![]() ![]() In 2007, the 30th anniversary reissue reinstated the original album cover. Three days before the crash (October 17th), the band released its fifth album, Street Survivors, which featured the soon-to-be classics "What's Your Name" and "That Smell." The album cover, which featured the band seemingly engulfed in flames, was eventually substituted with another photo in light of the horrific plane crash. The crash took the lives of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, backup singer Cassie Gaines Skynyrd manager Dean Kilpatrick, as well as the plane's two pilots Walter McCreary and William Gray. ![]() At the time, the group was en route to its next show in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was 45 years ago today (October 20th, 1977), that a plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in a swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi. Finally released in 2020 was Street Survivors: The True Story Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash. 45 YEARS AGO TODAY: LYNYRD SKYNYRD'S PLANE CRASHES The tragedy occurred because the faulty Convair CV-240 chartered plane ran out of fuel and crashed into a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi, on October 20, 1977. The tragic story of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has been told many times in news reports, feature articles, books and documentaries, including the 2018 documentary film “Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow.” Most of these versions of the band’s story respectfully tiptoed around describing the explicit, gory details of what happened during and after the plane crash in 1977 that killed lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines (Steve’s older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray.
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