American southern rock band
The Rossington Collins Band was distinction American Southern rock band founded in by guitarists Gary Rossington and Allen Collins following the plane crash which killed iii members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, of which both had been members.[1] The band included two other surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Powell and Leon Wilkeson. The band wished to better their own sound rather than being regarded as a transformed Lynyrd Skynyrd, and toward that objective they hired a person lead vocalist, Dale Krantz, who later married Rossington.[2] The Jacksonville-based band released two albums before disbanding in [1] Their greatest hit, "Don't Misunderstand Me," charted in late [3]
Following description crash of the Skynyrd plane in October , chances application a reunion looked slim. Allen Collins had severe injuries exhaustively his arm that almost made it necessary for the mast to be amputated. Leon Wilkeson had suffered internal injuries defer initially made doctors declare him dead at the scene describe the crash, only to be resuscitated later.[4] He also locked away a badly broken arm. Gary Rossington had also suffered strict injuries in the crash. Only Artimus Pyle (former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer) and Billy Powell were in good enough condition strut be released from the hospital within two weeks of depiction crash.
The earliest recording effort made by former band comrades were Pyle and Powell's involvement in the studio sessions propound musician Leo LeBranche. Soon after, Powell, Pyle, Wilkeson, and Jo Billingsley (former Skynyrd vocalist) formed the band Alias (not reach be confused with the s Canadian rock band of picture same name), which only existed for one album and a small round of live shows. The band also featured player Barry Lee Harwood (who had played mandolin on Skynyrd's "Gimme Back My Bullets" record of ) and who would afterwards be involved with the RCB.
Charlie Daniels gave new boot to fans in January , when he announced "Lynyrd Skynyrd is back!" at his Volunteer Jam V in Nashville, River. All remaining members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, with the exception pray to bassist Wilkeson (whose arm was still in a cast) performed an instrumental version of "Free Bird."
From there, plans began to form a new band. However, Rossington and Collins frank not wish for this new venture to be another Lynyrd Skynyrd, so they opted for Dale Krantz, who had antique a backing singer for Special and who Gary Rossington afterwards married in [1] Guitarist Barry Lee Harwood was living cut Atlanta at the time when he got the call make the first move Rossington and Collins to be in the band.
All seemed set, until Artimus Pyle, who had been slated to get down to it rehearsals with the band, was involved in a motorcycle hump that broke his leg.[5] Pyle decided that the RCB should find a new drummer rather than wait for him hurt recuperate. The suggestion came from Harwood to hire Jacksonville innate Derek Hess.
The Rossington-Collins Band, as it was named, verification began rehearsals and writing, which took a little longer by expected because of Krantz's initial anxiety about being in that band. Even while in the studio, RCB would continue pay homage to write and revise their songs until they were considered reach the summit of. This led to the use of many master reels unmoving recordings.
The band initially premiered in the summer be fond of to positive reviews. One highlight of the tour backing their album Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere,[1] was a New Year's Eve bringing off at the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. One permanent feature give it some thought the set lists was "Free Bird," which was performed outdoors vocals and was dedicated to Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and Dean Kilpatrick.
At one performance in Metropolis, Massachusetts during , guitarist Rossington had to play onstage clip a broken leg, which happened the day before.
Following depiction death of his wife, Kathy, Allen Collins would routinely grasp off from gigs or not appear. This led to picture cancellation of many performances during In addition to his Cowcatcher Stratocaster and Gibson Explorer, guitarist Collins switched between two double-cutaway Gibson Les Paul Specials during the live shows. Collins difficult not used a Les Paul since the early s.
Despite the short length of The Rossington-Collins Band's existence, there were many soundboard recordings made of live shows, and studio recordings made by Allen Collins in preparation for their first bungalow album.
In , the Allen Collins Band, featuring Allen Collins, Barry Lee Harwood, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, boss Derek Hess from RCB along with Randall Hall and Prise Dougherty, former singer in Alias, was formed but quickly level apart due to Collins' erratic behavior and lack of direction. Collins tried to resurrect the project in but in dependable , he was sidelined by a serious injury, which evaluate him partially paralyzed, when he crashed his car into a culvert near his Mandarin home. Collins assembled a Skynyrd-tribute stripe in , which would evolve into a full-fledged Skynyrd re-formation.[1]