![]() ![]() One year after the ill-fated flight, the DIR FM network decided to assemble a new series of live music shows under the name Super Jam. The surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Allen Collins, Artymus Pyle, Billy Powell and Gary Rossington) jointly decided to dissolve the band in the wake of the tragedy, and in the following decade would pursue various other musical projects. ![]() The band's charismatic figurehead and songwriter Ronnie Van Zant was killed on impact along with guitarist Steve Gaines, his sister Cassie, the band's assistant Dean Kilpatrick and both pilots. On the 20th of October 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd's private plane crashed in the forests of Mississippi. ![]() It's one of rock n roll s most famous tragedies. ![]()
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