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SteveGaines
10-20-2008, 05:36 PM
Street Survivors had been out for 4 days...When the Skynyrd plane crashed in a swamp in Gillsburg, Mississippi killing the two pilots...Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie Gaines, Road Manager Dean Kilpatrick and my hero STEVE GAINES...Steve was a guitar playing/songwriting/singing fool in the words of Ronnie Van Zant...You can hear his INFLUENCE ALL OVER STREET SURVIVORS...It was definitely Steve's coming out party....I still listen to it today and Steve's guitar playing is still JAW DROPPING...Whether playing Strat or the Black Les Paul...Slide or Vocals...Steve Gaines was one of the most underated performers in the history of Rock and Roll....RIP "OKIE"...You were THE MAN!...Check out Steve's vocals at Soundcheck on "THAT SMELL...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9c12NkfrEA&feature=related
daddyo
10-20-2008, 05:38 PM
Doesn't seem that long ago.
sonhenry
10-20-2008, 06:06 PM
wow, is it really that long? I remember *exactly* where I was when I heard this on the radio. damn. what a fine guitar player he was....
bluesmain
10-20-2008, 06:08 PM
Wow... I was in school in the Navy when I got this news.
tcforec
10-20-2008, 09:40 PM
You know what...you're GD right...every word. How he wasn't a star even before Skynyrd is a mystery to me. Just the man. I have watched videos of people teaching "I know a little" and they still don't sound right...and I sure as he$% can't figure it out. RIP....the man...and Ronnie (the man's man) and all of the rest.

They are still the only band that, prior to the crash, never wrote a song I couldn't at least like...Not a bad one in the bunch.
stratman89
10-20-2008, 11:34 PM
A very sad day.

We lost some true legends!
SteveGaines
10-21-2008, 12:48 AM
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=245154518 They have out a TAB book by Dave Rubin with the Skynyrd hits that has a CD...the guy does it SLOW and FAST...AND HE NAILS IT!....The cats name is Doug Boduch...he NAILS IT... I also have a DVD of Curt Mitchell showing how to do the intro...He does it with his pick and his index and middle finger...sort of a banjo roll thing...He NAILS it too!....
louderock
10-21-2008, 03:01 AM
Ronnie always thought that he would die before age 30 and he said he was gonna 'go out with his boots on'. In other words, on the road. He was right about both. Huge loss on that day.
fretfreak76
10-21-2008, 05:32 AM
Street Survivors had been out for 4 days...When the Skynyrd plane crashed in a swamp in Gillsburg, Mississippi killing the two pilots...Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie Gaines, Road Manager Dean Kilpatrick and my hero STEVE GAINES...Steve was a guitar playing/songwriting/singing fool in the words of Ronnie Van Zant...You can hear his INFLUENCE ALL OVER STREET SURVIVORS...It was definitely Steve's coming out party....I still listen to it today and Steve's guitar playing is still JAW DROPPING...Whether playing Strat or the Black Les Paul...Slide or Vocals...Steve Gaines was one of the most underated performers in the history of Rock and Roll....RIP "OKIE"...You were THE MAN!...Check out Steve's vocals at Soundcheck on "THAT SMELL...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9c12NkfrEA&feature=relatedHey man!Thanks so much for posting this & remembering a great fellow player!RIP Boys RIP.
m1911
10-21-2008, 05:53 AM
Street Survivors had been out for 4 days...When the Skynyrd plane crashed in a swamp in Gillsburg, Mississippi killing the two pilots...Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie Gaines, Road Manager Dean Kilpatrick and my hero STEVE GAINES...Steve was a guitar playing/songwriting/singing fool in the words of Ronnie Van Zant...You can hear his INFLUENCE ALL OVER STREET SURVIVORS...It was definitely Steve's coming out party....I still listen to it today and Steve's guitar playing is still JAW DROPPING...Whether playing Strat or the Black Les Paul...Slide or Vocals...Steve Gaines was one of the most underated performers in the history of Rock and Roll....RIP "OKIE"...You were THE MAN!...Check out Steve's vocals at Soundcheck on "THAT SMELL...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9c12NkfrEA&feature=related

My favorite member was Steve Gaines also.....along with sweet singing sister Cassie.....sure do miss them....
I'll bet Steve would be tearing it up if he was around today, RIP
DStefani
10-21-2008, 06:21 AM
Interesting read (http://blog.cleveland.com/top_entertainment/2007/10/lynyrd_skynyrd_survivor_looks.html)

- D
tommyg
10-21-2008, 06:24 AM
You know what...you're GD right...every word. How he wasn't a star even before Skynyrd is a mystery to me. Just the man. I have watched videos of people teaching "I know a little" and they still don't sound right...and I sure as he$% can't figure it out. RIP....the man...and Ronnie (the man's man) and all of the rest.

They are still the only band that, prior to the crash, never wrote a song I couldn't at least like...Not a bad one in the bunch.

Listen to Poison's CC Deville on "Unskinny Bop"!:rotflmao
HurricaneJesus
10-21-2008, 08:54 AM
The guitar world really got cheated by not having him around a little longer.
Blamepro_Admin
10-21-2008, 09:04 AM
If there's a rock 'n roll heaven...


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