He was in serious but stable condition this morning, said University Hospital spokeswoman Leslie Heinrich. Jean was a Huntsville native and the eldest daughter of Vastus and Milton Cummings. Debra Jean Collins Midkiff July 4, 1960 November 14, 2020 STAFFORDSVILLE - Debra Jean Collins Midkiff, 60, entered her heavenly reward on Saturday, November 14, 2020. I had to find out who was where and we had to get to the funeral home to identify the body. His voice caught somewhere between a laugh and a cough. The only thing that seemed to comfort him were rocknroll panaceas drinking, drugs and driving around in fast cars. Detective D.B. & Florence Watts of . Chris Charlesworth was due to travel with the band on that ill-starred night of October 20, 1977. At their first show at San Franciscos Cow Palace, they saw how daunting it could be. .38 Special guitarist Don Barnes accompanied Ronnie Van Zants father to Mississippi and was with him when he went to identify his son. If you dont want Gary to know it, dont do it in front of me. Or a modern day ghost story. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. And the whole front row would go Wow., As mean as he could be, there was a Jekyll and Hyde aspect to Ronnie Van Zant. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Paralysing car wrecks. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. Take a second to support The Jitney on Patreon! The reason Collins needed a chauffeur was because hed had his license revoked and was not allowed to drive. She attended Haskell Indian College in Lawrence, KS and later Southwest Colorado . There are others who swear its his head hes carrying, Judy Van Zant recalled a dream she had, shortly after she had buried her husband. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. In 1986, Collins' car ran off a road and crashed into a culvert, paralyzing him from the waist down and killing his girlfriend, Debra Jean Watts. Collins developed chronic pneumonia and died in January 1990. Horrifyingly, it wasnt only help that came. But that was impossible. One thing I surely remember is he was very protective of Allen. Detective D.B. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. I said something Collins didnt likecant recall whatand he retorts, Fuck you, you Jimmy Dougherty-lookin motherfucker, and hurls a half-full Heineken bottle at my head, which goes whizzing by my ear (Jimmy Dougherty was the previous lead singer for the Allen Collins Band). Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Please donate or become a Patron here. Death: January 29, 1986 (31) Duval, Florida, United States. The first of course was to take care of Melody [the couples daughter]; the second was not to worry about Allen and Gary, that they could take care of themselves. I wrote [That Smell] when Gary had his car accident. A founding member of Skynyrd, he played bass in the early incarnations of the band from 1964 until being dismissed in 1971, before their first album. Among the dead, lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. Reynolds says Larkin told him both Collins and Watts were ejected out the passenger side and that Collins went out the windowbeforeWatts. All gone. Collins, who was drunk at the time, addressed fans at every Skynyrd concert as part of his plea bargain. Her awards include Online Journalist of the Year and the National Feature Writer Award from the Music Journalists Association, and three Deems Taylor Awards. Behind him, a wall of guitars wailed. He grabs a piece of cake and hurls it at the birthday girl, who doesnt know about the pie-in-the-face tradition. Maybe it had more to do with the fact that Allman once dated Van Zants winsome wife Judy There was always a whiff of competitiveness between the two of them. BA1 1UA. Behind them, the rhythm section of Powell, bassist Leon Wilkeson and drummer Bob Burns played with military precision. And damn that hurt, Van Zant said at the time. No one could mess with Allen. It seemed fate was not done with them yet. Van Zant stood in one spot barely moving, his bare feet squarely planted on the stage as he spat out the words to the bands creation myth. Mike Wolfe. He rang me and said, Weve got some trouble in this hotel. He told me theyve got hold of the managers wifes cat and they skinned it. Create an Obituary. All rights reserved - 2018. I had been trained never to stop playing in the middle of a song no matter what happens, because if theres a melee, stopping will draw everyones attention, whereas if you keep playing, a lot of people wont notice. Lucky for him I caught it in midair, before it too hit the wall. Obituary. She was thrown from the car when it veered into a ditch, hit a concrete culvert and landed on its roof before rolling onto its wheels. Price and I came into the club one afternoon and the drums and sound system, which De Blasio owned, were gone. One Percent, soon to become Lynyrd Skynyrd, was performing that night. She said Collins was a disaster behind the wheel and told me a story Johnny Van Zant had related: he had been pulling out of the Krystal on San Juan Avenue recently and was run off the road, nearly hit, by a crazy driver coming around the corner too fast in the wrong lane. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? The first time I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins was in 1969, when I went with a group of hippies to the Comic Book Club in downtown Jacksonville, where One Percent was the house band, to score some acid. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Lois worked at NORPAC for part of her life. North America. Support The Jitney on Patreon! Log In. You buncha fuckin punks, he rails. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Daughter of Horace Lionel WATTS and Arlena Ann Miller I told Sister about meeting Collins at the chicken place. And then Judy [Van Zant, Ronnies widow] told me, Just quit. In addition to probation, the judge ordered Collins to organize and participate in an anti-drunk-driving campaign. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; "The entire operation is lopsided. The band, however, carried on with the help of several replacements taking the place of dying membersguitarist Gary Rossington is the only remaining founderand has been touring regularly since. After graduating from Queen Anne High School in 1968, Deb earned a psychology degree from UW. He never ever changed, either. I was wise to his pranks and could see them coming, but she wasnt ready for that.. Looters reached the site, pilfering the pockets of the dead and the living alike. Rossingtons broken bones healed long ago, but they still ache when the weather turns cold or rainy. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. As he leaned over to spit the bug-coloured juice from his Red Man chewing tobacco into an empty plastic milk carton, he looked me straight in the eye to see if I believed him. I had already met Donnie in 1970 when I auditioned at Kevin Elsons parents house for Sweet Rooster, a group that morphed into .38 Special. Debra Jean Moore, 65 of Milltown, passed away January 12 at Baptist Health Floyd Hospital in New Albany. However, Collins did not appear to be one of them. Im on the bandstand; Collins comes rushing toward me with a key-lime pie; I duck; he misses me and flings key-lime goo into my Echoplex. I am speculatingthis is an educated guess, taken from experiencethat she probably yelled at him to slow down, pull over, stop acting so stupid. Born on May 4, 1950, in Seattle, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Mary Dahlin. So thats what Price and I concentrated on. Dorothy was born on August 25, 1930 to V. J. His name was Scott Sisson. Collins sat down with my and my wife, and as we were leaving he offhandedly asked if I knew where he could buy a junk car for about a hundred bucks. Road manager Dean Kilpatrick and the aircrafts two pilots. One of the first women to work in rock journalism, Jaan Uhelszki got her start alongside Lester Bangs, Ben Edmonds and Dave Marsh considered the dream team of rock writing at Creem Magazine in the mid-1970s. Whatever you say, Ill be right there with you, remembers Craig Reed, a longtime member of the road crew. I did. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Scott came over to our band that afternoon and literally saved the day. I called everybody on the list. She was born January 2, 1956 at Tokyo Army Hospital, Tokyo, Japan to Lenwood and Pansy Smith. Because people just steal them the same day. It doesnt hurt and freak me out like it used to, but its in the back of my mind and hard all that day. After a few weeks Di Blasio disappeared, perhaps because he was resentful about not being included in the new Collins project. He was born February 20, 1935 to John Wolfe and Leeo (Ryan) Wolfe in Proctor, Oklahoma. He was bowled over by Skynyrds professionalism, arrangements, guitar work, and mostly by short and stocky lead singer Van Zant, who showed up in a black T-shirt and droopy jeans. I had a creepy feeling things were going against us, so I thought Id write a morbid song.. Thats what destroyed him, Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell (who died in 2009) told interviewer Marley Brant. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; He had uncanny powers while he was alive. She ducks; he misses. Collins taught me how to play the riff to the The Last Time the correct way. Gary doesnt have the same authority Ronnie had. The pilot radioed to the Houston [Texas] Air Route Traffic Control Center, telling the staff they were low on fuel, and requested vectors for a tiny airstrip in McComb, Mississippi. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? While sitting in the passenger seat, Collins enjoyed scaring the hell out of driversand anyone else in the car. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. We then went to the hospital and saw all the other people who were hurt. Taking his injuries into consideration, the assistant state attorney, Wayne Ellis, asked for leniency. Hed give you the shirt off his back, remembers his brother Donnie. . On the sneeringly sarcastic of Working For MCA, a song he wrote for the Sound Of The South launch party held at Richards in Atlanta on Sunday July 29, 1973, where the band played in front of jaundiced record executives, radio programmers, disc jockeys, promoters, rock critics and T.Rexs Marc Bolan, all of whom flew in on MCAs tab. They were a good pair.. I think they made the type of music that transcended fashion, Curbishley said. Seven years of hard luck comin down on me/From a motorboat, yes, up in Nashville, Tennessee/I worked in every joint you can name, yes, every honky tonk/ They all come to see Yankee slicker saying, baby, youre what I want.. He is the author of the award-winning book Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock from University of Florida Press. One thing breeds another, you know. Unnerved by the sight of a dirty, blood-drenched hippie running towards him, Mote fired a warning shotgun blast. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. We swore we would never again get into a car with Collins at the wheel. This would not be the last time the spectre of Ronnie Van Zant would pay a visit to friends and family. Ed King remembers it another way. Leon Wilkesons father was alive, but was the weirdest human being I had ever met in my life, according to King. Ronnie told me, I am never going to live to see 30, recalls Pyle. He was so funny, so happy-go-lucky and crazy, says Rossington. Some of us take a good road and some of us take a bad road. And now theyre a tribute band., Could Ronnie have really foretold his own death? By 8.30 hed be putting his charges through their paces in workdays that regularly ran eight to 12 hours; sometimes they wouldnt straggle back until the next morning. All my T-shirts were taken, all my jewellery, a skull and crossbones coke spoon. But after his wife died, he became real bitter, even with me He never knew how many people he inspired because he died too early.. Obituary for Constance Sue Gutmann. There he is, passed out in a La-Z-Boy with a bottle of Jack beside him. Florida. Collins drivers license has been suspended numerous times and revoked at least twice, said Kee. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. It was Friday night. Please try again later. 'Deb' Dahlin passed away July 1, 2022, in Seattle at the age of 72. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. They were contenders. I take the mic and ask the audience to welcome Allen Collins to Vidalia. BAWOL, Clara 1936 - 2023 It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of Clara on February 19, 2023, at the age of 86 years. Fuck you, Allen! the audience roars in unison. To the effect that he started with very little and he was getting somewhere and although he still had a bit to go, he still thought Well if I continue to do it my way Ill do okay. If you're an artist and think we'd like your music, get in touch. About six months after Ronnies death, I woke up in the middle of the night. Blackberry Smoke announces new album and tour dates, Lynyrd Skynyrd sues ex-drummer Artimus Pyle, Charlie Daniels announces official memoir, Marshall Tucker Band announces 45th Live in Concert tour, Butch Trucks, founding member of Allman Brothers Band, has died, Whiskey Myers kicks off their North American tour. Collins, 33, faces charges in Jacksonville, Fla., of drinking-related manslaughter, reckless driving and not having a valid license. Powell and Wilkeson are now members of a Christian group called Vision. Ed King, the Strawberry Alarm Clock expatriate whod been hired to play bass on debut album Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd had switched to guitar, ripped off notes that nibbled at the far ends of psychedelia, his Stratocaster filling the psychic gap between Collins Gibson Firebird and Rossingtons Les Paul. Remarkably, Lynyrd Skynyrd, considered one of the greatest American rock bands of the 70s, still have a strong effect on contemporary music. Copyright 2017 puresouthernrock.com All rights reserved. Before you knew it, Rudge was managing Skynyrd. He dove into a bottle and never came out.. Since reforming in 1987 with Ronnies younger brother Johnny on lead vocals, Rossington has held the reins of Lynyrd Skynyrd, putting him in a position that he never imagined nor wanted. Published by Tampa Bay Times on Jan. 14 . Someone pulled a knife. Thanks for your help! Later reports would insist that the singer was decapitated, causing his widow, Judy Van Zant to publish her husbands autopsy results on the internet. You can always change this later in your Account settings. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "psr010-20"; Lois Jean Lizama, age 65, passed away January 8, surrounded by family and friends after a hard-fought battle against cancer. He was in serious but stable condition this morning, said University Hospital spokeswoman Leslie Heinrich.Debra Watts Lizama, 31, who lived with Collins, was killed in the accident, said Mike Kee, a police spokesman. He recalled when their first drummer Bob Burns snapped in a northern England hotel room in late 1974 on the bands first overseas trek, a breakdown the others say was triggered by an unhealthy number of viewings of the hit film, the The Exorcist. In Koopers eyes, Lynyrd Skynyrd were his Allman Brothers the jewel in the southern rock crown. That just got me. When the tragedy happened, I was the one who flew out with Lacy to identify the bodies, says Barnes. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. We had a day off, then a show, then a day off flying. Maybe they got into a tussle doing 80 miles per hour. It was so weird because some of them thought that maybe I had something to do with it, but I had nothing to do with it.. Collins, Powell and Wilkeson later formed the Allen Collins Band. Died instantly of a massive head injury. Anyone actually listening would know that wasnt true. He figured he was supposed to watch them when they were out on the road.. He slapped me in the elevator, and I just looked at him and said Slap the other side, Im lopsided.. Reynolds grabs Collins and shuffles him out the door and into Collins white Lincoln. Ronnie told me, Boy get yourself out of here, its not your time yet, get on out of here, the bassist told me in 1997. This was topped by a huge head of shoulder-length, curly hair. Van Zant was proud of telling people he ran Skynyrd like Stalin ran Russia, but Rossington ran the outfit more like Himmler instructing his roadies to spy on each other. I really dont knowno one doeswhat happened on the night of January 29, 1986, but knowing Collins I have pretty fair idea. I saw the plane smack the ground. Debra Watts (Chicken Little) See Photos. She was born on Jun 24, 1961. I kept calling to him, Come back, dont go away. I didnt want it to end.. This is a carousel with slides. But Gregg wanted them to call it Free Bird, so we dropped the idea. DEBRA LIZAMA OBITUARY. When we were in Japan and Jack Daniels was $75 a bottle, Ronnie said, Im buying. Try again later. And then I didnt want him buried in the ground, I insisted on a crypt. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Its passed on and on.. Van Zant had no compunction about hitting a band member across the mouth if he saw some dereliction of duty. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. There are no friends, no relatives. With little choice, Allen pleaded guilty to DUI charges. And if you believe in such things, hes watching over them still. She grew up in La Boca on her family's farm and attended Ignacio Schools. Copyright The Jitney. She married Robert Henry Moore Jr. July 14, 1973. Ronnie was such a gentleman, he wouldnt let anybody mess with us, says Jo Jo Billingsley. amzn_assoc_asins = "B007QFMNUW,B01IPRLZXK,B00CZQWLLS,B00BJP5S98"; January 20, 2018 Blackberry Smokeare getting ready to release follow-up to 2016s Like An, September 4, 2017 Founder of Molly Hatchet, guitarist Dave Hlubek has diedat the age of, July 15, 2017 Following the success of the Healing Blues project, North Carolina based. Assuming this is some kind of redneck humor, I grab the mic and say, Can yall say Fuck you, Allen?. How can you not respond to the first time you hear I Aint The One or Free Bird?. Then of course, there was the lyrics to That Smell, one of the last songs Van Zant wrote for Street Survivors. Obituary. He was born May 23, 1947 in Louisville, KY, the son of Marion H. and Wilma Jean (Hamilton) Watts and had been an Ashtabula resident most of his life. This article originally appeared in Classic Rock 121, in June 2006. Except Cassie [Gaines], explains Elson. Introduced by Al Kooper as the American Rolling Stones, Skynyrd proceeded to sing about how the former Blues Project founder had discovered them. Silver bullets from Gimme Back My Bullets. She will be forever remembered by her two sons, Gerald and Rick (Shelagh); two daughters, Laurie and Maryann (Alex); six grandchildren, Cameron (Maureen), Brandon (Chelsea),. Rossington's broken bones healed long ago, but they still ache when the weather turns cold or rainy. But one thing that sticks out in my mind, is the time I got a call from my tour manager and he said there was some trouble at a place they were staying. His beautiful Les Paul is broken, the headstock severed from the neck, dangling by the strings. She is listed in Flavorwires 33 Women Music Critics You Need to Read and holds the dubious honour of being the only rock journalist who has ever performed in full costume and makeup with Kiss. Debra Watts Lizama, 31, who lived with Collins, was killed in the accident, said Mike Kee, a police spokesman. Collins, who is still undergoing treatment for injuries from the wreck, survived the 1977 plane crash that killed three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and then went on to found Rossington-Collins. Reynolds opens the garage door to get something out of the Continentals trunk. Please become a subscriber here! Keith Richards, he said, had shown it to him personally (this was a credible claim since the Stones and Skynyrd at one point shared a manager, Peter Rudge). I know it sounds silly now. He knocked Billys teeth out, remembered Judy Van Zant Jenness, Van Zants widow. Thats where I would have sat, because I didnt know any of the crew, who sat in the back., We hit the trees at what seemed like 100 miles an hour. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Detective D.B. Duval County . See Photos. Geni requires JavaScript! Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Things work out in mysterious ways, he says. Allen never took any music lessons, but will always be remembered for unique songwriting and guitar playing skills. And walked off.. The Jitney needs gas. The audience pelted the little known band with quarters ostensibly to get them off the stage. Leon Wilkeson suffered a broken jaw, a crushed chest and internal bleeding and was declared dead not once, but three times, waking up only to say he had been sitting on a cloud-shaped log with Ronnie and Duane Allman. The bottle sails butt-first through the drywall, landing with its neck sticking out. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169042187/debra-jean-lizama. With Koopers help, Skynyrd landed the support slot on the American leg of The Whos Quadrophenia tour. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. This was late summer in 1985. About the height of a car bumper. I was acting as the manager for Gary and Allen, says Judy Van Zant Jenness. He was always the first one to reach into his pocket.. Frank Carney, Co-founder of Pizza Hut. Their antics reached such proportions that many viewed the airplane crash as a symbolic culmination of the bands violent lifestyle. She'd been in failing health for several weeks. "Jacksonville, Fla. (AP) - A former member of the Lynyrd Skynyrd rock group remained hospitalized in serious condition today, suffering from injuries he received in an accident that killed a passenger in his car.Allen Collins, 33, a guitarist, was charged with reckless driving and driving on a suspended and revoked license after the Wednesday night accident in South Jacksonville. I always knew something bad would happen to them after I left, the guitarist recalled. Debra Watts. I said Allen, please dont get on that plane. He said, Jo, its funny youd mention that, because I was looking out the window yesterday and I saw fire come out of the wing. [When I heard about the crash] the first thing I thought was, God saved my life. The Lord gave me that dream to warn me, and I did the only thing I could do and warned them. Memorials. We gathered at Sissons house in Lyons that afternoon. There is a problem with your email/password. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. He pleaded no contest to a charge of drunken . Cemetery & Obituaries Search; Sponsored by Ancestry. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Debra Jean (Louisville, Kentucky), who passed away on March 31, 2022. Ah, ya buncha pussies.. But now the post is broken off about two feet up, no stop sign in sight. Failed to remove flower. Ronnie and Stevie were only on this earth a short time. Obituary of Edward R. Watts. Heres how it works. Allen Collins got start in music by learning to play the guitar when he was twelve years old. Lois was born and raised in Lebanon. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Four years later, wheelchair bound Collins would be dead. At the last minute his plans had changed, and he decided to meet the band in Baton Rouge. January 29, 1986 - Allen Collins, guitarist from Lynyrd Skynyrd, crashes his car, paralyzing him from the waist down and killing his girlfriend Debra Jean Watts. I told him I knew Wilkeson, whom I had met at the Forrest Inn, while he was with a group called King James Version. Barbara Dunk . He was catapulted at about 80 mph into a tree. This is the tale of Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ronnie used to say, youre in charge of the crew and whatever you say goes. It wasnt only the tragic prophecy of the song thats chilling. The Beginning. Verify and try again. Its possible the group might not have gotten back together without Collins urging. They go to the motel, get their stuff, and head back to Jacksonville, a two-hour drive. While at the peak of their career, Skynyrds plane crashed into Mississippi swamp, killing six people on board, including front manRonnie Van Zant. Price busts out laughing. I told you, he says. It was last year and Allen [Collins, Skynyrd guitarist] and Billy [Powell, keyboards] also were in car accidents all in the space of six months. Larry Junstrom. But it was one of those things where intuition should have been followed. She was a kind, selfless woman and Beverly and her twin sister, Deborah Ann Watts Ross, entered . Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. So we kept going and left him lying there face-down for what seemed like a very long time. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Here, you can discover the world of southern rock with latest news, videos and (eventually) find information on all southern rock bands in one easy location. He turned to me and said, Are you with me? I didnt have a choice but to come along, said Jeff Carlisi. The bandmates, almost to a man, had lost their fathers early on. The 20 injured had to wait in the mud for hours, while police and emergency workers carved out a makeshift road through the woods. I said, Well, we were planning to come to Little Rock anyway. It was my birthday and Ronnie gave me the trophy that they had won over there. Right around the evening time when it happened, thats when it really gets weird, and [my wife] Dale leaves me alone.. The horror of all these women waiting to hear if their husbands were dead? Moore estimated the car was traveling at 70 to 90 mph before the accident. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, She was thrown from the car when it veered into a ditch, hit a concrete culvert and landed on its roof before rolling onto its wheels. The next thing I knew wed be doing 100. Collins would also yank the steering wheel. Jean Harriet Jones January 30, 2023 (88 years old) View obituary. Find your friends on Facebook. Fate takes you on whatever road it wants. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Its still a money machine, and the southern-rock style forged in Jacksonville refuses to die. Johnny honked at the guy, and the guy gave him the finger. Nor do they have the will. They all grew up in the house with Lacy. Jittery types like to avoid the still waters of Lake Delancy, one of Van Zants favourite fishing spots, where people have claimed to have spotted his ghost, dressed in black and striding purposely towards the water with the yellow cane fishing pole he was buried with tucked under his right arm. He was preceded in . Share this memorial using social media sites or email. He was the sort of guy that pulled himself up by his bootstraps. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Debra Jean Watts Lizama I found on Findagrave.com. All rights reserved. Hell, I dont know if well ever figure it out. Maybe she grabbed the wheel. The only other times I saw him behave gently was around his daughters, whom he adored and they him. They were harassing hippies and got into a battle with an off-duty cop who served as a security guard. Debra Watts Lizama, 31, who lived with Collins, was killed in the accident, said Mike Kee, a police spokesman. Collins couldnt even get his guitara very valuable 1957 Gibson Les Paulon. I taught him if you really wanted to hurt a man youd hit him across the face. I knew that I had to keep putting one foot in front of another.. So they put up a temporary crypt. I went down to meet with Gregg, who wanted to join up with them. Collins was driving his new Ford Thunderbird home down Plummer Grant Road with his fiance, Debra Jean Watts, in the passenger seat. Collins, Gary Rossington, Billy Powell and Leon Wilkeson, all founding members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, formed the Rossington-Collins Band two years later. 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