Gene Odom was Ronnie Van Zant's lifelong friend, frequent member of Lynyrd Skynyrd's entourage, and was also aboard the plane on the fateful flight that killed Van Zant and two other band members.
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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 ... SEE MORE