Musicians Ronnie, Donnie, and Johnny Van Zant spent their formative years in this house with their sisters and parents between the 1950s and 1980s. A foul ball hit by Ronnie Van Zant at a nearby park struck future bandmate Bob Burns in the head and knocked him unconscious, and that chance encounter led to Lynyrd Skynyrd, which became one of the most famous and hardest working rock 'n roll bands in the world. Gold and platinum records from millions of album sales adorned the walls of this house while the band toured worldwide. The original incarnation of Lynyrd Skynyrd was cut short when four members of the band, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, died in a plane crash in Mississippi on October 20, 1977, after their tour plane ran out of fuel, and the surviving members of the band and crew were seriously injured. Ten years later, Johnny Van Zant became lead singer and Lynyrd Skynyrd was reborn. Donnie Van Zant was a founding member and lead singer of .38 Special, a highly successful band in its own right. The Van Zants' legacy reflects their prodigious contribution to the world of rock music.