The late Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant would have turned 72 years old today (January 15th). By all accounts (including his mother) he was a mean drunk but he could sing and write songs. He wrote about real life incidents like the time how Ronnie Van Zant once avoided getting his ass kicked…or worse with the song “Gimme Three Steps”. Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington was with the late Ronnie Van Zant the night of the events that led Ronnie to write “Gimme Three Steps.” He says it’s all true, though some small changes were made for dramatic effect.
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