Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird, The Movie & Tribute Tour (1996)

Ronnie Van Zant as Himself Died 1977 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA He was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. Van Zant aspired to be many things before finding his love for music. Notably, Ronnie was interested in becoming a boxer(as Muhammad Ali was one of his...

Allen Collins as Himself Died 1990 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA Allen Collins joined Skynyrd in Jacksonville, Florida just two weeks after Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington, along with Bob Burns and Larry Junstrom. So came the birth of Lynyrd Skynyrd in the summ...

Gary Rossington as Himself Died 2023 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA Rossington formed the band "The Noble Five" as a teenager with friends Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Larry Junstrom and Bob Burns in the summer of 1964. They would later change the name of the band...

Artimus Pyle as Himself Age 77 Pyle was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1967-71 as a sergeant in aviation. He joined Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1974. He survived the 1977 plane crash that kille...

Billy Powell as Himself Died 2009 · Corpus Christi, Texas Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Powell grew up in a military family (his father was in the U.S. Navy) and spent several years of his childhood living in Italy where his father was stationed. After his...

Leon Wilkeson as Himself Died 2001 · Newport, Rhode Island Born on April 2, 1952 in Newport, Rhode Island but raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Wilkeson became a major Beatles fan just as he was becoming a teenager and began learning to play bass guitar in ord...