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They all were!!!

​@@user-re4hv7ns4gn she looks like steve

Aye. S’truth.

I was introduced to Cassie by Artimus at a Lynerd Skynerd concert in Myrtle Beach, S.C. in 76. A very pretty girl.

@@user-re4hv7ns4g All those girls were pretty, each in their own way. Can you imagine how devastated Cassie and Steve's parents were, back in Oklahoma, when they learned their 2 children died in the plane crash. What a terrible tragedy.

That’s probably because most bands don’t sound good without the magic of their studio engineers. Skynyrd was one of beautiful oddities that was made to play live. They sound great because they were masters at playing off of each other’s strengths and were smart enough to construct the songs to showcase that. Of course they had badasses engineering and mixing their live performances too.

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Nice tribute

Maybe two of them...Leslie is still with us!

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Right on!

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Ricky Medlock was with them in their early years. He was on a couple of their albums back then.

​@@peterbilt-bo1vyricky never was an original, he only recently got credit bc Gary knew he was going to die and had to state his legacy so they could continue to use the name

@@user-kr7jp2dx3m Ok

​@@user-kr7jp2dx3mThat's Ricky on the first and last album cover

@@user-kr7jp2dx3m Ricky certainly performed on a few of their early recordings. He grew up in the same neighborhood as Ronnie and Ricky's grandfather was a touring musician with a few country bands. That being said, he never toured with Skynyrd, but he did play with and recorded with the band before the Honketts or Artimus Pyle were in the band.

Thanks. I just don't want some of these musicians and singers to be forgotten 100 years from now!! This is what my channel is about. Keep giving them your comments and likes!

@RiverDocs as long as we are alive and in our right mind, we will make sure that never happens! I still say that we were blessed in our generation with the best music since the beginning of time!

Love Gary Richrath so much. I live in Springfield, IL and Gary had family here. It was always extra exciting when REO would play here. Kevin would always say they were "about home"...(Champaign). So sad Gary is no longer with us...

@carolcraig2580 I totally agree about Gary, but neither is Gregg! Gregg was a stellar bass player!

I'll never forget hearing the news. It was one of those times you'll always remember where you were and what you were doing

One of my favorite things about Skynyrd is that they never sneered at Jesus and actually acknowledged Him here and there. A moralist could quibble about lukewarm faith, but given the excesses of 70's rock I'm happy Ronnie is on the record as remembering there is someone up above.

@@thadrobinson8343 man you nailed it! They , like all of us, were not perfect but Jesus came for us sinners and he answers our prayers and can forgive us when we cry out to him, even if it may happen the minute we die. But many members of Skynyrd who survived the accident, went on to profess and witness about God.

I love that version too. Love Jo Jo so much...

@@carolcraig2580 saw in an interview where Jo Jo said her son was a marine.

That was Peter Rudge's doing. That and that plane and that 3rd rate crew..all to scam Ronnie out of cash. They stole every gig. Rudge's company was all built on pilfered Skynyrd money and he was bankrupt within 3 months.

In the interview where she states that you can tell that she really harbored a lot of animosity towards Gary Rossington. She strongly insinuates that he didn't do anything to help her but she still speaks very highly of Ronnie.

Yeah and by "band member" he meant Allen Collins. LOL!

@@SimpleManGuitars1973Yeap

I played around Indy with the Eclipse Band in the 80s and I've never heard of Roadmaster before. Our competion was the Bobby Turner band amoung others.

@@richardpierce7819 Roadmaster was pretty much over by the early 80s. They began in the early 70s as a band called Pure Funk, and evolved into Roadmaster. Roadmaster bassist Toby Myers went on to play with John Mellencamp from 82 through the late 90s. Rick Bennick played with Henry Lee Summer until he passed away a few years ago. Keyboardist Michael Read is still playing around Indianapolis. They were pretty hot in their day and put out several great albums - their self titled debut, Sweet Music, Hey World and two or three more. They went on tour constantly. I saw them open for Journey before Steve Perry was ever in the band, circe 1975 or 76. You should do a KZfaq search for their music. It's there.

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I agree and I believe we will never know what happened right after impact up until help arrived. Even the first responders do not know. It took them an hour or two to even reach the crash site. So they do not know if Cassie was still alive or not.

Right, there was a lot of "weii, I dont know what plane crash HE was in" But something THAT traumatic happening to that many people, Hell theres bound to be discrepancies.

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You'd love Ruby Starr from Black Oak Arkansas if ya love JoJo

Wow, are you able to say what’s on the CD?

I will check and get back with you

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Thanks Ben. Appreciate the kind words.

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You're welcome Brian. Glad you enjoyed it.

Yes, she became a born again Christian later in her life.

I didn't know JoJo was from Senatobia. I'm from Booneville, MS and I do know that Memphis was where I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1974 before the Honkettes. On More for the Road, I still blare from my CD in my vehicle, home and love the Honkettes on Whiskey Rock N Roller.

One of the long time rumors of the band was that her and Allen were fooling around and it was causing a lot of problems. That's what they claim is the real reason for her not being there. There are videos of her and Allen on his boat together back in the day and you can tell they loved to part it down.

Awesome story. Thanks for sharing!

Glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for watching, it is appreciated.

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Whoa, I knew about JoJo and Allen's messy affair but I hadn't heard about what Lacy did!

Sex, drugs, and Rock-n-Roll have been a volatile combination since before Rock-n-Roll was a thing. Plenty blame to go around. I'm guessin.

I thought in an interview JoJo recalled Lacy saying “kiss the ground you walk on” then did the dirt smearing thing

@@robertbuckley2501 Yes, I believe you're correct on that.

I believe most of this story is accurate,as I've heard it from several sources and they were not internet commentors. The problem was...Ronnie was furious with both of them(Ronnie,always herding cats),but Allen was essental while JoJo was not. The situation had been going on awhile and the fact that only the female would be sanctioned had really pissed Ronnie off for being stuck in the middle;everyone took their problems to Dean...or Ronnie. He was not kidding when he told Allen to clean that mess up. Other crazy stuff was going on with Leon and associates back in Jacksonville. The local law enforcement hated the Skynyrd crew for a looong time. I got an earful from sheriff about it,and that was because I was harassing their office to find out who had vandalized Ronnie and Steves internments,which was decades later. The sheriff got so mad at me that he called our local sheriff and told him to shut me up. Resentful assholes. Ronnie's state of mind, regarding the open animosity from all sides within his hometown is evident in the last song he ever recorded. I feel for Ronnie,he was surrounded by toxic,resentful,ungrateful leeches. His so called friends STILL work any grift they can to make a dime off of the relationship with Ronnie. Like it or not,Artimus is the only one righteously paying homage to his brother,although he should prolly stop talking,too. Shut up and play👍

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I am a die hard, lifelong, Skynyrd fan and would love to hear some credible information about Steve Gaines. There are just so many myths and flat out lies that surround Skynyrd lore but I'd love to know more about Steve Gaines. I firmly believe he would've become the American Clapton. He could write, sing, and play. He had it all. Such an absolute tragedy. It just seems there's such very little credible information regarding Skynyrd for whatever reason.

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 We had all heard about Cassie's brother for quite a while before we met him, she wasn't a pushy person but if you had ears, she made sure you knew about Steve. Cassie was Steve's big sister and she was extremely proud of him, for good reason as you've pointed out. She knew Steve would be the perfect fit to restore the three guitar line up and much more. That's why she was so relentless at lobbying Ronnie to give her little brother a chance to jam on T for Texas. Ronnie wasn't thrilled with the idea and he wasn't an easy man to convince. He wasn't an educated man but he was highly intelligent, an independent thinker and stubborn as hell. Ronnie wasn't looking for someone's little brother, they had been looking for a "star", and a lot of them came up for what was basically a live audition on T for Texas. If you saw a guest guitar player showing up to jam on TfT, he wasn't there for fun, he was looking for a job. Cassie was beside herself when she finally managed to convince Ronnie to check Steve out. I remember that night really well, I'd seen a fair number of the pretty well known guitarists get up to try out, only to end up doing competent but uninspiring blues solos. Steve was a really nice, friendly guy, unassuming and a little shy. Like Cassie, no rock and roll ego. As Steve took the stage for that first time, what struck me was that he seemed fearless, despite everything that was at stake, he was totally in his element, even on someone else's stage for the first time. It was obvious right away how tight and musically intuitive he was, he wasn't following, if anything he was leading. Gary and Allen were definitely feeling it because the 3 of them were in lock step from the first beat. Then he whipped out his slide and started wailing with a note perfect searing solo. No one had done that before, all the others had played it safe in my view, laying back letting Gary and Allen do the heavy lifting and then popping in some generic blues solo. All three of them were hot but Steve just ripped it up. I think we could all feel that something momentous had just happened while at the same time, not quite believing it. The next day, Ronnie and Gary and I were sitting at a booth in the hotel restaurant, Ronnie wanted to talk about Steve's performance but he was actually focused on his suitability as a potential recruit. Ronnie saw in Steve what everyone else saw, probably more so and seemed to be looking for confirmation or a nudge. So I took a chance and piped up to tell him that in my lowly opinion there was no comparison with Steve compared to the other previous try outs over the last couple of years. I just blurted out, "This is the guy, Jesus, Ronnie, he played slide on T for Texas, no rehearsal and he nailed it". I glanced over to Gary who fortunately seemed to be in full agreement and waited for reaction from Ronnie who was sitting beside me. I half expected him to tell me to piss off and mind my own business but he just looked at me and nodded. Whew... I want to make it crystal clear that in no way do I believe my intervention was determinative or even influential in Ronnie and the others decision to hire Steve. Ronnie didn't need me to tell him anything, I was just a fly on the wall, echoing what he already knew - that Steve was the ultimate perfect fit for Lynyrd Skynyrd.

@@JumpingJesusMurphy Awesome dude. He's by FAR my favorite Skynyrd player and honestly he was the overall best player ever in the band. His precision and musicality was much more advanced than the relatively simple blues rock approach that Gary and Allen took. Plus his voice was incredibly soulful. I always salivate to get my hands on any Steve bootleg I can. I've always wondered if they played a full set at Day On Ths Green or just Sweet Home Alabama and Freebird. I LOVE the Asbury Park show from 77 and have watched it countless times. Also the Japan shows and England ones as well. Any bootleg with Steve improvising is musically priceless to me. The sky was the limit for him. I Never Dreamed will always remain my favorite of all time from Sknyrd because of his solo. Blistering. He CERTAINLY inspired Ronnie and the boys to newer heights as well.

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 I agree, Steve Gaines was an exceptionally talented musician, he could do it all, write, sing, play anything with strings and was exciting to watch on stage. You're absolutely right, Steve did inspire Ronnie and the others. Right from the start, there was a change in the atmosphere of the tour that was palpable, an excitement and renewed enthusiasm that filtered down from the band and permeated the whole entourage. I think Ronnie was not only wise but incredibly generous to be willing to share the spotlight with Steve, if anything, he was pushing him towards it. I read somewhere that Ronnie, commenting on Steve, said something along the lines of, One day we'll all be working for him! Regarding how Steve compared as a player to Gary and Allen, I tend to I take a broader view. The world is full of unbelievably talented guitar players. The reason we don't know them is because they're not capable of, or haven't yet done what Gary and Allen did, which was to create a unique sound and co-write a catalogue of music that we're still talking about almost 50 years later. I don't think there's any doubt about how much Steve would have enhanced and influenced Skynyrd's musical direction but he literally walked in to a highly coveted spot in one of the biggest, most popular bands in the business. He certainly had to chops to do it but in a way, he also had a freedom of style that the other two didn't. The fans all knew Gary and Allen's parts note for note and Ronnie and the audience expected to hear that every night. Gary had a wider musical palette than may have been apparent, he could play just about anything. One day at sound check, I heard music from Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow album suddenly coming out of the P.A. I turned around and it was Gary, just noodling around but nailing it. As guitarists, Gary and Allen were focused on creating parts that were right for the song and the combination of their guitars, in my humble opinion, was as recognisable and crucial to Skynyrd's sound as Keith is to the Stones.

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Not yet! But hopefully will get it completed by the end of this month! Thanks for your support!!

Ryan! What’s up here from the eastern side of TN? Happy new year !!!🎉🎉🎉

@@ronnieparker4311 Happy New Year Ronnie 🎉🎉 been crazy weather, oh yeah I was on Charles75N show Sunday Chatting with Charles, folks requested me to play and sing and I did , so if you want to see a old man try and sing & play my Ovation? U can check it out and let me know how bad I done ?? Have a safe week your Music-In-Law 🤘🎸🤠

@@Ryan-Hall I’ll check it out 👍

Yes he was. I'll post this on my youtube community board along with his video this afternoon when I get home to my PC. Cheers!

@@RiverDocs You’re Awesome Doc 🫵🏻😌🙏🕊🎸🎸🎸👞👞👞

Thanks. I try, but there are so many stories out there, I try and take mine from earlier interviews from the person themselves. A persons mind can change and believe things so you will find discrepancies in interviews that are say, 20 years apart. One thing I can say is I do not use any AI or wiki for my information. I also say that you have to have an open mind and with some of these people I doubt we will ever know the whole truth about them. Appreciate you watching and your comment.

ME TOO.🥃🥁🎸

I looked into the Muscle Shoals release of recordings there in '71 and '72. Three names came up: Rickey Medlocke, Greg T. Walker and Larry Junstrom. Do you recognize any of them ? The first version of Free Bird is on that CD, which I actually much prefer to the well known debut album recording.

@@msr1116 Wow that's really cool thank you. None of the name stand out unfortunately but I think I will go to a search on those names and see what pops up. Again very appreciative.

@@msr1116 Well the only veteran I can find was Artemis Pyle but he was with the Marines. I've always loved that story I hope I wasn't getting a big line I will look at Bob Burns what happened to him after he left.

@@dominiccase6846 .. he was the drummer until I believe the third release then Artie came in to replace him. There could very well have been short term band members Ronnie really liked who weren't made known to the general public prior to 1973. Here's a tidbit from my life: I distinctly recall seeing the first album displayed in a hippie record shop and wondering who the heck this band was. The place was lit like a cave restaurant and so I couldn't see the smaller print pronunciation guide below their name. Also, consider that maybe--just maybe --this guy you knew somehow acquired these awards and might be duping people into thinking he was once a band member. Similar ruses have been successful until the con artists slipped up and got caught. A number of books exist about LS. .. skimming through the indexes, if there are any, may jog your memory.

JoJo was not offered to join the tribute band. JoJo said as much in an interview found online (search Sweet Home Music JoJo Billingsley) IAs you know, Dale, Gary’s wife, was 1 of 2 backup singers from the start of the tribute band-I can imagine that impacted decisions.

@@MammyP true, I knew that. Was the other girl offered to come back? I got a brain fart...Leslie was it? Real pretty gal

@@johndalessandro6433 I don’t know whether Leslie was offered. Based on interviews I’ve watched, she had postsurgical pain for years. And of course hospital bills from not having health insurance at time of the crash. It was nice to see JoJo and Leslie singing backup together in 2005 in a tribute band with Artimus and Ed King. Then to see them together when their way was paid for at the band’s 2006 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame induction. May I suggest watching Stoned Roadie Podcasts if you’re not already.

@@johndalessandro6433 An interview with Leslie in February 2024 is at the end of Stoned Roadie podcast episode 129.

@@MammyP I've seen a few stoned roadie shows. But I do thank you for telling me the podcast with Leslie! I did see them with Artimus and Ed King and i agree, it was great to see the 4 of them back together. Ty again Mammy

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Might have even been more than flirting, from some of the stories.

Oh! It’s Oakland right? 🙄

She was involved with Allen, but got too involved. It became a problem along with her alcohol/drug behavior.