Lynyrd Skynyrd

From Jacksonville, Florida.  Thanks to Mike Daffron for the information on The Allen Collins Band.

Me, You, and Him (1964)
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Bob Burns - drums - b. Robert Burns
  • Larry Junstrom - bass
Larry Junstrom later joins .38 Special.
The Noble Five / The Wildcats / My Backyard / The One Percent (1964 - ? )
  • Ronnie Van Zant - vocals - b. January 15, 1949; d. October 20, 1977, Gillsburg, Mississippi - formerly with Us.
  • Allen Collins - guitar - b. July 19, 1952; d. January 23, 1990, Jacksonville, Florida - formerly with The Mods.
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Bob Burns - drums
Changed name to Lynyrd Skynyrd (after high school gym coach, Leonard Skinner, who used to catch them with their "long hair" down).
Lynyrd Skynyrd I ( ? - Fall 1971)
  • Ronnie Van Zant - vocals
  • Allen Collins - guitar
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Bob Burns - drums
Lynyrd Skynyrd II (Fall 1971 - 1972)
  • Ronnie Van Zant - vocals
  • Allen Collins - guitar
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Rick Medlocke - guitar - formerly with Blackfoot (ref: Doug, aka Wolves71).
  • Bob Burns - drums
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Greg T. Walker - bass - formerly with Blackfoot (ref: Doug, aka Wolves71).
  • Billy Powell - keyboards - former Lynyrd Skynyrd roadie.
Album:
  1. "Skynyrd's First...and Last" (1978)
Rick Medlocke and Greg T. Walker rejoin Blackfoot.
Lynyrd Skynyrd III (1972 - 1973)
  • Ronnie Van Zant - vocals
  • Allen Collins - guitar
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Bob Burns - drums
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Ed King - bass - formerly with The Strawberry Alarm Clock.
Album:
  1. "(pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd)" (1973) - Single: "Gimme Three Steps"
  2. "Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album" (1998)
Lynyrd Skynyrd IV (1973 - 1974)
  • Ronnie Van Zant - vocals
  • Allen Collins - guitar
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Bob Burns - drums
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Ed King - guitar
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
Album:
  1. "Second Helping" (1974) - Singles: "Don't Ask Me No Questions", "Sweet Home Alabama"
Lynyrd Skynyrd V(1974 - 1975)
  • Ronnie Van Zant - vocals
  • Allen Collins - guitar
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Ed King - guitar
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Artimus Pyle - drums - b. Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Album:
  1. "Nuthin' Fancy" (1975) - Single: "Saturday Night Special"
Lynyrd Skynyrd VI (1975 - 1976)
  • Ronnie Van Zant - vocals
  • Allen Collins - guitar
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Artimus Pyle - drums
Album:
  1. "Gimme Back My Bullets" (1976)
Lynyrd Skynyrd VII (1976 - 1977)
  • Ronnie Van Zant - vocals
  • Allen Collins - guitar
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Artimus Pyle - drums
  • Steve Gaines - guitar - b. Seneca, Missouri; d. October 20, 1977, Gillsburg, Mississippi.
Albums:
  1. "One More from the Road" (1976)
  2. "Street Survivors" (1977) - Singles: "What's Your Name", "That Smell"
Plane crash near Gillsburg, Mississippi, on October 20, 1977, kills Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Steve's sister and backup singer Cassie Gaines; other band members injured.  Group disbands. Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Billy Powell, and Leon Wilkeson form The Rossington-Collins Band. Artimus Pyle forms The Artimus Pyle Band.
Lynyrd Skynyrd VIII (1987) (reformed)
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Ed King - guitar
  • Randall Hall - guitar
  • Johnny Van Zant - vocals - brother of Ronnie Van Zant and Donnie Van Zant (.38 Special).
  • Artimus Pyle - drums
Albums:
  1. "Legend" (1987)
  2. "Southern by the Grace of God / Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour" (1988)
Group disbands.
Lynyrd Skynyrd IX (1991 - December 1993) (reformed)
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Ed King - guitar
  • Randall Hall - guitar
  • Johnny Van Zant - vocals
  • Artimus Pyle - drums
  • Custer - drums (ref: Doug, aka Wolves71).
Albums:
  1. "Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991" (1991)
  2. "The Last Rebel" (1993)
Lynyrd Skynyrd X(December 1993 - 1994)
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Ed King - guitar
  • Randall Hall - guitar
  • Johnny Van Zant - vocals
  • Mike Estes - drums (ref: Doug, aka Wolves71).
  • Custer - drums
Albums:
  1. "Endangered Species" (1994)
Lynyrd Skynyrd XI (December 1995 - 1996)
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Ed King - guitar
  • Randall Hall - guitar
  • Johnny Van Zant - vocals
  • Bob Burns - drums
Lynyrd Skynyrd XII (1996 - Present)
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Johnny Van Zant - vocals
  • Ricky Medlocke - guitar - formerly with Blackfoot.
  • Hughie Thomasson - guitar - formerly with The Outlaws.
  • Owen Hale - drums/percussion
Albums:
  1. "Twenty" (1997)
  2. "Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve" (2-CDs) (1998)
Compilations:
  1. "Gold and Platinum" (1979)
  2. "Skynyrd's Innyrds" (1989)
  3. "Lynyrd Skynyrd" (3-CD box set) (1991)
  4. "Freebird the Movie: Music from the Motion Picture soundtrack" (1996)
  5. "The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd" (2-CDs) (1998)
  6. "20th Century Masters: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Millennium Collection)" (1999)
The Rossington-Collins Band (1979 - 1983)
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Allen Collins - guitar
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Barry Harwood - guitar/vocals - b. Barry Lee Harwood, Georgia [Ref: Mike Daffron]
  • Derek Hess - drums
  • Dale Krantz - vocals
Albums:
  1. "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere" (1980)
  2. "This Is the Way" (1981)
Gary Rossington forms Rossington-Rossington (with wife Dale Krantz-Rossington).  Allen Collins, Barry Harwood, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, and Derek Hess form The Allen Collins Band.
Rossington-Rossington( ? - ? )
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Dale Krantz-Rossington - vocals
Gary Rossington forms The Rossington Band (with wife Dale Krantz-Rossington).
The Rossington Band ( ? - ? )
  • Gary Rossington - guitar
  • Dale Krantz-Rossington - vocals
Album:
  1. "Love Your Man" (1988)
Gary Rossington later joins the reformed Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The Artimus Pyle Band (1979 - ? )
  • Artimus Pyle - drums
Artimus Pyle later joins the reformed Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The Allen Collins Band (1983 - ? )
  • Allen Collins - guitar
  • Barry Harwood - guitar
  • Randall Hall - guitar
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Billy Powell - keyboards
  • Derek Hess - drums
  • Jim Dougherty - vocals
Album:
  1. "Here, There, & Back" (1983) [Ref: Mike Daffron]
Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, and Randall Hall later join the reformed Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Johnny Van-Zant solo:
  1. "No More Dirty Deals" (1980)
  2. "Round Two" (1981)
  3. "The Last of the Wild Ones" (1982)
  4. "Van-Zant" (1985)
  5. "Brickyard Road" (1990)
  6. "The Johnny Van Zant Collection" (1994)
  7. "Johnny Van Zant" (1997)
  8. "Brother to Brother" (1998) (w/ Donnie Van Zant) (Ref: Wolves71)

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