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Larkin Allen Collins jr., född 19 juli 1952 i Jacksonville, Florida, död 23 januari 1990 i Jacksonville, Florida, var en amerikansk gitarrist och originalmedlem i sydstatsrockbandet Lynyrd Skynyrd.Hans gitarrspel och låtskrivande var en av anledningarna till bandets succé. Collins och hans barndomsvänner Ronnie Van Zant och Gary Rossington startade i mitten av 1964 bandet som sedermera ...
15 de ene. de 2024 · Allen Collins resorted to a combination of drugs and alcohol as a self-medication method to deal with the intense trauma he was experiencing as a result of both the plane crash and the untimely death of his wife. Unfortunately, in the long term, this strategy did nothing but make his problems worse.
Collins continuó dedicándose a la música y fundó la Allen Collins Band, que lanzó un álbum, Here, There & Allá por 1983. Los seis miembros incluían a dos compañeros de banda de Skynyrd, el tecladista Billy Powell y el bajista Leon Wilkeson, junto con el cantante Jimmy Dougherty, el baterista Derek Hess y los guitarristas Barry Lee Harwood y Randall Hall.
12 de oct. de 2015 · November 11, 1975. One of the most iconic songs in classic rock history, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Freebird’ is equal parts grace and brutal force, and highlights the strengths of each band member – especially the talents of guitarist Allen Collins. This 1975 performance features a then 23-year-old Collins delivering a blistering 7-minute ...
13 de ago. de 2022 · The roots of Skynyrd had been sown in 1964, when singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarists Allen Collins and Gary Rossington and original drummer Bob Burns had met at a baseball game in Jacksonville and decided to form a band. By the end of the decade, they’d christened themselves Lynyrd Skynyrd, after Leonard Skinner, a hated high-school sports ...
21 de ene. de 2016 · The Beginning. Larkin Allen Collins Jr. showed interest and promise in the guitar from the young age of 12 with stepmother Leila, a country guitarist, and father Larkin handing him over his first guitar and amp well before high school. With the passion and dedication coursing through his veins, it is no wonder that Allen joined Lynyrd Skynyrd, at the time, My Backyard, just two weeks after ...
30 de abr. de 2020 · Lynyrd Skynyrd are kicking off their comeback run, the Tribute tour. Gary is there, and bassist Leon Wilkeson and keyboard player Billy Powell and drummer Artimus Pyle. Allen Collins is there too, but not playing, not since he was paralysed from the waist down in a drunken car smash a year earlier. And Johnny is there, standing in for his big ...
