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Steven Earl Gaines (September 14, 1949 – October 20, 1977) was an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airplane crash that claimed other band members and crew.
On October 20, 1977, the band and the crew members were flying from Greenville, South Carolina to Baton Rouge, Louisiana when their plane crashed outside of Gillsburg in Mississippi. Embed from Getty Images. Both Cassie and Steve Gaines lost their lives in the crash as well as Ronnie Van Zant.
On October 20, 1977, they would board a flight bound for Louisiana that would crash in Gillsberg, Missippi and claim the lives of band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, along with Pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray.
Oct 20, 2022 · Lynyrd Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zant (right) urges on guitarist Steve Gaines during a July 20, 1977, performance at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Assistant road manager Dean...
Jul 27, 2022 · Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama, Live at Oakland Coliseum Stadium in 1977 (just 3 months before the plane crash that killed vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines and...
Jun 25, 2007 · 575K views 17 years ago. Steve Gaines performing I Know A Little Live, before joining Skynyrd ...more.
Jul 31, 2010 · This is the original, the way it was intended to be heard. One of Steve's singles before he joined Lynyrd Skynyrd. He had an amazing voice and was an excellent guitar player.
STEVE GAINES "The eloquence of Steve Gaines' music was its truth and simplicity. During the years he spent as a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd before the tragic plane crash that ended his life, Steve made an enormous contribution to what was already a legendary American rock n roll band.
Oct 20, 2017 · Steve Gaines. It's impossible to think of Steve Gaines without calling to mind the tragic circumstances of his death. Like Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper and their relationship to Buddy Holly, his musical legacy…. Read Full Biography.
Dec 8, 2023 · Former Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has announced that his kidney cancer has spread to his lungs, and his congregation continues to ask for prayers for his recovery.