LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 23, 2020…ON THIS DAY IN 1990 ALLEN COLLINS, GUITARIST FOR LYNYRD SKYNYRD, DIED OF PNEUMONIA. HE HAD BEEN ILL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. COLLINS WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE BAND AND HELPED CO-WRITE MANY OF THE BAND’S MAJOR HITS. HE ACTUALLY SURVIVED THE PLANE CRASH IN 1977 THAT KILLED 2 OTHER BAND MEMBERS. IN 1986, COLLINS WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH THAT KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND AND LEFT HIM PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. HERE’S A VIDEO FROM 1977 WHEN THE BAND INTRODUCED ‘THAT SMELL’ TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME.
