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The Allen Collins Band was a spinoff of southern-rock bands Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Rossington-Collins Band. It existed from 1983 to 1984 and was formed shortly after the dissolution of the Rossington-Collins Band.
Allen Collins est un des membres fondateurs du groupe de rock Lynyrd Skynyrd. Son talent unique pour jouer de la guitare et écrire des chansons a été un des facteurs de succès du groupe. Ses amis d'enfance, Ronnie Van Zant et Gary Rossington, et lui-même formèrent le groupe qui deviendra plus tard Lynyrd Skynyrd à l'été 1964.
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Collins was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He started playing guitar at 12 years of age, with a few lessons from his stepmother, Leila Collins, a country-and-western guitarist, and received his first guitar and amplifier from his mother. Inspired by the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, he formed his first group, The Mods, with friends Larry...
Allen Collins joined Skynyrd in Jacksonville, Florida, just two weeks after its formation by Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington, along with Bob Burns and Larry Junstrom. Knowing that Collins played guitar and owned his own equipment, the band decided to approach him about joining them. Van Zant and Burns both had a reputation for trouble, and Coll...
On January 29, 1986, Collins was driving a new black Ford Thunderbird when he was involved in a car accident that claimed the life of his girlfriend, Debra Jean Watts, and paralyzed the guitarist from the waist down, with limited use of his arms and hands. Collins pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughteras well as driving under the influence of...
In the early days of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Collins used a black Gibson Flying V. This guitar was stolen, along with Gary Rossington's white Gibson SG, when the band's van was broken into after a gig. For most of his tenure in Skynyrd, Collins used a Gibson Firebird fitted with a chrome-covered, "dog-eared" P-90 pickup in the bridge position and a Gibson ...
Brant, Marley. Freebirds: The Lynyrd Skynyrd Story. Billboard Books; New York; 2002. ISBN 0-8230-8321-7Odom, Gene with Frank Dorman. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock. Broadway Books; New York; 2002. ISBN 0-7679-1026-5.Allen Collins at AllMusic"Allen Collins". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 14, 2010.12 janv. 2024 · Allen Collins Band - Rare Live Video (1983) The Legendary Allen Collins Band: Allen Collins - Guitar Billy Powell - Keyboards Leon Wilkeson - Bass Barry Lee Harwood - Guitar &...
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Allen Collins Band - LIVE - New York '83. The ripper 3. 842 subscribers. Subscribed. 59. 2.3K views 5 years ago. Recorded live in New York, The Lone Star Cafe, november 2, 1983. 00:08 01 Just...
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12 déc. 2017 · The Allen Collins Band was a spinoff of southern-rock bands Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Rossington-Collins Band. It existed from 1983 to 1984 and was formed short...
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Allen Collins Band. A US rock band led by Collins himself on guitar, the Allen Collins Band additionally comprised Jimmy Dougherty (vocals), Randall Hall (guitar), Barry Harwood (guitar), Billy Powell (b. 3 June 1952; keyboards),…. Read Full Biography.
