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    • Oct 24, 1975
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant breaks a beer bottle over the head of a road crew member in Portsmouth, England, during a fight over how to pronounce "schnapps." Van Zant breaks a hand, and Gary Rossington breaks a hand and cuts both wrists
    Nov 5, 1975
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's Billy Powell breaks his right pinky when he punches a fellow hotel guest in London for teasing him about his hair. The band's "Sweet Home Alabama" is ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Nov 14, 1975
    Lynyrd Skynyrd begins a one-month tour of Europe. Drummer Robert Burns, who played on "Home Sweet Alabama," seals his departure from the band during the concert run by ripping a urinal out of a movie house wall, killing a cat and chasing a crew member with a pick axe
    Apr 30, 1976
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant and Leon Wilkeson get into a fight on stage in Lakeland, Florida, but finish the show. The group's "Sweet Home Alabama" is ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    May 1, 1976
    The Charlie Daniels Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws, The Marshall Tucker Band and .38 Special play the Sunshine Jam at Jacksonville's Gator Bowl to raise money for Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign
    May 23, 1976
    Amped on whiskey and cocaine, Ronnie Van Zant loses his voice during a Lynyrd Skynyrd show in Charlotte and leaves the stage. "Sweet Home Alabama" ranks among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Jul 7, 1976
    Lynyrd Skynyrd records the live version of "Free Bird" during a concert at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. The classic-rock song gets namechecked by Brad Paisley and Keith Urban in 2008's "Start A Band"
    Jul 10, 1976
    Charlie Daniels plays during a Southern rock fundraiser for presidential candidate Jimmy Carter at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, with The Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws and Bonnie Bramlett. Lynyrd Skynyrd cancels, citing illness
    Sep 5, 1976
    "Sweet Home Alabama" co-writer Gary Rossington suffers multiple broken bones when the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, driving drunk, crashes into a telephone pole, a tree and a house in Jacksonville, Florida
    Sep 13, 1976
    MCA releases the Lynyrd Skynyrd album "One More From The Road," featuring the live version of "Free Bird." The song is mentioned in Brad Paisley's 2008 duet with Keith Urban, "Start A Band"
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