Lynyrd Skynyrd

My sister Rachel emailed to say that the high school gym teacher whose name the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd named themselves for died on Monday. I'm not aware of the history here, but it doesn't seem like the naming was meant to be complimentary, exactly.

Lynyrd Skynyrd shirt

Ink and brush on paper. A gal I saw on Broad Street in Richmond Virginia.

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