Lynyrd Skynyrd adapted their name from Leonard Skinner, a high-school gym teacher who was very strict about male students not having long hair. He had no objections to girls with long hair, though. Among the band's hits: Free Bird, Preacher Man, Swamp Music, What's Your Name, Saturday Night Special and Sweet Home Alabama.
Lynyrd Skynyrd founder Larry Junstrom dead at 70
The bass player was also a member of 38 Special.
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