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Allen Collins    
Allen Collins
Background information
Birth name Larkin Allen Collins, Jr.
Born(1952-07-19 ) July 19, 1952 Jacksonville, Florida , U.S.
DiedJanuary 23, 1990(1990-01-23 ) (aged 37) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
GenresSouthern rock
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active 1964–1986
Associated acts Lynyrd Skynyrd , The Rossington-Collins Band , The Allen Collins Band

Larkin Allen Collins Jr. [1] [2] [3] (July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd , and co-wrote many of the band's songs with late frontman Ronnie Van Zant . He was born in Jacksonville, Florida .

Contents   1 Personal life
  • 2 Musical career
  • 3 Accident, band reunions and death
  • 4 Instruments
  • 5 References
  • 6 Further reading
  • 7 External links

Personal life

Collins started playing guitar at 12 years old, with a few lessons from his stepmother, Leila Collins, a country and western guitarist, teaching him a few notes, and receiving his first guitar and amplifier from his father after a falling-out between the two. Collins also attended Nathan B. Forrest High School .[4] In 1970, Collins married Kathy Johns. All of his bandmates were in his wedding party, but Kathy worried that the band's long haired appearance would disturb her parents. To solve this problem, she required all the band members to keep their hair under wigs at the wedding ceremony. The wedding reception was one of the first public performances of "Free Bird " complete with the trademark extended guitar jam at the end. Collins's family grew with the birth of his daughter Amie, followed quickly by Allison.

Musical career

Allen Collins joined Skynyrd in Jacksonville, Florida just two weeks after Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington , along with Bob Burns and Larry Junstrom . Collins and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant co-wrote many of the biggest Skynyrd hits, including "Free Bird ", "Gimme Three Steps ", and "That Smell ". The band received national success beginning in 1973 while opening for The Who on their Quadrophenia tour. On October 20, 1977, the Skynyrd plane crashed into a forest in Mississippi killing three band members, including Van Zant. Collins was seriously injured in the crash, suffering two broken vertebrae in his neck and severe damage to his right arm. While amputation was recommended, Collins' father refused and he eventually recovered.

During the early 1980s, Collins continued to perform on stage in The Rossington-Collins Band which enjoyed modest success, releasing two albums (Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere , and This Is the Way ), and charting a few singles (notably "Don't Misunderstand Me"). Tragedy struck again just as the Rossington Collins Band was getting off the ground. In 1980, during the first days of the debut concert tour, Collins's wife, Kathy, suddenly died of a hemorrhage during the miscarriage of their third child. This forced the tour's cancellation. With the lingering effects of losing his friends in the plane crash, Kathy's death devastated Collins. The Rossington-Collins Band disbanded in 1982. Collins continued to pursue music, starting the Allen Collins Band , which released one album, Here, There & Back in 1983. The six members were Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell and bassist Leon Wilkeson , along with lead singer Jimmy Dougherty, drummer Derek Hess, and guitarists Barry Lee Harwood and Randall Hall. In 1984, Collins tried to resurrect the band, hiring Jacksonville guitarist Mike Owings and bassist Andy Ward King. Later members included guitarist-vocalist Michael Ray FitzGerald and bassist "Filthy Phil" Price. However, Collins crashed his vehicle into a ditch, killing his girlfriend and paralyzing himself.

In 1987 Collins and his manager-father decided to reform Lynyrd Skynyrd and began recruiting former Lynyrd Skynyrd members.

Accident, band reunions and death

On January 29, 1986,[5] Collins was involved in a car accident, claiming the life of his girlfriend, Debra Jean Watts, and leaving the guitarist paralyzed from the waist down, with limited use of his arms and hands. Collins pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter as well as driving under the influence of alcohol. He would never play guitar on-stage again.

Collins' last performance with Lynyrd Skynyrd was at the band's very first reunion (after the plane crash) at the 1979 Volunteer Jam V in Nashville, Tennessee. All remaining members of Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited officially in 1987, but due to his injury, Collins only served as musical director.[citation needed ] As part of his plea bargain for the 1986 accident, Collins addressed fans at every Skynyrd concert with an explanation of why he could not perform, citing the dangers of drinking and driving, as well as drugs and alcohol.[citation needed ] Also because of Collins' accident, the band donated a sizable amount of concert proceeds from the 1987–88 tour to the Miami Project , which is involved in treatment of paralysis.[citation needed ] Collins founded Roll For Rock Wheelchair Events and Benefit Concerts in 1988 to raise awareness and to provide opportunities for those living with spinal cord injury and other physical challenges.

Allen Collins died on January 23, 1990 from chronic pneumonia, a complication of the paralysis; he is buried beside his wife in Jacksonville, Florida.

Instruments

For most of his tenure in Skynyrd, Collins used a Gibson Firebird guitar fitted with a chrome, dog-eared P-90 pickup in the bridge position and a Gibson "teaspoon" nickel vibrato arm. In 1976 he switched to a natural-finished korina 1958 Gibson Explorer that he bought for roughly $3,000 and would use that all the way through his tenure with the Allen Collins Band. Starting in late 1977, he would also use a Gibson Les Paul Jr. occasionally. And on "Gimme Back My Bullets ", "Sweet Home Alabama ", "Every Mothers Son " and many other songs, he used a Sunburst Fender Stratocaster after Ed King left. Collins has been filmed playing an all-black, rosewood fingerboard Stratocaster with white single-coil pickups and white control knobs. In 2003, Gibson Guitars honored Allen with a limited edition Explorer. The guitar is made of African limba wood (Korina) and features an aged finished, Maestro vibrola , and classic humbucking pickups.

Gary Rossington
Gary Rossington
Gary Rossington performing in 2008
Background information
Birth name Gary Robert Rossington
Born (1951-12-04 ) December 4, 1951 (age 66) Jacksonville, Florida , U.S.
GenresBlues rock , boogie rock , hard rock , Southern rock
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active 1964–present
Associated acts Lynyrd Skynyrd , The Rossington Collins Band , The Rossington Band

Gary Robert Rossington (born December 4, 1951) is an American musician best known as a founder of southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd , in which he is the sole constant member. He plays lead and rhythm guitar. He was a founding member of the Rossington Collins Band along with former bandmate, Allen Collins .

Contents
  • 1 Early life
  • 2 Music career
  • 3 Personal life and interests
  • 4 References
  • 5 See also
  • 6 External links

Early life

Rossington's mother recalled that he had a strong childhood interest in baseball and aspired as a child to one day play for the New York Yankees . Rossington recalled that he was a "good ball player" but upon hearing The Rolling Stones in his early teens he became interested in music and ultimately gave up on his baseball aspirations.[1]

It was Rossington's love of baseball that indirectly led to the formation of Lynyrd Skynyrd in the summer of 1964. He, Ronnie Van Zant , and Bob Burns became acquainted while playing on rival Jacksonville baseball teams and the trio decided to jam together one afternoon after Burns was injured by a ball hit by Van Zant. They set up their equipment in the carport of Burns' parents' house and played The Rolling Stones' then-current hit "Time Is on My Side ". Liking what they heard, they immediately decided to form a band.[2] Naming themselves The Noble Five (with the additions of guitarist Allen Collins and bassist Larry Junstrom ) they would later change the name of the band to The One Percent before eventually settling on the name Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1969.

Rossington grew up in a single parent household and says that early in their relationship, Van Zant became somewhat of a father figure to him. He credits Van Zant, who was three years his senior, with teaching him and his fellow bandmates how to drive a car, as well as introducing them to "all that stuff you learn when you're 14, 15, 16".[2]

According to a New York Times article, Lacy Van Zant, patriarch of the Van Zant family, once went to West Jacksonville's Robert E. Lee High School to plead Rossington's case to school administrators after the fatherless Rossington was suspended for having long hair. Lacy Van Zant explained to the assistant principal that Rossington's father, who died shortly after Rossington was born, had died in the Army and that Rossington's mother needed the money Rossington made playing in his band. Lacy Van Zant further explained that, like his own sons, they were working men and long hair was part of the job.[3] It's not known if the elder Van Zant's efforts were successful, but Rossington later dropped out of high school to focus on Lynyrd Skynyrd full time.[2]

Music career

Rossington's instrument of choice was a 1959 Gibson Les Paul which he had purchased from a woman whose boyfriend had left her and left behind his guitar. He named it "Berniece" in honor of his mother (whom he was extremely close to after the death of his father).[4] Rossington played lead guitar on "Tuesday's Gone " and the slide guitar for "Free Bird". Along with Collins, Rossington also provided the guitar work for "Simple Man."

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Rossington was one of twenty passengers who survived the infamous October 20, 1977, plane crash near Gillsburg , Mississippi , that claimed the lives of Lynyrd Skynyrd members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines , Cassie Gaines , and three others. As the passengers braced for impact, Rossington recalls hearing what sounded like hundreds of baseball bats hitting the plane's fusilage as it began striking trees. The sound got louder and louder until Rossington was knocked unconscious; he awoke some time later on the ground with the plane's door on top of him.[2] Despite breaking both arms, legs, wrists, and ankles, as well as his pelvis, Rossington would eventually recover from his injuries and play on stage again (albeit with steel rods in his right arm and right leg).Though his right leg was almost completely severed in the crash, doctors were able to successfully re-attach it. Days later, Rossington was informed in hospital by his mother that Van Zant and the others had been killed.[2]

Though in time Rossington fully recovered from the severe injuries sustained in the crash, he battled serious drug addiction throughout the next several years, largely the result of his heavy dependence on pain medication taken during his recovery from the plane crash.

Rossington co-founded the Rossington Collins Band with Collins in 1980.[6] The band released two albums, but disbanded in 1982 after the death of Collins' wife, Kathy.

Along with his wife, Dale Krantz-Rossington, he then formed The Rossington Band , which released two albums in 1986 and 1988, respectively.

As of late 2017, Rossington still plays in the Lynyrd Skynyrd lineup. With the death of keyboardist Billy Powell (January 28, 2009), Rossington is the last original band member left in the reformed Lynyrd Skynyrd Band.

SELLERS PAST LIFE <P>

I started working with the legendary LYNYRD SKYNYRD BAND late in 1973 , I was the third roadie I ever to be hired by LYNYRD SKYNYRD . I started as a drum roadie but I was the guitar tech most of the time and at the time of the crash . I was also the stage manager and production manager at different times in my career with them . LYNYRD SKYNYRD was one of the wildest groups of musicians who ever toured the rock and roll circuit . Some of the wild insodents included drinking , drugs , and fighting were made into songs written by band leader Ronnie Van Zant . Many People who worked for the LYNYRD SKYNYRD BAND never saw thirty years old . I survived the lifestyle that comes with working with a wild young band like LYNYRD SKYNYRD and being personal friend with each member and partying with each member was unbelievable , not to mention I also survived the LYNYRD SKYNYRD airplane crash October 20 , 1977 , Although I was seriously injured . <p>

I also survived working with the Rossington Collins Band from 1979 through 1983 . Those years were crazy . Then I survived working with the Allen Collins Band in 1983. That year was insanity to say the least . I could have died many times in numerous situations during that period of my life . Before that I survived working as a guitar tech on world tours with Foreigner in 1978 & Journey in 1979 . Plus the Marshall Tucker Band from 1983 through 1987 . Then I survived working again with the new LYNYRD SKYNYRD tribute band from 1987 through 2006 . <p>

When I say I survived all of the above you really would have had to have been there to totally understand I should have died many times like alot of my friends . During these years I did things that led me to get Hep C . Many band members died with this illness such as Leon , Billy and Allen , others in the band are dealing with this problem at this time , like me . I was released working with LYNYRD SKYNYRD in 2006 beause of complications with the treatment that included injections of a medicine that did not agree with me . Since I was released from the band I have been selling my precious collection of LYNYRD SKYNYRD memorabilia from my life with LYNYRD SKYNYRD from the past 40 years . I recently sold Allen Collins 1932 Plymouth 3 window coupe which was one of my most prized posessions , I was in the studio as a guitar tech for every album ever done by the original LYNYRD SKYNYRD BAND plus the ROSSINGTON COLLINS & ALLEN COLLINS BAND. I became close friends with each member of all the bands.  <p>

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