North Florida Music Hall of Fame

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Jacksonville-based rock band led by former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle; issued two albums on MCA; has at various times included bassist Allen Woody (later with Allman Brothers Band, now deceased), former Lynyrd Skynyrd and Rossington Collins bassist Tim Lindsey (now with Molly Hatchet), and bluesmeister axe-man Greg Baril. Pyle independently released an album of [...]

Phenomenal blue-eyed-soul vocalist; sang background with .38 Special and Lynyrd Skynyrd and was featured singer in Synergy. Also see .38 Special; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Synergy.

Short-lived successor to Rossington Collins Band; led by Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins, fronted by vocalist Jimmy Dougherty. One album on MCA. Collins died in 1990 as a result of being partially paralyzed in a 1986 auto accident that killed his girlfriend. Dougherty died of a heart attack in his home in January 2008. Also [...]

Guitarist/vocalist with the Randall Hall Band, which has included former Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins and Molly Hatchet bassist Tim Lindsay and former Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle. Also worked with top-40 band Synergy (see Synergy; Also see Kurzweg, John) and country singer Larry Mangum. Hall briefly hit the big time with the Allen Collins Band on [...]

Marion “Sister” Van Zant, matriarch of the legendary Van Zant musical dynasty, died suddenly on Saturday, April 9 (2000). She was 70. Her death took family members by surprise, as she appeared to be in good health. But she seemed to sense that her time was up, and she had recently alluded to her impending [...]

Formed in 1965 by Jacksonville Westsiders Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Bob Burns, Larry Junstrom (now bassist in .38 Special) and Ronnie Van Zant, this group had been a fixture on the Jacksonville scene as One Percent. The band changed its name in 1969, spoofing Lee High School physical-education coach Leonard Skinner, who had made them [...]

Rick Medlocke – See Blackfoot; Also see Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Jacksonville-based rock band formed by Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder Gary Rossington and his wife, Dale Krantz Rossington, after the dissolution of the Rossington Collins Band in the late 1980s. Two albums on MCA. Also see Rossington-Collins Band; Collins, Allen; Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Tom Dowd passed away Sunday, October 27 at an assisted living facility near his Miami home. Tom was 77. Words fail in trying to describe Tom’s influence in the music industry, but an internet search nails it. A search on the Barnes and Noble website turns up 332 available CDs with Tom’s name on them. [...]

This duo consisting of Van Zant brothers Donnie (of .38 Special) and Johnny (of Lynyrd Skynyrd), recorded two albums for CMC International in 1998 and 2001. In 2005, the duo signed with Columbia as a country act; two singles off Van Zant’s Columbia debut, “Get Right with the Man,” hit the Country Top 10. The [...]

Youngest of the three singing Van Zant siblings. Originally a drummer; Johnny Van Zant formed Austin Nickels Band in late 1970s, which signed to Polydor in early 1980s, later with Nettwerk/Elektra. In 1987, Johnny replaced deceased brother Ronnie in the re-formed Lynyrd Skynyrd. Also records with brother Donnie in a duo called Van Zant, which [...]

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