...and of course, I meant "gym TEACHER", not "teaching". :(
Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gatornet Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 9:31 AM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post > > I did not know that! I always thought the group loved that gym teaching > and > that naming the group after him was the ultimate tribute, not a "mocking" > one. > > Randy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A. Leon Polhill " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 8:03 AM > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald > and > Palm Beach Post > > > According to Wikipedia: > > > > In the summer of 1964, teenage friends Ronnie > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Van_Zant> Van Zant (vocals), Allen > Collins, and Gary Rossington (guitar), formed the band "The Noble Five", > which then changed in 1965 to "My Backyard", when Larry Junstrom > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Junstrom> (bass) and Bob Burns > (drums) > joined in Jacksonville <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville> , > Florida. Their early influences included British > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Invasion> Invasion bands such as > Free > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_(band)> , The > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yardbirds> Yardbirds, the Rolling > Stones > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stones> , and The Beatles > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles> , as well as Southern blues > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues> and country > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_%26_western> & western music, and > later The Allman Brothers Band > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band> .[citation needed > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed> ] In 1968, the > group won a local Battle of the Bands contest and the opening slot on > several Southeast shows for the California > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California> -based psychedelic > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock> rock band Strawberry > Alarm > Clock <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Alarm_Clock> .[citation > needed <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed> ] > > In 1970, roadie <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadie> Billy > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Powell> Powell became keyboardist > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboardist> for the band, and Van Zant > sought a new name. "One Percent" and "The Noble Five" were each considered > before the group settled on Leonard Skinnerd, a mocking tribute to a gym > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Education> teacher at Robert E. > Lee > High > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee_High_School_(Jacksonville,_Flori > da)> School, Leonard Skinner, who was notorious for strictly enforcing > the > school's policy against boys having long hair.[1] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd#cite_note-RELee-0#cite_note-REL > ee-0> [2] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd#cite_note-1#cite_note-1> The > more distinctive spelling was adopted before they released their first > album. > > Despite their high school acrimony, the band developed a more friendly > relationship with Skinner in later years, and invited him to introduce > them > at a concert in the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville_Memorial_Coliseum> .[3] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd#cite_note-2#cite_note-2> > > > > > > > > A. Leon Polhill > > FlaNative1845 > > 330 NW 45th Street > > Gainesville, FL 32607 > > (352) 367-4642 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oliver Barry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oliver > Barry > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami > Herald > and Palm Beach Post > > > > I'm thinking Leonard Skinner was at Forrest High School in Jax. > > Oliver > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of A. Leon Polhill > Sent: Thu 10/23/2008 7:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald > and > Palm Beach Post > > > > And, as such, he will remain cursed forever. > > A. Leon Polhill > FlaNative1845 > 330 NW 45th Street > Gainesville, FL 32607 > (352) 367-4642 > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Bob Cumming >> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:25 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald >> and Palm Beach Post >> >> >> Steve McKibben wrote: >> > I thought Leonard Skinner was a middle school gym teacher, but those >> > discrepancies are the things Urban legends are made of.. :) >> > >> > --- On *Thu, 10/23/08, John Vega /<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: >> > >> > As Leonard Skinnerd was a high school coach from Jacksonville, I'm >> > surprised Meyer doesn't already know him. >> > >> > -Zeb >> > >> > >> > Loenard Skinner was a coach at Robert E. 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