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A Corvair turbo-prop plane crash in a swampy wood near Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA, takes the lives of Lynyrd Skynyrd members Ronnie Van Zant, Steven Gaines and Cassie Gaines.Full article:
John O'Daniel, Point Blank : We toured for two years before we ever had a record out. We toured with ZZ (Top) and everybody you can think of. '76 is when our first album came out. But in '77 Skynyrd crashed. We were playing in Harlingen, Texas, headlining a small theater show. On our way back home when we heard about the plane crash, we were on our way to Baton Rouge to meet Lynyrd Skynyrd. We had 62 sold-out shows and we were going to be special guests on their headline tour. We had just released our second album when their plane crashed and that canceled us out of 62 shows. You know how the concert business is. Back then we were working 4 to 5 days a week. So, we didn't have time to book another concert tour. We were out of work for six months. rn(Source : http://www.classicbands.com/PointBlankInterview.html)
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