Guitarist Allen Collins, his wife Kathy, and daughter. (1970s) Kathy once asked Allen, “If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?”
Guitarist Allen Collins, his wife Kathy, and daughter. (1970s) Kathy once asked Allen, “If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?”
And how many of us sang that quote as soon as we saw it?
Freebird!
Such a great guitarist and such a tragic life. In 1977 he was involved in a airplane accident that killed 2 of his bandmates, in 1980 she lost his wife after an hemorrage during the miscarriage of their child, in 1986 he survived a car accident that left his wheelchair bound and died 4 years later aged 37. Rest in Peace Allen, Kathy and baby Collins.
I sang it in my head followed by “I can’t chayayayange. Lord knows I can’t…” you know the rest.
The story goes Gary Rossinton and Ronny van Zant needed another guitar player. They went looking for Allen. Being in a rough neighborhood Allen thought they were looking to beat him up, so he climbed a tree to get away from them.
For I must be traveling on, now
‘Cause there’s too many places I’ve got to see
I’m as free as a bird now…
One of the best to ever do it!
I was not prepared for the tragedy of this band’s story. The part that saddened me the most was both Cassie and Steve died in the plane crash that also killed Ronnie VanZant, the lead singer along with the pilot, copilot, and road manager. If this wasn’t bad enough, the Gaines siblings mother died two years later in a car crash. Some assholes also vandalized their tombs shortly after their death.
This time tomorrow. Where will we be? On a spaceship somewhere. Sailing across an empty sea?
*instinctively holds up lighter and sways*
Don’t we all wonder that.
This bird you cannot change
Ah yes, the 1970’s version of “would you still love me if I was a worm?”
Okay, now I know what song I’ll hear in my head for the month of October!
Yeah…T’Pau… 😉
*If I turned into a worm tomorrow, would you still love me…?*
I don’t understand why she would ask that… how could you. It remember your wife? Drugs? Alcohol? Mental illness?
He did a dewy cox
“What song is it you wanna hear?”
Was just listening to Freebird with my 12 year old daughter. She’s not a rock fan. I’m trying to change that.
I thought that was Demi Moore for a second
“Well sweetie, at least I would write a tune about the occasion!”
Horrible driver.
Girlfriend’s absolute pain in the ass needy question becomes hit song. What er the odds.