Pictures include Ronnie Van Zant, Ed King, Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson & Gary Rossington
(Not shown) Keyboard player Billy Powell & drummer Bob Burns.
This was at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville Tennessee
Opening acts included Pure Prarie League.
Pictures by Bill Cody.
April 18, 1974: Singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Gary Rossington
The original Lynyrd Skynyrd with Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant & Gary Rossington
April 18, 1974: Ed King & Leon Wilkeson in Cookeville Tennessee
April 18, 1974: Pure Prarie League, opens for Lynyrd Skynyrd
at Tennessee Tech's Memorial Gym in Cookeville Tennessee
June 9, 1974: ZZ Top & Lynyrd Skynyrd in "A Southern Music Explosion".at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Grandstand. Image from Newspaper. (We have no pictures of ZZ Top)
"A Southern Music Explosion" presented by Sound Seventy Productions
Lynyrd Skynyrd opening for ZZ Top at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
This is the original Lynyrd Skynyrd with original lead singer Ronnie Van Zant
Pictures taken by Billy Dyer
The original Lynyrd in Nashville Tennessee
This was before Steve Gaines & Artumus Pyle joined the band
Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashed on October 20, 1977 in Gillsburg Mississippi
killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and five others on the plane.
This picture includes keyboard player Billy Powell on the left
This was the first of several times that they played the Nashville Fairgrounds
March 1 & 2, 1974: Lynyrd Skynyrd , with special guest The Outlaws at Muthers Music Emporium
in Nashville TN. They had previously played a week at the Briar Patch club in Nashville in 1972.
September 21, 1974: Lynyrd Skynyrd & ZZ Top at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Speedway Grandstand. This concert took place during the Tennessee State Fair. Picture from Newspaper.
September 21, 1974: Lynyrd Skynyrd, with special guest Blue Oyster Cult at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Speedway Grandstand. This concert took place during the Tennessee State Fair.
This was a great concert, from beginning to end. Image from Newspaper.
July 30, 1976: The Summer Gold Rush, featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd, along with Johnny & Edgar Winter, Ted Nugent, Point Blank and 38 Special. The concert drew a crowd of more than 15,000 people at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Speedway Grandstand. What a show! Image from Newspaper.
July 30, 1976: The Summer Gold Rush, featuring Ronnie VanZant (shown) with Lynyrd Skynyrd,
along with Johnny & Edgar Winter, Ted Nugent, Point Blank & 38 Special, at the
Tennessee State Fairgrounds Speedway Grandstand. Picture from Newpaper.
January 17, 1976: Lynyrd Skynyrd, with special guest
Atlanta Rhythm Section at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium
July 30, 1976: The Summer Gold Rush, featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd (shown),
with Johnny & Edgar Winter, Ted Nugent, Point Blank & 38 Special, draw a crowd of 15,000 people
at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Speedway Grandstand. Picture from Newspaper.
Dates that the original Lynyrd Skynyrd played Nashville Tennessee (1974-1976).
Plus, a couple of concert ticket stubs. (Tickets courtesy of Pat Adams)
(Top) September 21, 1974 at the Tennessee State Fair in Nashville
(Bottom) January 17, 1976 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Early Nashville Concerts:
Concerts in Nashville
of the original band
before plane crash.
March (1-2) 1974,
June 9, 1974,
September 21, 1974,
January 17, 1976
July 30, 1976
October 27, 1977: Lynyrd Skynyrd was scheduled to play the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Dunn Center in Clarksville Tennessee (45 minutes from Nashville).
Lynyrd Skynyrd had to cancel this concert due to the October 20th plane crash.
Nashville Tennessee newspaper coverage of the October 20, 1977
Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in Gillsburg Mississippi.
(From the Nashville Tennessean Newspaper)
Continued: Nashville Tennessee newspaper coverage of the
October 20, 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in Gillsburg Mississippi.