“People are still trying to learn Free Bird and how to play like him. But he never got to hear all the praise about his playing”: Lynyrd Skynyrd legend Gary Rossington’s memories of his fellow guitarist Allen Collins and the band’s heroic ’80s comeback

Lynyrd Skynyrd.

It was a comeback that many believed impossible.

In 1987, Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited for a tour – 10 years after the plane crash that killed the band’s lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines and three other members of their entourage.