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Lynyrd Skynyrd lose their muse
Skinner was teaching at the Robert E Lee high school in Jacksonville in the 60s when he sent a group of students to the principal's office because their hair was too long. They rewarded him by forming a band using a mangled version of his name.
Skinner, who was none too impressed when he first discovered the connection, eventually mellowed, allowing the band to use a photo of his Leonard Skinner Real Estate sign for the inside of their third album, and even introducing them onstage at one of their home town gigs.
Source: The Guardian 
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Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band best known for popularizing the Southern rock genre during the 1970s. Originally formed in 1964 as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tune, "Free Bird". At the peak of their success, three members died in an airplane crash in 1977, putting an abrupt...
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