Allen Collins

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Allen Collins was an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd and co-writer of many of their classic songs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf guitarist
human
musician
songwriter
activeYearsEnd 1980s
activeYearsStart 1960s
associatedAct Allen Collins Band NERFINISHED
Lynyrd Skynyrd NERFINISHED
The Rossington-Collins Band NERFINISHED
burialPlace Jacksonville Memory Gardens, Orange Park, Florida, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath chronic pneumonia
child Allison Collins NERFINISHED
Amy Collins NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
coWriterOf Free Bird NERFINISHED
Gimme Three Steps NERFINISHED
Simple Man NERFINISHED
Sweet Home Alabama NERFINISHED
That Smell NERFINISHED
Tuesday's Gone NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1952-07-19
dateOfDeath 1990-01-23
familyName Collins NERFINISHED
fullName Larkin Allen Collins Jr. NERFINISHED
genre Southern rock
rock music
givenName Allen NERFINISHED
Larkin NERFINISHED
instrument electric guitar
memberOf Lynyrd Skynyrd NERFINISHED
movement Southern rock movement
notableEvent survived 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash
notableInstrument Gibson Explorer NERFINISHED
Gibson Firebird NERFINISHED
notableWork Free Bird NERFINISHED
Sweet Home Alabama NERFINISHED
occupation guitarist
songwriter
placeOfBirth Jacksonville, Florida, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Jacksonville, Florida, United States NERFINISHED
positionInBand lead guitarist
rhythm guitarist
spouse Kathy Evelyn Johns NERFINISHED

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Lynyrd Skynyrd hasPart Allen Collins
Free Bird composer Allen Collins
Free Bird guitarist Allen Collins