Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock by Gene Odom: Used

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Item specifics

Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Publication Date
2003-10-14
Pages
272
ISBN
0767910273
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0767910273
ISBN-13
9780767910279
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2472463

Product Key Features

Book Title
Lynyrd Skynyrd : Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Frank Dorman, Gene Odom
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Van Zant dominates the book, and the authors effectively show both his hard-drinking, brawling side, and his softer touches." - Publishers Weekly "An admiring biography . . . disturbing and electrifying." - Kirkus Reviews, "Van Zant dominates the book, and the authors effectively show both his hard-drinking, brawling side, and his softer touches." -Publishers Weekly "An admiring biography . . . disturbing and electrifying." -Kirkus Reviews, "Van Zant dominates the book, and the authors effectively show both his hard-drinking, brawling side, and his softer touches." Publishers Weekly "An admiring biography . . . disturbing and electrifying." Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Decimal
782.42166/092/2 B
Synopsis
The first complete, unvarnished history of Southern rock's legendary and most popular band, from its members' hardscrabble boyhoods in Jacksonville, Florida and their rise to worldwide fame to the tragic plane crash that killed the founder and the band's rise again from the ashes. In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager Ronnie Van Zant and some of his friends hatched the idea of forming a band to play covers of the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Yardbirds and the country and blues-rock music they had grown to love. Naming their band after Leonard Skinner, the gym teacher at Robert E. Lee Senior High School who constantly badgered the long-haired aspiring musicians to get haircuts, they were soon playing gigs at parties, and bars throughout the South. During the next decade Lynyrd Skynyrd grew into the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful of the rock bands to emerge from the South since the Allman Brothers. Their hits "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama" became classics. Then, at the height of its popularlity in 1977, the band was struck with tragedy --a plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and two other band members. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock is an intimate chronicle of the band from its earliest days through the plane crash and its aftermath, to its rebirth and current status as an enduring cult favorite. From his behind-the-scenes perspective as Ronnie Van Zant's lifelong friend and frequent member of the band's entourage who was also aboard the plane on that fateful flight, Gene Odom reveals the unique synthesis of blues/country rock and songwriting talent, relentless drive, rebellious Southern swagger and down-to-earth sensibility that brought the band together and made it a defining and hugely popular Southern rock band -- as well as the destructive forces that tore it apart. Illustrated throughout with rare photos, Odom traces the band's rise to fame and shares personal stories that bring to life the band's journey. For the fans who have purchased a cumulative 35 million copies of Lynyrd Skynyrd's albums and continue to pack concerts today, Lynyrd Skynyrd is a celebration of an immortal American band.

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