Burns, the original drummer for the southern rock powerhouse Lynyrd Skynyrd, died in a single-car accident near Cartersville, Georgia, reports Ultimate Classic Rock. “My heart goes out to his family and God bless him and them in this sad time. On April 3, 2015, life caught up with Bob Burns.
“Today I’m at a loss for words but I just remember Bob being a funny guy,” Rossington said on the band’s official Facebook page.
Lynyrd Skynyrd still tours with Rossington, the only original member still in the band. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Chris Meyer Thursday, October 20th, 2016 One of the most tragic stories in rock history has got to be the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash that took the lives of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist. He was not involved in the 1977 plane crash that killed three members, including Van Zant. After releasing five studio albums and one live album, the band's career was abruptly halted on October 20, 1977, when their chartered airplane crashed, killing Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, and seriously injuring the rest of the band. The Crash Site Was Hauntingly Surreal Marc Frank remembers seeing complete and total despair. Tragedy struck Lynryd Skynyrd, one of the best Southern rock bands, just three days after the group released its fifth album and was seemingly on the brink. Lynyrd Skynyrd changed members over the years as it produced rock anthems including “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Freebird.” Burns left the band before its third studio album, “Nuthin Fancy,” in 1975, “exhausted by touring,” according to the band’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame biography. 10 Details About the Fatal Plane Crash that Was the Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd As We Knew It Josh - AugThe Guillsberg, Missippi, crash site of the Convair CV-240. It then made a name change in a reference to a high school gym teacher. Music Remembering Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Deadly 1977 Plane Crash Inside the tragedy that claimed six lives including that of frontman Ronnie Van Zant and cut short the career of the Southern rock. Drummer Artimus Pyles experience as a band member in Lynyrd Skynyrd and the tragically fateful day that the plane they rented crashed in the swamps of. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant started Noble Five with Burns, guitarists Gary Rossington and Allen Collins and bassist Larry Junstrom in their hometown. “He was not restrained at the time of the crash,” Tallent told CNN.īurns was part of the genre-defining band’s original lineup, which formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1965. Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Robert Burns performed with the band for its 2006 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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