Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock
by Gene Odom, Frank Dorman
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Author: Frank Dorman, Gene OdomEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-10-14
ISBN: 0767910273
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Broadway
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- ISBN13: 9780767910279
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Book Review: ODOM'S ACCOUNT...
Summary: 5 Stars
Gene Odom grew-up with Ronnie Van Zant from early childhood; was his personal bodyguard, and head of security for Lynyrd Skynyrd. He personally knew all the players involved. He gives a genuine, firsthand account of life with the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band; backstage, on-the-road and behind the scenes. It's easy to feel the heartfelt love this man (Odom) has for his long lost friend, Ronnie Van Zant. My heart goes out to Mr. Odom because he feels he could've/should've done something more to have prevented the crash that shook the music world, devasted families, friends, and an ever-growing, faithful fan-base. It's good to learn that Mr. Odom has finally let go of feelings of guilt and responsibility -- he was a true friend to the end. This is one to read again and again. I couldn't put it down. Required Lynyrd Skynyrd reading. Thank you for writing this book, Mr. Odom.
Summary of Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock
The first complete, unvarnished history of Southern rock's legendary and most popular band, from its members' hardscrabble boyhoods in Jacksonville, Florida and their rise to worldwide fame to the tragic plane crash that killed the founder and the band's rise again from the ashes.In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager Ronnie Van Zant and some of his friends hatched the idea of forming a band to play covers of the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Yardbirds and the country and blues-rock music they had grown to love. Naming their band after Leonard Skinner, the gym teacher at Robert E. Lee Senior High School who constantly badgered the long-haired aspiring musicians to get haircuts, they were soon playing gigs at parties, and bars throughout the South. During the next decade Lynyrd Skynyrd grew into the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful of the rock bands to emerge from the South since the Allman Brothers. Their hits "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama" became classics. Then, at the height of its popularlity in 1977, the band was struck with tragedy --a plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and two other band members.
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock is an intimate chronicle of the band from its earliest days through the plane crash and its aftermath, to its rebirth and current status as an enduring cult favorite. From his behind-the-scenes perspective as Ronnie Van Zant's lifelong friend and frequent member of the band's entourage who was also aboard the plane on that fateful flight, Gene Odom reveals the unique synthesis of blues/country rock and songwriting talent, relentless drive, rebellious Southern swagger and down-to-earth sensibility that brought the band together and made it a defining and hugely popular Southern rock band -- as well as the destructive forces that tore it apart. Illustrated throughout with rare photos, Odom traces the band's rise to fame and shares personal stories that bring to life the band's journey.
For the fans who have purchased a cumulative 35 million copies of Lynyrd Skynyrd's albums and continue to pack concerts today, Lynyrd Skynyrd is a celebration of an immortal American band.
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