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“We all learned how to play drums in that house, we all learned how to swing on the swing-set out there – that’s where we learned to sing. Johnny Van Zant lead vocals Gary Rossington guitar Rickey Medlocke guitar, backing vocals Hughie Thomasson guitar, backing vocals Leon Wilkeson. “That house was our life, that neighborhood was our neighborhood,” Johnny Van Zant said. 38 Special – all told, a legacy that’s a “prodigious contribution to the world of rock music.” The home is being restored by area entrepreneur Todd Smith. As far as rock n roll legends go, the plane crash that killed three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd - Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie.

The rest of the band members recovered from their injuries and the band went on a ten year hiatus. “Musicians Ronnie, Donnie and Johnny Van Zant spent their formative years growing up in this house with their sisters and parents between the 1950s and 1980s,” a plaque at the home says, also noting Ronnie’s role in forming Lynyrd Skynyrd, Johnny’s role as singer in the reborn Skynyrd, and Donnie’s role as a founding member and singer for. In the crash, Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines and road manager Dean Kilpatrick along with the two pilots, lost their lives.

Some versions of the band's history state Burns briefly left the band during this time, although other versions state that Burns played with the band continuously through 1974. The house is at 5419 Woodcrest Road, one block off Lake Shore Boulevard, in a neighborhood the Van Zant boys called Shantytown. Medlocke grew up with the founding members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and his grandfather Shorty Medlocke was an influence in the writing of 'The Ballad of Curtis Loew'. The Florida home of Lynyrd Skynyrd members, Ronnie, Donnie and Johnny Zan Vant has been named an official Florida Heritage Site.