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Lynyrd Skynyrd: Teacher who inspired Lynyrd Skynyrd band name dies (Reuters)

submitted by Nick Sep 21st 2010 02:00 am (us.rd.yahoo.com)

Reuters - Leonard Skinner, a high-school gym teacher who became a rock 'n' roll footnote by inspiring a group of pupils to name their band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died on Monday in Jacksonville, Fla., after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, the Florida Times-Union reported. He was 77.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd: drummer Bob Burns dies in car crash

submitted by Nick Apr 6th 2015 10:00 am (www.nme.com)

The founding member played on 'Free Bird' and 'Sweet Home Alabama'

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Lynyrd Skynyrd: Look Back With 'Sweet Home Alabama' Live Album

submitted by Nick Mar 25th 2015 12:00 pm (www.antimusic.com)

Lynyrd Skynyrd will release an expanded version of audio from their 2008 live DVD, 'Sweet Home Alabama', on CD and digital formats for the first time, on June 2.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd: Original Lynyrd Skynyrd Celebrated In The Studio

submitted by Nick Mar 17th 2015 12:00 pm (www.antimusic.com)

Syndicated radio show In The Studio: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands celebrates the original Lynyrd Skynyrd with a two-part special that includes interviews with Gary Rossington, Ed King, Johnny Van Zant, and archival comments from the late Allen Collins, Billy Powell, and Leon Wilkeson

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Lynyrd Skynyrd: to perform first two albums live for DVD release

submitted by Nick Dec 21st 2014 03:00 pm (www.nme.com)

Band will perform at the Florida Theatre this February

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Lynyrd Skynyrd: Holding Twitter Chat This Week

submitted by Nick Aug 27th 2013 01:00 pm (www.antimusic.com)

Lynyrd Skynyrd will host a 'High on the Hog' live Twitter chat this Thursday at 8/7p CT and they will be holding it live from their tour bus