LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 17, 2019…LYNYRD SKYNYRD RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘STREET SURVIVORS’ 42 YEARS AGO.THREE DAYS AFTER THE LAUNCH OF THE RECORD, 3 MEMBERS OF THE BAND DIED IN A PLANE CRASH. THE CRASH KILLED RONNIE VAN ZANT,ALLEN COLLINS,AND STEVIE GAINES. GAINES’ OLDER SISTER, BACKUP SINGER CASSIE GAINES, THE PILOT, CO-PILOT, AND THE GROUP’S ASSISTANT MANAGER ALSO DIED IN THE CRASH. MOST WHO SURVIVED THE CRASH WERE SEVERELY INJURED.THE ORIGINAL COVER FOR THE ALBUM WAS PULLED FROM THE SHELVES.
HERE’S THE ALTERNATE COVER
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LYNYRD SKYNYRD LINE-UP PERFORMING ‘SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL’ IN SAN FRANCISCO AT ‘WINTERLAND’ A YEAR BEFORE RELEASING THE SONG ON ‘STREET SURVIVORS’
