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13 wrz 2024 · Lisa Van Zant is a key figure in preserving the Van Zant family legacy, which is closely associated with Southern rock. The Van Zant brothers—Donnie, Johnny, and Ronnie—have all made substantial contributions to the genre, and Lisa’s engagement goes beyond her role as a helpful spouse.
9 mar 2023 · But King, who was not a childhood friend of band leader Ronnie Van Zant, didn't appreciate Van Zant's temperamental, sometimes violent, leadership style. "I'm the hippie from southern California," he said in the documentary "If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynrd" (via Rolling Stone ), describing the culture shock.
24 maj 2018 · The funeral wasn’t held for Ronnie Van Zant until almost a week later, mostly because his wife Judy was falling apart. “I have to say I went into shock when Ronnie died,” says Judy Van Zant Jenness.
17 sie 2024 · The consensus in the room was that they believed Ronnie would’ve wanted them to do it, so the Van Zant family gave their blessing to their youngest son for the one-off tribute tour. But how, and even whether, it would work, was still unclear.
Ronnie Van Zant's widow, Judy Van Zant Jenness, operates a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute website for the educational purpose of sharing the original Lynyrd Skynyrd band's history. [70] From 1999 to 2016, she and their daughter Melody Van Zant also owned Freebird Live, a live music venue in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. [71]
30 maj 2018 · Producer Al Kooper had a tense relationship with Ronnie. Upon seeing the band for the first time at an Atlanta bar, the producer says, “I hated Ronnie and I liked him at the same time …
The Lynyrd Skynyrd story is one inevitably tinged by the tragic events of 20 October 1977, when a plane carrying the band crashed, killing six of the 20 people on board, including frontman Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines.
