Cassie LaRue Gaines was an American singer. She was a member of female gospel vocal trio The Honkettes, who in 1975 became the backup singers for Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. When Lynyrd Skynyrd was in need of a guitar player to replace recently departed Ed King, Cassie recommended her brother, Steve Gaines, who joined the band soon after.
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- Cassie LaRue Gaines was an American singer. She was a member of female gospel vocal trio The Honkettes, who in 1975 became the backup singers for Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. When Lynyrd Skynyrd was in need of a guitar player to replace recently departed Ed King, Cassie recommended her brother, Steve Gaines, who joined the band soon after. On October 20, 1977, a plane carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashed outside of Gillsburg, Mississippi. The crash killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, as well as pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. Cassie was 29 years old. Cassie and Steve Gaines were buried in Orange Park, Florida in 1977. They are the subject of 2001 song "Cassie's Brother" by alt-country band Drive-By Truckers. Less than two years after the plane crash, the Gaines' mother, also named Cassie LaRue Gaines, was killed in an automobile accident near the cemetery where Steve and Cassie were buried. She was buried near her children.
- Cassie Gaines nascida em Oklahoma city, Oklahoma, era membro do trio O Honkettes, e em 1976 juntamente com seu irmão o guitarrista Steve Gaines entrou para o Lynyrd Skynyrd. Em 1977 um trágico acidente impactou a carreira da banda: No dia 20 de outubro de 1977, o Lynyrd Skynyrd partiu em direção ao estado de Lousiana no avião particular da banda, um Convair 240. Apresentando falhas mecânicas (apontando que tenha sido a quantidade insuficiente de combustível para cobrir a distancia), o avião caiu numa floresta perto de Mississipi. Ronnie Van Zant (Vocalista) e Steve Gaines (Guitarrista) morrem na hora, enquanto Cassie Gaines, com a garganta cortada de ponta a ponta, chora e agoniza até morrer no colo de dois dos músicos sobreviventes. Ela tinha 29 anos. Apenas uma semana antes do acidente havia sido lançado o álbum Street Survivors que mostrava na capa a banda em meio a fogo. Logo após o acidente o álbum foi recolhido e a capa foi alterada, tornado assim Street Survivors com a primeira capa uma raridade. Cassie Gaines foi Sepultada juntamente com seu irmão em Orange Park, Florida. Cassie Gaines' Gravesite Site Oficial Lynyrd Skynyrd
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- Cassie LaRue Gaines was an American singer. She was a member of female gospel vocal trio The Honkettes, who in 1975 became the backup singers for Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. When Lynyrd Skynyrd was in need of a guitar player to replace recently departed Ed King, Cassie recommended her brother, Steve Gaines, who joined the band soon after.
- Cassie Gaines nascida em Oklahoma city, Oklahoma, era membro do trio O Honkettes, e em 1976 juntamente com seu irmão o guitarrista Steve Gaines entrou para o Lynyrd Skynyrd. Em 1977 um trágico acidente impactou a carreira da banda: No dia 20 de outubro de 1977, o Lynyrd Skynyrd partiu em direção ao estado de Lousiana no avião particular da banda, um Convair 240.
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