Word: skynyrd
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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Should your article on Lynyrd Skynyrd [Oct. 18] really have been included in the Music section? It seemed to me that you concentrated more on how members of the band went about destroying hotels than you did on the band's musical talent...
...shocked to read the story about the group Lynyrd Skynyrd. They have always been a favorite of mine because their music relayed the message, "I live my life, you live yours-so don't bother me and I won't bother you." Now I see them as just another group of destructive punks and I'm disgusted...
...case you were interested, Zappa's current favorite groups are Gentle Giant, Queen, ZZ Topand Lynyrd Skynyrd; he's never heard of Patti Smith; he thinks reggae music "ranks right up there with Bruce Springsteen interms of media hype"; and he says he likes to play in hockey rinks more than anywhere else ("They have a good sound...
...main release for the group is simple violence. Between them the members of the band have chalked up over a dozen arrests on such charges as assaulting a police officer and possession of amphetamines. Last year Skynyrd ruined more than half the exercise machines at Nashville's Spence Manor Hotel. During a recent trip to Bristol, England, Van Zant threw an oak table out a fifth-story hotel window. "We were just having fun, letting off pressure," he remarked afterward. "It was funny when the cops came in and looked at us like we were mad dogs...
...line of credit, plus $2,000 pocket cash carried to take care of impromptu pillage, Road Manager Ron Eckerman, 24, promptly pays damage bills averaging $1,000 a month. That does not heal all wounds. In many cities, none of the major hotels will rent rooms to Lynyrd Skynyrd. When the band is booked in Atlanta, for example, they stay at a resort an hour's drive from the city. Wilkeson is not concerned. "We're hot now," he says. "Let's keep running...