Ronnie normally wore the “Hi Roller” fromTexas Hatters from Buda, Tx. However, when the album cover photo shoot was being done at Universal Studios in Ca,for the “Street Survivors” album, his black “Hi Roller” had not arrived. He needed a hat for the photo shoot. He had given me his last one after the summer tour had ended. (more…)
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The Story Behind the Hat
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Tags: Gene Odom and Ronnie Van Zant in limo, Hat worn by Ronnie Van Zant on Street Survivors album cover, He needed a hat for the photo shoot, Hi Roller", Lynyrd Skynyrd Hat, MCA representative George Osaki, photo shoot was being done at Universal Studios in Ca, Texas Hatters from Buda, Tx, When the photo shoot ended Ronnie and I jumped into the limousine
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The Stories Behind the Lynyrd Skynyrd Photographs
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Heaven Awaits in Two Days – this image shows the Confederate flag in the audience, brought by Bobby Sanders. See the lower left circle in front of Ronnie Van Zant. This photograph was taken at the Lakeland auditorium in Lakeland Florida, just two days before the plane crash that killed many of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band members.
What’s Ronnie Pointing At?
Tags: a fight has broken out, Baton Rouge, bobby sanders, Cassie Gaines, Confederate Flag, Gene is there to make sure that the fight does not make it on stage, Jo Jo Billingsley, Lakeland Civic Center October 18 1977, Leslie Hawkins, two days before the plane crash that killed The Heart and Soul of Lynyrd Skynyrd, You will notice that there are only 2 Honkettes
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