Band namesake dies in Florida
Have you ever wondered where Lynyrd Skynyrd came up with the name of their band? I have. Unfortunately, someone had to die in order for me to satisfy my curiousity. Life is cruel, but here’s the scoop.
Leonard Skinner was a basketball coach and hardass gym teacher at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Fla., in the late 1960s. Back in the day, he sent a group of students to the principal’s office because their hair was too long and they refused to cut it. Those rebellious teens would later form a band using a twist on Skinner’s name as their own. He even let them use a photograph of his later business, Leonard Skinner Realty, for the inside art of their third album, Nuthin’ Fancy.
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 12:37 pm by michelle
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