Southern Rock

[Downtown Osprey]

Awesome documentary if you haven't seen it.

[sheclown]

RIP Bruce Crump

Bruce Crump (July 17, 1957 – March 16, 2015) was the original drummer with the rock band Molly Hatchet from 1976 to 1983 (including their 1980 hit song "Flirtin' with Disaster" ) and 1984 to 1991. He also played as a member of Canadian band Streetheart in the early 1980s, appearing on their Live After Dark recording, and joined several of his former Molly Hatchet bandmates in the band Gator Country in the mid-2000s. At his death, Crump was in the Jacksonville, Florida-based band White Rhino and the newly reformed China Sky.[1]

Crump was the great-grandson of politician E.H. Crump of Memphis.

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[sheclown]

A MODEST ROCK STAR: THE WORLD MOURNS THE LOSS OF MOLLY HATCHET DRUMMER AND JACKSONVILLE MUSIC LEGEND

Derek Kinner

"It didn't suck."

That's how original Molly Hatchet drummer Bruce Crump jokingly described playing in front of thousands and thousands of fans in a multitude of high-profile arenas in the U.S. and around the world at the height of the Jacksonville band's fame in the late 1970s and 1980s.

But in the last decade, Crump didn't consider himself a rock star, his widow, Kristin Crump, said in an interview last week.

"I was not married to a rock star," Kristin says. "I was married to Bruce. He was just my husband; he was my best friend. He didn't feel that way [a rock star] and, quite frankly, neither did I. It was history, his past, and that was it."

more:

http://folioweekly.com/A-MODEST-ROCK-STAR-THE-WORLD-MOURNS-THE-LOSS-OF-MOLLY-HATCHET-DRUMMER-AND-JACKSONVILLE-MUSIC-LEGEND,12238

[sheclown]

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More loss for Jacksonville's Lynyrd Skynyrd as former drummer dies in Georgia car crash
A former drummer of Jacksonville's Lynyrd Skynyrd has died in a car crash, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution and WSB-TV 2 in Atlanta.

By Bill Bortzfield Sat, Apr 4, 2015 @ 10:45 am | updated Sat, Apr 4, 2015 @ 11:00 am

http://jacksonville.com/breaking-news/2015-04-04/story/more-loss-jacksonvilles-lynyrd-skynyrd-former-drummer-dies-georgia

A former drummer of Jacksonville's Lynyrd Skynyrd has died in a car crash, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution and WSB-TV 2 in Atlanta.

The news outlets report that Robert "Bob" Lewis Burns Jr., 64, died in a single-car crash shortly before midnight Friday in Bartow County, which is northwest of Atlanta, when his car hit a mailbox and tree

more...

http://jacksonville.com/breaking-news/2015-04-04/story/more-loss-jacksonvilles-lynyrd-skynyrd-former-drummer-dies-georgia

[sheclown]

from facebook:

Well, today I'm at a loss for words, but I just remember Bob being a funny guy. He was just so funny, he used to do skits for us and make us laugh all the time, he was hilarious!
Ironically, since we played Jacksonville yesterday. Dale, my daughter and I, went by the cemetery to see some of the guys in the band and my parents grave sites. On the way back, we went by Bob Burns old house, it was there in the carport where we used to first start to practice with Skynyrd. My heart goes out to his family and God bless him and them in this sad time. He was a great great drummer.
-Gary Rossington

[sheclown]

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[sheclown]

Jimmie VanZant lost his battle with cancer today.  He died this morning.

http://www.youtube.com/v/2r_qgXgQ3mE

[sheclown]

[FlaBoy]

 

With another passing of these Southern Rock greats and the resurgence of Country/Southern Rock, it is time for Jax to do a better job of embracing its roots here and honoring these guys.

[Adam White]

With another passing of these Southern Rock greats and the resurgence of Country/Southern Rock, it is time for Jax to do a better job of embracing its roots here and honoring these guys.

Growing up in Jax, I got sick to my back teeth having to hear about Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc all the time. I think Jax does more than enough. Time to stop living in the past.

[remc86007]

I think it could be a good tourist draw to have a music museum here (covering all genres, not just country/southern rock). I'm sure there is some suitable land over by the Ritz Theater for it, or maybe Shad can squeeze it into his Shipyards development.

[Adam White]

I think it could be a good tourist draw to have a music museum here (covering all genres, not just country/southern rock). I'm sure there is some suitable land over by the Ritz Theater for it, or maybe Shad can squeeze it into his Shipyards development.

Yeah, maybe the tireless humanitarian/saviour of Jacksonville Shahid Khan can make it happen 

[FlaBoy]

With another passing of these Southern Rock greats and the resurgence of Country/Southern Rock, it is time for Jax to do a better job of embracing its roots here and honoring these guys.

Growing up in Jax, I got sick to my back teeth having to hear about Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc all the time. I think Jax does more than enough. Time to stop living in the past.

Except the casual fan has no idea they are from Jax or about Jax's role in Southern Rock. Most probably think they are from Alabama. You got to embrace what organically makes you unique as a city. I am sure the folks in Seattle hate talking about Grunge Music and Nirvana but they milk it for all its worth. I don't know if anyone hates Elvis, but I am sure you would have hated Elvis and Sun Records if you grew up in Memphis and had to hear about them too 

[Downtown Osprey]

Right? What is there in Jacksonville that embraces Lynyrd Skynyrd or The Allman Brothers band? I don't get your comment unless you are being sarcastic.

[blizz01]

Freebird Cafe of course!   Oh, wait.