd Skynyrd fans Sweet home Alabama and Freebird are my 2 favorite songs RIP 🙏
i remember that absurd horrible crash...its something you remember forever when you heard. I was in the.second half of high school. At college we way over played the live double album.
I saw RVZ’s dad interviewed on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Behind the Music episode and the emotion was still raw over 20 years later. 😢
@@BP-rn3nl True. Just stating. That’s one thing you never get over 😢
Greetings from Greenville, SC - I wanted desperately to go to that concert that night (having friends who had tickets) but was prevented from doing so by my mother who absolutely refused to let me go. She woke me up the next day with the Greenville News, headlines splashed with the tragic crash. I later ended up working for the concert promoter who had the show that night at GMA. He mentioned several times about the questionable plane and the ill advised decision to take the flight instead of the tour buses. So sad that the girl had refused to fly on the plane and was talked into it and then later died. I now live less than a mile from the Greenville Municipal Airport. Very strange and tragic ending to a heroic Southern rock band. All of our local rock heroes (Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Bros) met with tragic endings and unexpected deaths.
So youre mother denied you a once in a lifetime experience and you dont resent her for it? I would loathe my mom if she didnt let me see my favorite artists just for them to die the next day.
@@ThePhantomGodofNight No, I could never loathe her - I probably did something worthy of being grounded. She also put her foot down when I wanted to go and see Paul McCartney and Wings on the Band On The Run/Wings Over America Tour in the summer of 1975 - I moped and pouted but I was only 13🤔
When Gaines and Van Zant, died in that plane crash, that theoretically ended Lynyrd Skynyrd, irregardless of what others say. Pity
I saw them live with Johnny. It wasn’t a very good show. The crowd was full of old ass boomers that wouldn’t even stand up and watch the show.
They even got mad when me and my dad got rid of our chairs and actually acted like we were at a fucking Lynyrd Skynyrd concert.
The band played like 8 songs. They didn’t even play Simple Man. The crowd sucked the life out of that show. Fucking boomers ruin everything:
Irregardless huh...that's what you're going with?
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Literally read word for word from “lynyrd skynyrd plane crash” Wikipedia and made a video on it what a beast
"Little did they know" lol, you've said that 3 times immediately after members express concern. I'm pretty sure some of them knew the danger quite well.....
I always heard stories about the band but never went after more information about it, thanks for this video 🤙
In the late 1990s I had a premonition that the end of my life would not be good. It just flashed into my mind and the feeling was so strong, I had to tell my coworker. She freaked out. I never forgot it to this day. Now I have a fatal lung condition that will eventually suffocate me to death. Bronchiectasis. My doctor looked me in the eye and said you have no idea how right you are. So I know how Ronnie felt.
‼️‼️‼️ Greatest true , all American rock band of all time. Ronnie Van Zant's chilling prediction , that he would die before age 30 , and while on the road , is in fact , beyond eerie. Such tragedy to these band members and backup singers. That aircraft should have never been allowed to fly. Thanks for uploading. ‼️✝️🇺🇲♥️👍‼️‼️‼️‼️
Respectfully.... There is a bit of self fulfilling prophecy involved when take a flight when many others wouldn't / we're terrified of taking.
That flight crew should never have been allowed to fly.
They sell their souls like these rappers that die before 30
Back in 1977 I bought a ticket for Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. I drove to the arena and had to park my car. It was crowded. I found a seat 30 minutes later. An hour went by and there was announcement : Lynyrd Skynyrd plane had crashed! We were all crying. Then the announcement said: If you want a refund, go to the pay out desk. They said you can get $10 back on your ticket. No one went to the pay out desk! It was so sad a day! I heard other bands play that day and they were talking about Skynyrd as they introduced themselves. I never asked for a refund.
The band was reborn in 1987 with Johnny taking over for his big brother Ronnie.
“Daddy, I'll never make it over 30.” When one thinks so, he may be self-fulfilling his own prophecy, thus, living dangerously and making the odds favorable for a shortened life. He even said to a worried passenger who was afraid of getting on the shitty plane: “If your time is up, your time is up.” If he'd only been a little more cautious, a little more protective of others lives, this would not have happened.
Yeah, I have always felt the same way. The way you live your life and the thoughts you harbor have a massive effect on your experience of life. You really need to have as positive of a vision for yourself as possible!
And yet it was pilot error, not the "shitty plane" that caused the crash.
Ya that plane was a death sentence
Called "not gassing up the bird."
@@slome815Potentially if that engine wasn't running rich, it wouldn't have burnt through so much fuel and they might have made it to the airport. (Also they had to wait for the drummer, burning fuel at the airport)
wow...this was a WAYYY crazier story than I was actually expecting. damn. RIP.
Rest In Peace All.
Surviving a plane crash then getting shot while searching for help is a story not to be out told
It's not out told because it didn't happen, he wasn't shot, the farmer shot a warning shot but never actually hit him. The only sources that say he was actually shot are ones that took Artimus's joke seriously
In the South? Why does that totally not surprise me?????YANKEE here! 🤔🤔🤔🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
The Most soulful rock and roll song ever............Sweet home Alabama....May this Band be Eternal.
I remember hearing this on FM radio minutes after it happened, then hearing continual updates the rest of the night.
Same here. I had seen them a week before and was just sick.
Just to think what would’ve happened if Aerosmith would’ve reached out to lynyrd skynyrd and let them know what they had observed
Ich höre LS seit Jahrzehnten, eine klasse Band❤
I never knew of the back story . Thank you for posting!
You state they played at Greenville Memorial Auditorium for their last show prior to the crash in Greenville, North Carolina but it was Greenville, South Carolina.
Played at Memorial right before the crash, eh? Kind of a strange coincidence don't you think? This tragic case reeks of foul play.
@@elim7228Neil Young's revenge.
Here it is late 2024 and I still miss and wonder what would have become of this band if this tragic plane crash would not have happen. All of the original band members are gone now and I hope they are resting in Heavenly Peace, but have Heaven when we all arrive. God Bless each and everyone of them!!!
My favorite band, horrible day. God bless them all.
Ronnie Van should feel horrible in the afterlife...half these people knew there was plane problems & didn't wanna get on the deathtrap, and Ol Ronnie threatened them saying anyone who didn't get on would be fired, what a selfish approach to the matter, there blood was on his hands.
That is so sad.
There's no after life
@@travishylton6976 whatever..
Sadly you won’t be prepared when you get there. Your last moral choice is final.
Well he didn't hold a gun to they're heads and were you there how you know that's his exact words .
Wow, I listen to their music almost everyday and I never realized the unfortunate luck of the band. RIP.
I was in Army Basic Training at Ft. McClellan Alabama. We found out the next day when our Drill Sgt. told us. He let us take the rest of the day off.
Kinda wild bro..I was in boot camp too..Navy in Orlando..they didn't give us shit tho..ruined the day and much much more..
They were a huge talent. This story is so very sad but they will live on through their awesome music!
Oh my Lord, I can just imagine the horror of it all. May they rest in peace.
This so sad. My older cousin used to play LS for me in late 70s
Quality band. This is the first time i have listened to what happened. RIP Guys
May Their Souls Rest In Peace
Lynyrd Skynyrd is somewhat hindered by their huge hits like "sweet home alabama" and "freebird". They are so much more than that. One of the tightest, most talented bands ever.
Thank you very much, awesome documentary.
That’s so sad their songs will never be forgotten
The fact that the songs themselves will never be forgotton generated no sadness. The fact that people died in a crash is the only sad part.
@thriftyoutdoorsman7860
That's so sad... Their songs will never be forgotten. And you knew that. Wise@ss.
RIP
Walter McCreary Jr.
(1943-1977)
William J. Gray Jr.
(1945-1977)
Ronnie Van Zant
(1948-1977)
Steve Gaines
(1949-1977)
Cassie Gaines
(1948-1977)
and
Dean Kilpatrick
(1949-1977)
A tragedy that never should have happened.
They knew not to get on that plane😢🎩🦅🛩️
@@brendaniebel1355That's true!!!
I simply cannot believe no one noticed the engines stopping. They are incredibly loud, and they were props not jets. So they induce vibration into the airframe. Even a deaf person could know something was wrong because the vibrations present the entire flight would stop suddenly.
The engine drone is comforting. It means everything is ok. It’s supposed to be there. Sudden silence, even from one side, would instantly alert everyone on board that something abnormal is occurring.
That part of the story just doesn’t make sense.
Yeah, this is part of the drama, it’s bullshit they knew
There is a lot of things in this video that is not true.
Tbh they were musicians in the 70s. Full of drugs and blasting tunes/making their own. I'm sure some were oblivious, but I don't believe all of them wouldn't have noticed
A lot of things in this video are wrong probably just to over dramatise it. Pyle was never shot either
@@CaptainBeano-lz6mm Starting with the mix of different planes...
The camera man never dies
60 albums? Bro they have 14.
We lost a huge unique front man and others. RIP to them all. My aunt knew Ronnie. I was just a baby but I today still listen at them and now Johnny and the band. Sad awesome