Ronald Wayne Van Zant lyrics, songs and albums

About Ronald Wayne Van Zant

Best known as the original lead singer, songwriter and founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Born: January 15, 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida St Vincent's Hospital
Died: October 20, 1977 in a plane crash in the swampland of southern Mississippi.

At 6:42 PM, the pilot of Lynyrd Skynyrd's chartered Convair 240 airplane, tour plane 'Freebird' en route to a gig in Baton Rouge, Louisiana had taken off from Greenville, South Carolina radioed that they were dangerously low on fuel. Less than ten minutes later, the plane crashed into a densely wooded thicket in the middle of the swampland near Gillsburg, Mississippi. The crash killed Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick.

Van Zant was buried in Orange Park, Florida in 1977, but was relocated after vandals broke into his and bandmate Steve Gaines' tombs on June 29, 2000. Van Zant's casket was pulled out and dropped on the ground.

According to the cemetery listing website Find-a-Grave, Van Zant was reburied at Riverside Memorial Park in Jacksonville, near the grave of his father Lacy and mother Marion. Both his current resting place and the empty mausoleum in Orange Park are memorials for fans to visit.

Ronald Wayne Van Zant songs

Artist

Song

Credits

Lynyrd Skynyrd

All I Can Do Is Write About It

Written-By

Kid Rock

All Summer Long

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Am I Losin

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Call Me The Breeze

Lead Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Cheatin Woman

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Comin Home

Vocals, Lead Vocals, Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Cry For The Bad Man

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Dont Ask Me No Questions

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Double Trouble

Written-By, Lead Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Down South Jukin

Vocals, Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Every Mothers Son

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Freebird

Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Georgia Peaches

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Gimme Back My Bullets

Written-By, Lead Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Gimme Three Steps

Written-By, Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Gotta Go

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

I Aint The One

Written-By, Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

I Know A Little

Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

I Need You

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

I Never Dreamed

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Im A Country Boy

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Ive Been Your Fool

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Made In The Shade

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Mississippi Kid

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

On The Hunt

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Poison Whiskey

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Preachers Daughter

Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Railroad Song

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Roll Gypsy Roll

Written-By

Tesla

Saturday Night Special

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Saturday Night Special

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Simple Man

Written-By, Vocals

Deftones

Simple Man

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Swamp Music

Written-By, Lead Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sweet Home Alabama

Written-By, Lead Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Take Your Time

Written-By

3 Doors Down

That Smell

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

That Smell

Written-By, Lead Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Ballad Of Curtis Lowe

Lead Vocals, Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Needle And The Spoon

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Things Goin On

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Travelin Man

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Trust

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Tuesdays Gone

Written-By, Vocals

Metallica

Tuesdays Gone

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Was I Right Or Wrong

Vocals, Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Whats Your Name

Written-By, Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Whiskey Rock A Roller

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Wino

Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Workin For Mca

Lead Vocals, Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd

You Got That Right

Written-By, Lead Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Working For Mca

Written-By, Vocals, Songwriter

Ronald Wayne Van Zant discography

Cover

Album

Date

Credits

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors

1977

Vocals, Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Nuthin' Fancy

1975

Lead Vocals, Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Authorized Bootleg: Live At Winterland - San Francisco Mar. 07 1976

2009

Lead Vocals

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From The Road

2001

Vocals, Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird The Movie

1996

Vocals

Hank Williams Jr. - Wild Streak

1988

Written-By

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First And... Last

1978

Written-By

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