Gene Odom
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Gene Odom (born 1948) is an American writer and former bodyguard.
He was Ronnie Van Zant's personal bodyguard and security manager for the Lynyrd Skynyrd band, and has written two books about the band: Lynyrd Skynyrd: I'll Never Forget You[1] and Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock.[2]
Odom survived the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant, but is now disabled as a result of the plane crash.
[edit] References
- ^ Odom, Gene (c1983). I'll Never Forget You. Jacksonville, Fla.?: Odom. pp. viii, 125 p. : ill. ; 21 cm..
- ^ Odom, Gene; Frank Dorman (2002). Lynyrd Skynyrd : Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock. New York: Broadway Books. pp. 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.. ISBN 0767910265.
[edit] Book reviews
- Dansby, Andrew (October 15, 2002). "Skynyrd Fly Again in New Books. Band members, friends recall band's fast rise and fall". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5934579/skynyrd_fly_again_in_new_books. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- "Lynyrd Skynyrd: Twenty Five Years Later". PopMatters. October 23, 2002. http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/l/lynyrd-skynyrd-oral-history.shtml. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- Fred Mills Magnet Magazine
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Ronnie Van Zant and me Gene Odom
