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Free Bird's Last Flight

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Free Bird's last flight I Need You Midnight Rider Tuesday's Gone Simple kind of man Caught Up In You Gimme Three Steps Hold On Loosely Call Me the Breeze One Way Out These Eyes Blue Sky Free Bird Dedicated to Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, and the flight crew who died October 20, 1977 on a chartered Convair CV-240 bound for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, five miles northeast of Gillsburg, Mississippi.

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/5/2019 6:08:00 AM

Wonderful tribute!

Eve Roper

Date: 11/18/2019 11:05:00 PM

Great tribute for the fallen dead.. nicely done verse.

Jesse Zerlaut

Date: 11/18/2019 11:35:00 AM

Simple Man playing in the background, goes so beautifully with your thoughts here. Thanks for sharing this artistry commemorating these amazing musicians.

Juliet Ligon

Date: 11/8/2019 9:59:00 AM

Great dedication and choice of song titles. I can hear the music playing.

Hello There

Date: 11/4/2019 12:22:00 AM

Awesome how you did this, Richard. Great dedication...

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 11/3/2019 7:24:00 AM

This is very effective, an apt dedication.

Jan Allison

Date: 11/1/2019 3:34:00 PM

a lovely tribute and I thought the use of titles was a brilliant idea Richard:-) hugs Jan xx

Quoth Theraven
Date: 11/1/2019 10:05:00 PM

Jan, Thank you for the comment. It was all I could come up with at such a late hour. -Richard

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 10/30/2019 10:23:00 AM

Wonderfully done. Such a sad time when an entire plane loses their life.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 11/1/2019 10:03:00 PM

Caren, Thanks for the comment Mrs K. Did any of the kids call you that? There were 20 survivors of the doomed Convair CV-240, mostly in the rear. -Richard

Judy Ball

Date: 10/29/2019 10:08:00 AM

A fine tribute. Well done. God Bless, JB

Quoth Theraven
Date: 10/30/2019 9:25:00 AM

Judy, Thank you for the comment. -Richard

Ann Foster

Date: 10/27/2019 3:56:00 PM

Lovely. Ann

Quoth Theraven
Date: 10/28/2019 9:31:00 AM

Ann, Thank you for the comment. Which song is your favorite? -Richard

M. L. Kiser

Date: 10/23/2019 1:48:00 PM

Wow, this is a beautiful dedication. Well penned. I grew up with these songs.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 10/23/2019 10:41:00 PM

M.L., Thanks for the comment. These songs, part of the fabric of our days. -Richard

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/22/2019 6:05:00 PM

Don't know anything really about this group, but I love how you paid them tribute! (I am guessing you used their song titles? Some of them seem like song titles to me)

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/27/2019 11:04:00 AM

i think subconsciously I knew a few of them. Not sure about Free bird.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/27/2019 11:04:00 AM

MIdnight Rider rings a bell, but I thought that was the Doors or something.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 10/22/2019 10:13:00 PM

Andrea, Thanks for the comment. They are song titles. You don't know one, not even Free Bird? -Richard