Reading Barry's book,

he mentions his favorite' rock n roller, Ronny Van Zandt, lead guy of Lynyrd Skynyrd, one of the bands I did a bunch of concerts with. One of my favorite stories, from an earlier post.
 'Twas in Texas, in the mid 70's, and we were doing an outdoor concert. Can't remember exactly where. But, among other bands, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Bros were playing. As we sat around drinking beer, while ZZ Top was playing, Ronny Van Zandt said to Dicky Betts, something like, " Sure nice to have you boys open for us" Betts said something like, "F#*k you, you are opening for us" Within a minute or so, they were up and swingin' at each other. Didn't last long. Dicky Betts got his butt kicked, and the Allman Bros opened for Skynyrd. Ahhh, the good ol' days...
Also, Barry, who heard ALL the shows, said his fav, was when the THREE lead guitars of Skynyrd started wailing in 'Free Bird'. Stairway to Heaven was great, but the BEST was 'Free Bird'. SO far 'Off the Chart', nothing comes close.

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