Bob Burns drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd dies at 64

Robert “Bob” Burns, the former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer who appeared on the band’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Gimme Three Steps” and “Free Bird,” died Friday night in a single-car accident in Cartersville, Georgia, the Cartersville Patch reports. He was 64. Burns was among the founding members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame southern rock group and appeared on the band’s first two albums, 1973’s (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) and 1974’s Second Helping.

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