Rock and Roll Milestone: Leonard Skinner has died

[Warped Bezel]

That Leonard Skinner, yes.

The saddest, most ironic thing about it is that he outlived most of the band.

God be with y'all, Mr. Skinner.

[BroonsBane]

I'm growing my hair in his honour.

[Warped Bezel]

I'm growing my hair in his honour.

Mine is about back to the short, slightly spiky no touch 80s look.

If I don't shave for a bit I can get that kickass look but it's just laziness.

[tonepub]

Who's Leonard Skinner?

[Bob Boyer]

Who's Leonard Skinner?

Oh. God. do. I. feel. old.

Here's some interesting commentary on the guy for whom the quintessential southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd was named:

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-09-21/sports/os-bianchi-lynyrd-skynyrd-skinner-09220100921_1_john-maronto-football-coach-lynyrd-skynyrd

[Warped Bezel]

Old is GOOD, Bob.

It's dead that sucks.

[2ndRick]

Oh. God. do. I. feel. old.

Here's some interesting commentary on the guy for whom the quintessential southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd was named:

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-09-21/sports/os-bianchi-lynyrd-skynyrd-skinner-09220100921_1_john-maronto-football-coach-lynyrd-skynyrd

'interesting'?
Many members of Lynyrd Skynyrd never were very good at following society's rules. If they had been, maybe their lives would have been as glorious as their music.
More like asinine. This seems like a BS comment toward a band where most of the members died in an accidental plane crash.

If their hair had been neatly trimmed and they were 'following society's rules', it would not have changed the outcome of that flight.

[Bob Boyer]

You might try reading the entire article...

[2ndRick]

Yeah, I missed that last section under the spam. The article drifted off into a discussion of coaches, which I could care less about...

The charges surrounding Pyle touching his young daughters were leveled by a gold-digging gf (who was not their mother), and the merit of the charges is dubious. Supposedly even the girls said it was all BS when they were old enough to talk about it.

Collins' GF being killed in the car accident is obviously also very sad.

I still think it's a dumb thing to suggest that a successful rebellious rock band would have been better served if they had been obedient little students to some hard-ass coach.

If they had fallen in line back then, they probably would not have been a successful rebellious rock band at all. And Donny Osmond was already making records, so another goody-two-shoes act would probably not have ever seen the light of day. :)

Thanks to Bezel for the thread.
It was good to stroll back down memory lane and listen to some music tonight, even if it was made by disobedient kids.

[Bob Boyer]

I still think it's a dumb thing to suggest that a successful rebellious rock band would have been better served if they had been obedient little students to some hard-ass coach...

I thought that's who made all the good stuff... *Hi5*

But yeah, sportwriters do tend to get a little carried away about people's supposed need to fall in line - after all, if people didn't do that, they wouldn't have a job writing about it. Still, like you, I found it overall an interesting take on a really great southern band in a particularly rebellious era.

The music is still great.

I'll never forget seeing them live for the first time, playing at my high school's senior dance in May 1973 and then playing their first album on a college radio station where I worked later that fall.

[Warped Bezel]

I guess you should thank my messed-up sleep patterns that leave me up while Australia has dinner or something.