Gene Odom Man what can I say respect and love this man he tells it like it is the truth Artumis Pyle your movie was BS i’ve watched many documentaries from the rescuers that night and they don’t coincide with Artemis version of his movie if you want to watch the real deal watch I’ll never forget you Rip Ronnie Van Zant Dean Kilpatrick Steve Gaines Cassie Gaines JoJo Billingsley The real Lynyrd Skynyrd anything less is uncivilized

Gene, have you ever had any weird experiences like ghosts of Ronnie or interesting dreams? I ask because of the last question of the video.

@@edwardhenry3158 jojo was not on the plane.

@@Neesie75 I don’t know what kind of information you read about a comment I made I knew damn well Jojo wasn’t on that plane because she was sent home by Ronnie and I know more information about this band than you’ll ever know yes that’s right the real LYNYRD SKYNYRD BAND not this fake ass Johnny Van Zandt lead band that you probably waste your money on going to see so if you’re going to come at me come with something real

I lost touch with Randy Heron - If you can contact him - ask him to comment on my channel and I will be able to connect with him again . I worked with him at Southern Railroad . Thanks . I know You Ain't the One, but I bet you are Double Trouble - you know when a black cat cuts your trail - LORD they come in pairs of two ... Were you a Simple Man before Tuesday left ? You probably have a lot of Things Goin' On now that you are a Free Bird . Take care of that Mississippi Kid and stay away from the Poison Whiskey . If you can, please Gimme Three Steps for learning how to resist the temptations of going to the Jug and meeting up with Linda Lu . The Little Brown Jug was a bar, not far from the high school . Swamp Music - LYNYRD SKYNYRD . Hey - it's a simple song as far as lyrics but the band churns out the rhythm, bass and side riffs so busy and non-stop that it is very hard to concentrate on any part because there is so much goodness going on from each member . I promise if you listen to this song on headphones you will want to play it over and over at least 100 times . It is my favorite song of all time : The reason why I like this song so much is that every member of the band is steadily slamming out the jam during the entire song . I can taste strawberry, peach, apple, raspberry, grape, cinnamon, cherry, banana, pecan, watermelon, avocado, persimmon, and fried bream . ( with salt and black pepper ) I would very much like a ' Second Helping ' ( Their Second Album 1974 ) I just listened to it 5 times after making this comment . Make that 6 times . I went to the same high school they went to - 10 years after them . Robert E. Lee High School They named the band after their gym teacher who kept bugging them about their hair . ( Leonard Skinner ) I have about 8 thousand mp3 files of about 40 rock groups from the 70 ' s . That is the only song I play - over and over and over - sometimes more than 10 times in a row . In 1975 when I was in 12th grade - we skipped school and stayed on the bus . The bus driver - an older black man, Mr. McKenzie ( we thought of him as similar to Curtis Loew ) took us to his house and we installed an old 8 track tape player and speakers on the bus . Of course the first tape to play was Pronounced . ( don't tell anyone - but - he gave us a beer ) Another of my favorites of theirs is ' Railroad Song ' and ' Made In The Shade ' . I worked at the railroad in ' 78 and worked with an engineer named Randy Heron - he was friends will everyone in the band and their families . I got to meet Gene Odom ( Security and body guard for the band - survived the crash ) one evening at The Jug . Gene Odom - on working with Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rolling Stones and Plane Crash/ HOWGO kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oayEf65ht7abdHk.html Another time, he introduced me to the singer of the Allen Collins band - ( Jimmy Dougherty ) Which reminds me of another of my favorites of his : Chapter One kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msepgNOa27bQc58.html I have seen lyrics that show - ' sounds like ol' Son House singing the blues ... I think he says - sounds like oh some how singing the blues - when the hound dogs start howling - it sounds like they are singing the blues If you ever heard a hound dog howl - is sounds sad and lonely

Very well said

I've heard he goes to the crash site very often

I agree, God Bless Gene, he is awesome!

he does change his story from interview to interview.

His account is most likely the most accurate being he was the only one on the plane that didn't do drugs

she is very professional.

omg,she was irritating as hell

@@foxgloved1 I agree. Her accent I think.

@@douglasfark169 how dare she have a accent. That just ain't right 🙄

Did you know anyone from Skynard may I ask?

Gene the Man. I feel he the most truthful & remembers the most of whole bunch. Story never changes & if he don't know? He say he don't know. This speaks a lot for his truthfulness within its self..

@David Deaton Yes sir, that's exactly how I see it as well. Plus, I've been listening to and reading from Gene, for years, and years, and his account of that horrible airplane crash, and the events leading up to it, and just after it, do not change. Gene's accounting of things, has been the same, consistently throughout the decades. It grates my nerves, and pains me, to hear Delmer Pyle telling that bullshit he does. Have you ever read or heard any of his various and ever evolving tales of what he "says" happened? Literally disgusting. Ronnie up walking around, telling people goodbye, with the "hippie handshake" , he got shot by Johnny Mote, (Mote has always said he NEVER shot anyone, he fired straight up into the air once) he didn't get shot, his ribs were "sticking out of him" (there is a live interview with Pyle 4 days after the crash, and he himself says he had no broken ribs, no broken bones at all) and other various junk he says, and put in that fictional movie project of his. I completely agree with you David, if you want to hear or read what is likely the most accurate account of events, then sit down and listen to Gene Odom, and take in what he has to say.

Thank you very much!

Everyone elses story is different. Nobody saw you running around the plane.

Gene's written a book or two. I used to have one that he signed for me but lost it over the years.

@Maddox Melton, Hi Maddox. Check out a couple videos on KZfaq, from a podcast called "The Stoned Roadie Show" , with Craig Reed and Griff Martin, and others. There is a guy named Steve Reynolds, that was a very close friend of Allen's, and he has told lots of really good and interesting stories involving Allen.

Hell Tony, what y'all say up north when the meat gets tore off your leg?

@@thespiritof76.. something about a skin graft. thankfully, it's never been necessary. when I watch Westerns, sometimes I hear "I'll hide you! dammit".

but honestly, I've read about entertainers and plane crashes ,but how often do some of them survive these horrible things? gotta take my hat off to Gene and these true survivors. just amazing. God bless Ronnie and the other band victims.

and the first responders!!

@Mark Magoo it’s a compliment dip shit... take it how you want.. I have no interest in her sexually.. you are the one with the problem.., I’m totally happy with my wife of 40 years😎

Ah hell, Arty has just been too close to death too many times... He knows judgment is coming

Wow, great story. Thank you for your kind words

@@hangingoutwithgeneodom3699 I think about all of you guys, often, and have been thinking and praying for all of you survivors of that bad deal. I was very-very young, but a remember singing that Chooooo - Chooo train song and also that Ram Jam Betty song too back then. Take care !

They paid their dues with their lives,there square with the lord again.

You ask how can the pilots be so selfish? That's an easy one. M-O-N-E-Y!

More than likely it was there Pilots jobs on the line to if they didn't tow the official company policy. Time period a little different. I know for sure FAA saw that contract. They was major rule changes. FAA about had a cow over that stupid contract. But today no contract ever will be wrote like that one ever again. That crash made charter flying lot safer for everybody body else. Don't know how many people realize that about this crash. That APU Gene called 8 hp engine used fuel but nothing like running main engines. Bottom line as a professional pilots they should been totally responsible for safe transport of there passengers. Running out of fuel was just a unacceptable excuse. Poor guys paid with there life's over that mistake & killed and hurt many people that affected countless peoples whole life's. Can't blame only 1 pilot as Delmar movie do. It both there responsibly together as a team. I feel in last few seconds they deeply wish that never happen. Been very close if not set on tarmac long as they did running APU . But still yet you never run fuel that close. Can't pull beside road work on it flying in air.

@@Houndini Bingo. The Pilots were just employees. If they kicked up a stink they'd be fired and replaced. You could actually fire people on the spot in the 70s.

Yep. Threatening to stop him flying on the plane if he didnt stop telling the truth that it should have been repaired there and then on the day off. Disgusting. All for money. Humans never learn that money is the root of all evil unfortunately

Why would you say that He's been nothing but a honest person, so we would you say that

Thank you very much!

Me too! I've actually been binge watching these for past few days....

I don't know... Gene seems very comfortable with her & opens up & expands on her questions. I thought she did fine & showed a lot of empathy. As a former Southern Rocker who opened shows for The Outlaws, Gregg Allman Band, The Henry Paul Band, Johnny Van Vant Band, Blackfoot, Molly Hatchett, etc... I enjoyed it very much. BTW... If you don't believe me I have proof.

I saw an interview where she said that she wouldn't get on the plane because she had a dream that it was going to crash, so she told Ronnie that she would meet them in BR. So you're right. But she didn't say that she was ever fired. Do you know why? I'm really curious.

@@lilflower25Gene’s interview is the first time I ever heard she was actually fired. I have never seen where she had said that, though. I think we’re talking about the same interview..

@Brodoc Betty. So so sad, that they wouldn't listen. That crash truly could have been prevented. Like so many other hard lessons, learned in blood, so so unfortunate.

Will cover it in the upcoming video :)

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I dont know but ronnie owned a jeep then a ford shelby but his favorite the 55 chevy truck

We'll work on that :)

From what I have read and researched the only one was Jojo and apparently she did a No-No with Allen Collins

If you get the two-dise (Collectybles) it has alot of info on that song, Jacksonville kid was the last song Ronnie ever wrote. He sums up all his unresolved feelings about growing up on the west side. Jacksonville kid is perceived rejection by his hometown his continued sense of isolation in spite of his Fame and success and the rising no musical ties by which he feels engulfed. Alot of demos on them two CD's.

@@jameslomenzo1139 thank you. But, what came first, Honkey Tonk or Jacksonville Kid?

@@axslinger99 I don't know which one was written first. It's somehow fitting that the last song he ever wrote was in effect co-written with his idol Merle Haggard. Still surrounded by his group of' Westside boys, Jacksonville kid" is Van Zant's last bittersweet musical testment. In a way, the song is prophetic. When Ronnie originally sang, " this old town ani't been the same, since your native son's been gone. The surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Jacksonville music scene, and the rest of Southern rock have never been the same since Ronnie Van Zant's been gone. How sad that he didn't seem to realize how much of an impact his life and work had on his era, the history of rock 'n' roll, and American popular culture. ( Jacksonville kid Aka Honky tonk night time man) ( Merle Haggard - Ronnie Van Zant) recorded studio One, Doraville, Georgia, August 1977 for Street Survivors" also my friend Barry Harwood that played with the Rossington- Collins band" two lps 1980 - 1981 plays Dobro on the song. Hope this helps a little.

@@jameslomenzo1139 ahh! So that's who, "oh Barry play me some dobro" was referring to.

@@axslinger99 yes, Barry and when you hear the "sounds like Roy'' Ronnie is talking about the late Roy Nichols of the Merle Haggard strangers band. Roy was a super picker. I have live in Nashville,Tn. all my life and grew up with the late Patsy Clines son, my best friend as a kid, met alot of musicians through him. We use to eat" go backstage" with Ricky Medlocke around 1994 -95, before he when on to Lynyrd Skynyrd, hes really a nice person. Nashville has alot of music history here, it has change over the years, people are moving in from everywhere. Back in the 70's we enjoyed listening/ watching some good Southern music concerts here. I would say Honky Tonk was written first, then Jacksonville kid as a demo that was never put on org Street Survivors but who knows they could have been written at the same time. I'm sure your remastered SS sounds really good, I just have the original with the flames and black cover. We were 16 at the time the plane when down, that was a sad night and never did get to see the org. Lynyrd Skynyrd, we had tickets to the October 27th show in Clarksville,Tn. just 25 miles north of Nashville but We did get to see the Rossington-Collins band in 1980 here, Dale Krantz, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Leon Wilkerson, Billy Powell, Barry Harwood, different drummer, can't think of his name. The Johnny Van Zant band opened up for them that night. Love talking about the old music, seems times were better then also.