Larry Vito
--- On Thu, 11/6/08, A. Leon Polhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: A. Leon Polhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald and
Palm Beach Post
To: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 4:43 PM
Just think about it. "Rock" whom? "Roll" whom? 'Rock
and Roll' began,
like most new cultural movements, as a protest banned by the 'elders'.
Many whites still haven't bought into 'Jazz'.
A. Leon Polhill
FlaNative1845
330 NW 45th Street
Gainesville, FL 32607
(352) 367-4642
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> 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
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> According to Wikipedia:
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> 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,_Flo
> ri
> 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>
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> A. Leon Polhill
>
> FlaNative1845
>
> 330 NW 45th Street
>
> Gainesville, FL 32607
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> (352) 367-4642
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Barry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oliver
> Barry
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:40 PM
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> I'm thinking Leonard Skinner was at Forrest High School in Jax.
>
> Oliver
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> From: [email protected] on behalf of A. Leon Polhill
> Sent: Thu 10/23/2008 7:17 PM
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> And, as such, he will remain cursed forever.
>
> A. Leon Polhill
> FlaNative1845
> 330 NW 45th Street
> Gainesville, FL 32607
> (352) 367-4642
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Behalf Of Bob Cumming
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> >
> > 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. Lee HS in Jacksonville.
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