Wednesday, June 29, 2005

This day in music history.

June 29, 2000, The graves of Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd were vandalized. Authorities found Van Zant's casket pulled out of its vault and left on the ground, and some of Gaines' cremated ashes spilled. The remains of both musicians (who died when the band's plane crashed Oct. 20, 1977) have been temporarily moved to a mortuary. The families offer a five thousand dollar reward for information leading to the conviction of the vandals but no arrests are made. Most people believe it was Neil Young.