Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Tragic Plane Crash
Lynyrd Skynyrd endured one of the worst tragedies in music history on October 20, 1977, when a plane carrying the band and their entourage crashed in Mississippi, killing several members of the group. But the band would rise again to bring the music of Skynyrd to an entirely new generation of fans. The pioneering Southern rock band had just released their fifth album, Street Survivors, on Oct. 17, following a […]
