Rossington Collins Band

Rossington Collins Band
OriginJacksonville, Florida, U.S.
GenresSouthern rock, blues rock, hard rock
Years active1979–1982
LabelsMCA Records
Past membersGary Rossington
Allen Collins
Leon Wilkeson
Billy Powell
Dale Krantz
Barry Lee Harwood
Derek Hess

The Rossington Collins Band was an American Southern rock band founded in 1979 by guitarists Gary Rossington and Allen Collins following the 1977 plane crash which killed three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, of which both had been members.[1] The band included two other surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Powell and Leon Wilkeson. The band wished to develop their own sound rather than being regarded as a reformed Lynyrd Skynyrd, and toward that objective they hired a female lead vocalist, Dale Krantz, who later married Rossington.[2] The Jacksonville-based band released two albums before disbanding in 1982.[1] Their biggest hit, "Don't Misunderstand Me," charted in late 1980.[3]

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  2. ^ Lovejoy, Heather (October 21, 2011). "Lynyrd Skynyrd Honkette Dale Krantz-Rossington on TLC's 'Say Yes to the Dress'". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Tennis, Joe (August 27, 2017). "A conversation with Barry Lee Harwood ... 'Today, I'm the best me that I've been in my life'". Bristol Herald Courier. Retrieved August 27, 2018.