Ronnie Van Zant T Shirt

Ronnie Van Zant T Shirt

Ronnie Van Zant T Shirt

Updated July 25, 2023

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Ronnie Van Zant T Shirt

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The iconic image of Ronnie Van Zant onstage is him singing, holding a microphone in its stand… and wearing a T shirt. And there are some he often wore that are nearly as iconic as the images of him themselves.

By all accounts, Ronnie was a pretty uncomplicated guy. He loved hanging out at home and fishing when they were off the road. Even after they had achieved success and worldwide fame, he still wore T shirts and jeans.

Whenever the band performed, Ronnie always went on stage barefoot. A Simple Man, you might say.

Three of the shirts that Ronnie wore, and most often seen in his photos, are here below. And although they aren’t T shirts featuring images of RVZ, they are still Ronnie Van Zant T shirts.

All three of these shirts that we see Ronnie in so often had a discernible significance to him. First, ShowCo was the sound company that was on the road with the Original Lynyrd Skynyrd band for years.  I kind of always figured that he got them from the crew when the band was on the road.

We’ve heard from people through the years how attentive and in-tune Van Zant was with everything that was going on. (Listen to Mark Howard’s reflections of Ronnie as a person.) So it’s not unreasonable to think that he probably knew all of the crew that was out on tour with him. Hence, the Swag.

Second, The infamous “fued” between Skynyrd and Neil Young gave Ronnie the opportunity to stir the pot a bit with fans and press. No doubt that was why he wore the Neil Young T shirt so much.

Third, Muscle Shoals Alabama played a very important role in Skynyrd’s early history. They recorded their first “professional” demos there. And they maintained a relationship with the studio throughout the years. Tom Dowd, who produced some Skynyrd’s albums had a very long and storied working relationship with Muscle Shoals Sound Studio as well.

This is not an affiliate link for this shirt. It takes you directly to the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio website. Be sure to tell them that Skynyrd.com sent you.

Ronnie Van Zant Image T Shirts

Ronnie was a very commanding and reconizable presence when he fronted the band. There are a lot of memorable, historic images of Ronnie on stage singing and directing the band. If you’re looking for a Ronnie Van Zant T shirt with a classic pose, a memorable image, displaying lyrics from his many hits, there are a lot of great options.

Ronnie Van Zant Lyrics T Shirts

Ronnie Van Zant founded the classic Southern Rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Along with Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, and later, Steve Gaines, he wrote some of the most classic and memorable lyrics and songs in the history of Classic Rock. From Sweet Home Alabama and Freebird, to The Ballad Of Curtis Loew, here’s a line-up of some of the best T shirts featuring the words and lyrics of the great Ronnie Van Zant.

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Their debut major label album, (Pronounced ‘LÄ•h-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd), had just been released in mid-August of ’73 and the couple years or so before that they had bouncing around some clubs in Atlanta mostly. And the “Pronounced…” tour, their first major concert tour, ran from early October through the end of the year. For 11 shows of this tour, Nov 20 through Dec 6, Skynyrd was the opening act for The Who, who was out on their “Quadrophenia” tour.

This audio is purportedly from the second of two nights at The Forum in Inglewood, CA

The audio is lousy and sounds like it was just recorded on a portable cassette deck. But it is still pretty fun and interesting to hear. Of course this is the original line up and there is an energy and freshness to it probably because they weren’t burnt out and broke down from being on the road too long yet.

Wikipedia has the dates from that tour (check out the insane schedule bands used to do back then!) and the typical set list. Opening for a major world-wide act, you usually only get about 35 – 40 minutes. So this is pretty short.

 

There’s video of the band  from years after this, 1974 even. But this is the earliest I have heard and gives us a good sample of what it was like when they had just broken out and started doing the major tours and venues.

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With the recent passing of guitar legend Ed King (August 22, 2018), I wanted to post something in his honor. I came across this interview and couldn’t tun it off before it was over.

Entitled “Ed King’s Guitar Collection” I wasn’t expecting a whole lot. I’m a drummer, but I like guitars as much as the next guy. But a 30 something minute video of just wandering through a room of guitars talking about their history and provenance… sorry, but that just isn’t compelling. But that’s not what this is!

They only show or talk about three guitars in this video and it’s all while playing them and Ed telling stories about which Skynyrd song it was and how it came about. It’s pretty awesome. So sit back for a bit and enjoy one of the greatest guitar players and riff-makers there’s ever been. Ed King!

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