Tweaks the mind to think what would have been the future of Lynyrd Skynyrd music if not for that day. Steve was so talented.

Cassie must have been so proud of her little brother Steve. Singing one of his songs as a part of Skynyrd. Wonderful. Miss them all so much...

One of the most underrated guitar players ever,sorely missed

Steve Gaines was a very special talent, both as a guitarist and vocalist, sadly taken away from us much too soon. He could have become a giant of blues and rock music, on a par with the likes of SRV, but because of his all too brief tenure with the band, his legend is only known to a few of us old-time Skynryd devotees, who really appreciate the genius of Steve's work. RIP Steve and thank-you for the great music.

Steve Gaines was on the verge of a monstrous career. Unbelievable guitarists, song writer, and his bluesy style vocal would have went a long way. When he joined the band he electrified them.

I love the picture Of Steve with his shit eatin' grin. It's like you can hear the smile in his voice! This just makes me feel happy.

It's amazing how Ronnie found Steve and Billy. Both guys added a lot talent. It's fitting Steve is singing the song he wrote.

Steve was awesome. Also shows the class and confidence of Ronnie Van Zant to stand on the sideline and let Steve sing.

The greatest rock star nearly no one will ever know about. I saw Skynyrd in Chicago in July of 77. I had no idea how great Gaines was until after he was gone.

Steve Gaines was a Master Guitar player

This guy Steve Gains was a genius talent. If LS had not had bad fate, Ronnie would have had some breaks at concerts and let Steve takeover.

9/14/19 On This Date In Music: Happy Birthday to Steve Gaines . He was born on September 14th 1949 in Seneca , Missouri and raised in Miami , Oklahoma . He is the younger brother of Cassie Gaines and both were members of Lynyrd Skynyrd . Steve was a guitarist and songwriter for the band and shares a birthday with Ed King , who was also born on September 14th 1949 . Steve joined the band just in time to record One More From The Road in the Fox Theatre in Atlanta after jamming with Skynyrd for several days . Cassie , who had joined the band as a member of the Honkettes in December of 1975 suggested Steve when they were looking for a replacement for Ed King and he was invited to join after they jammed with him for a couple of days . Unfortunately , Steve and his sister were both killed October 20th 1977 in the plane crash that ended the original Lynyrd Skynyrd . Steve did contribute a couple of songs to the Street Survivors album " You've Got That Right " which he co-wrote and shared lead vocals duties with Ronnie Van Zandt and " I Know a Little " which he wrote before joining Lynyrd Skynyrd and " Ain't No Good Life " also written by Steve and one of the few Lynyrd Skynyrd songs to feature another lead vocalist other than Ronnie , Steve played and sang it . Ronnie was quite impressed with Gaines in the small amount of time the two worked together . Steve would have been celebrating his 70th birthday today .

Steve was the man, I've lived in two towns that he had lived in, and being a guitar player of the same birthday he is my idol!

Joe Smith you are 110% right about Steve he could do anything he wanted with a guitar. They died young and much before their time but they lived life to the fullest. I lived in Green Cove Springs 2 houses below Billy Powell and we had some wild times on Lake Asbury. RIP Brothers & thanks for the music & Memories. Larry USMC- Vietnam Vet SEMPER-FI

Steve was Bryllyant!

Thats one of my all time favorite songs!!!

True, Allen was one killer rhythm guitarist!

Steve was so amazing. I have his album "The One in the Sun". By Steve's right and my humble opinion, this could have sold itself back in its day. I have such a... well I'm not sure what word I would put on it... or... how I would describe it but here it goes (keeping in mind Steve was brought in by his sister Casie to fill up a need brought up by Ronnie) In a different woeld in a different time regardless had the tragic plane crash happened or not... I would have llike to have seen Cassie cross over into Steve's band Krawdad and have the influence of Ronnie VanZant (and Lynyrd Skynyrd) pull them into the industry. Steve had the chops, Ronnie was the man. Though likely they would have shared the plane with Lynyrd Skynyrd anyway and less roadcrew would have been onboard. I don't know I guess, it's my dream world... God bless Lynyrd Skynyrd Band. Grateful someone recorded this version of "Ain't no good life".

Mr.Gaines was a Great asset,Awsome player/Super vocalist,Its heart breaking that we lost him at such a young age,very promising,I havent heard this track with the girls (steves sister&Honkettes),

Saw the last one before the plane went Down . Amazing

crazy Ed King and Steve Gaines had same birthday

Damn - God bless you Steve! Ever since I was sixteen and could hear the difference between the Gibsons and your Strats I was hooked on your genius! And your Black Beauty also brought tears to my eyes. If I practiced 24 hours a day I could not play one tenth as good as you. Long live and God bless you and L.S.

God bless Steve Gaines and Lynyrd Skynyrd, some of the best to ever record music.

Fantastic. I love Street Survivors - that album marked me for life when I bought it at 17. Been playing guitar ever since...

I love the strat tone!! Steve Gaines all the way!!!

It was such a a tragedy the way everything came down it sucks at least there memories and music will live on forever.🎶🎸🎶

words cant express the luv i have for skynyrd

One of their very best. Thank you Steve.

Like Hendrix-Steve respected the art of progress AND the reality of the blues being a part of everyones reality-and because of that respect, literally had, (like Jimi) a guitar on him 12 damn hrs. a day...every fu*kin' day-there's only one way you play that way kids-one way-of course, thank you TONS for this tony.

That cat could play and sing man

They were so tight Dam, you wont see the likes of a band like that again

Thanks for sharing, steve was a great addition, a great talent,and from what i've heard, a great human being, what a loss we suffered that october, still makes me sad 35 years later, i am gonna have to go out and buy another "ONE IN THE SUN" cd , cause i about got this one worn clean out....

great, great soulful blues. Great Steve

GOD BLESS Steve Gains and Cassy..with Ronnie above.

and he was a killer in free bird!!! them solos blew my mind!

Rip Ronnie/Steve/Allen/Leon/Dean/Cassey Your gone......but your music lives on Greeting from the Netherlands

wow! beautiful, he was sooooooo talented. just awesome.

they were still working the song live at this stage and it is prior to the second street survivors recording. note the back up singers are dropped for the final album cut

Damn, you gotta love that Okie!!

What a loss. In my opinion, the most talented member of the band.

Tend to forget how GREAT Steve was. Glad I saw Skynyrd with Steve.

Very good talent Steve and Cassie taken too soon so sad thanks for sharing this recording

Oh ... how I wish there was video for so many of their concerts ... including their live album at the FOX in Atlanta! Old school I guess, but at least we have their audio! Thanks for posting!

Steve Gaines and Crawdad used to play in my hometown at a place called the Ranch unfortunately it was before my time...........

REAL Skynyrd

You know what is really eerie..when Ed King visited Steve's grave the date on the monument gave Ed chills...September 14, 1949..ED KINGS BIRTHDAY...Steve and Ed were born on the EXACT DAY AND YEAR..."It felt like he bought me bullet" King would later say..

Interesting note, didn't know that this was the only solo song by SG without Ronnie. SG was great ain't no doubt, but I can recognize GR 's riffs like a signature in just about all of Skynyrd's songs. GR will be to me the Signature "Skynyrd" sound, and not to pass Allen, or Ed, they were also as great. The WHOLE band together were a historical gathering you could say. They set the pace for alot! Thanks for the Video

love Steve RIP......What a talent.....Ronnie knew it.

Hatehildog: You are 100% correct. Certainly one of the most underrated musical artist of our time

I found a CD of the Osaka show a while back and only listened to it once. Forgot how good it is.

They'll be forever in our minds bro, let's make their souls live on FOREVER, they still have so many things to bring us, and our Children !! FLY HIGH proud southern rockers,Fly high ... R.E.S.P.E.C.T from France

killer bluesy song. smart song writing. really cool with the backup singers hi-volume.

@hatehildog Ronnie Van Zant is/was and will always be Lynyrd Skynyrd..When he died along with his new found songwriting soulmate Steve Gaines...Lynyrd Skynyrd died...He wrote the songs, ran the band and kept everyone in line...When RVZ died they all died in one way another..that Thursday night way back on October 20, 1977...

I was a senior in h.s. 77 when plane went down in Mississippi killing Ronnie,Steve n his sister Cassie another female vocalist n producer Alex cooper.saw the original band after my freshman year summer of 75 at San Diego sports arena with golden earring opening for them n I was hooked.im 61 yrs old n have been an okie now for 26 yrs. Now even help install Walmarts bank with my ol boss Joe in Miami ,ok where Steve n his sister Cassie are from .on one song they sang on survivors album honky-tonk nighttime man Ronnie's says sounds like Roy referring to Roy Clark who is also from oklahoma.but let me tell ya truthfully Stevie was so fluidly n naturally an extreme rare roll of his cannot b duplicated by even Roy Clark .the plane wouldn't have crashed no telling how far Steve Gaines would have gone.i always could relate to their southern rock n lifestyles n am going to go to Mississippi were Ronnie's wife pd.for a memorial where plane went down .it ruined my senior year n h.s. also last chance at getting scholarship to go to college .December same year quit school hitchhiked in a blizzard with my bass guitar ,duffle bag of clothes but finally made it to Denver .but 22 of same month was stabbed in n out of right bicept tip piercing my chest .spent that Christmas elevating my arm walking down Broadway drunk screaming Denver sucks Juvenal hall using an aka I attained in Hollywood 76 until counselor big black dude had me by throat n off my feet .game over n Gave them correct name,city n co. Of Denver payed for n escorted from Juvenal hall n two cops all way to metal detector at then Stapleton airport to San Diego,ca.where my mom picked me up clothes on my back losing bass guitar to pawnshop,after having total breakdown in 76 at sixteen when everything that's ever meant anything to me was in footlocker.therefore is name of my autobiography of my life before I'm dead the only likely will b published sometime in 2022.had n.y.publishers courting me back then I'm sure I can find publisher here in Oklahoma as they are still the heartland of America but yet have only moved couple notches up from fourth poorest state in country to bout eighth now due to its a red state.reoublican oil n gas reason being for that I'm sure yet has been my home no family whatsoever coming here in twenty six years.ine question I'd like to ask rolling stone magazines CEOs.why was there never a cover with Lynyrd Skynyrd on it ever n never really got the respect n honr they most certainly deserved.scott la croix reed aka cognito baby

Tony: Awesome, Man never heard this live version! Thanks again for the Tonyization of the Skynrd generation

Thanks man for getting back to me, much appreciated. Have a good one

@hatehildog The only Skynyrd albums I count is Pronounced, Second Helping, Nuthing Fancy, Gimme Back My Bullets, One More From The Road, and Street Survivors...

Thanks for posting this recording! I have regarded this as my personal Theme Song for a very long time. I have been a Skynyrd fan since the early 70's. I just wish somone could post the "Gimme Back My Bullets" track from their 1987 reunion tour CD (Southern By The Grace of God). THAT has to be their BEST RECORDED RENDITION!! Rossington was smokin' hot that night...I know, because I was in the Atlanta audience watching & listening!! I just lack the skills of posting this tune for others to enjoy!

truthero, Thank you for that great post my friend as I could not have said it better myself!

Tony, You just picked one of my favorites of all time from Skynyrd!! Thank you for this post! Never heard it live before. Bobby

I agree with everyone here about the guitar tones and who's doing which solo's. But one thing to remember is that even if Allens not playing the solo's, his rhythm work was a key tone to the skynyrd sound.

@SteveGaines for the most part i feel the same way. its still pretty cool to hear some the unreleased tunes on muscle shoals and legend. but i definetely think the new skynyrd is just a southern rock band that plays skynyrds music.

@violetbernice Leslie Hawkins sings the high part, Cassie Gaines sang the middle, and JoJo sang the low parts. I'm thankful today that at least Leslie is still with us on the planet.

@24Lancelot on the survivors album the honkettes featured only on 'that smell' with leslie hawkins rick medlock and tim smith backing up on 'one more time' which was recorded way back at muschle shoals. The honkettes featured on this song when they made the first recording of survivors which they later dumped and redid the songs tighter and faster. The girls got dumped from back up on this song in the prosess. from Australia.

Imagine...Steve Gaines and Duane Allman. Damn motorbikes and aeroplanes!!!

Wow...I didn't know that one! That is something! Thanks for the info.

Garry’s guitar on this song is so silky smooth R.I.P. He always did play it pretty . Also Billy on the piano always superb.

"In ten years, we'll all be standing in his shadow." ~ Ronnie Van Zant replying to a question about the new member of the group.

nice posting and great tune/legendary band. There isn't anything yet that can possibly kill Lynyrd Skynyrd........ you can hurt 'em, but they'll be back...... Thanks, cool posting! ;)

STEVE GAINES..... Too bad this one got away. He and Ed King gave each other a run for best Skynyrd guitarist ever, and that means in rock and roll EVER. But Steve could write, sing and perform like no other. Lit a fire under the bands ass when they needed it. Now we are left with what was, and what might have been.... sad............

Gary and Allen were fantastic in their day, but it often seemed that the band had to have that third guitarist to provide direction for them. Ed King did that for the first three album, Steve did it for Street Survivors. Steve Gaines was an early Stevie Ray Vaughan - incredible talent and such a tragedy.

Damn!!!!

I don't need change, I need folding money. I want a lover, I don't need a buddy. Those are lyrics that hit me like a folding chair at wrestling match.

My Heron doin'the vocals :D

Lost Potential! Thanks man.

I did not know that Steve Gaines also sang, especially that he sang onstage with Skynyrd..he was great..I just thought he played guitar...this is cool to learn more about this guy..too bad I never got to see them live..or Rory Gallagher, and Stevie Ray, too..they were way up there with these guys, way ahead of Clapton..

steve ganes brought that funk 🤣😃😀 to the band

Steve worked with LS because he was DIFFERENT..While Gary and Allen were influenced by the British Cats...Steve was influenced by Motown and cats like Freddie King and Albert King....One of the greatest white blues singers ever, he had so much to give, Great songwriter, guitarist and singer...as Ronnie Van Zant..."We will all be standing in Steve's shadow some day"..What a shame he died so young"..

i miss Steve...😮‍💨

Wow

Steve.

Yep..Only song ever put on a LS album that didn't have RVZ on lead vocals...

What was so eerie about Steve and Ed King were..They were the THIRD guitar player...Both are remembered for their "STRAT PARTS"...but when Ed went to visit the gravesites of Ronnie, Steve and Cassie he freaked...Steve's birthday is September 14, 1949....THE SAME AS ED"S...What are the chances of TWO great guitar players being born on the SAME DAY AND YEAR and one replacing the other in the same band...Ed said..It felt like he bought by bullet"...

"One in the Sun" was also sung by Gaines. And, both "White Dove" and "The Seasons" were sung by Ricky Medlocke - even though all of those were released after the crash of course, but they were official releases none the less. Also,"You Got That Right" was a duet by Ronnie and Al Kooper.

Check out those Licks at 3:20 don't remember hearing that little "WALK DOWN" on "That Smell"?..That was Steve on the solo and Gary at the beginning and end...

no dislikes, thats the way it should be :)))

Oh yes

The first song Ronnie didn't Sing on RIP STEVE & CASSY GAINS.

This is great stuff from Steve with Lynyrd Skynyrd but audio is not good for this song nor when he sang lead on another song. It sounds like so far away.

yeah unless you count the muscle shoals album, with rickey medlocke singing on white dove, seasons, you run around and not to proud to pray. plus most people would say steve sang lead on you got that right

Imagine what he would able to do with Stevie Ray Vaughan besides him.. =/

Yes, you're right. I don't know why I was thinking it was Kooper.

where did you find a one in the sun cd at. I would love to get a hold of one. Thanks for any info.

Very much like a Kossof influenced track. Has Free written though it like rock.

Well Ed made the decission to leave the band. it is not like he was fired or kicked out of the band. He would have been back after the street survivor's tour. But for sure Steve was a very talent player. make no mistake about it

Hey Tony A Quick Question For You.How Come There Are No Live Videos Of The Street Survivors Tour?

Is there video footage of Steve singing this?

Why are there no videos of Steve other than the Lynyrd Skynyrd concerts??? Is the a copy right confilict???

@92586tony Really? They're credited on the album as singing.

is this ronnie van zant singing this?