| Nine Hundred Eighth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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In the summer of 1964, teenage friends Ronnie Van Zant, Bob Burns, Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, and Larry Junstrom formed the earliest incarnation of the band in Jacksonville, Florida as My Backyard. The band then changed its name to The Noble Five. The band used different names before using One Percent during 1968.
In 1969, Van Zant sought a new name. The group settled on Leonard Skinnerd, a mocking tribute to physical education teacher Leonard Skinner at Robert E. Lee High School. Skinner was notorious for strictly enforcing the school's policy against boys having long hair. Rossington dropped out of school, tired of being hassled about his hair. The more distinctive spelling "Lynyrd Skynyrd" was being used at least as early as 1970. Despite their high school acrimony, the band developed a friendlier relationship with Skinner in later years, and invited him to introduce them at a concert in the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum. Skinner also allowed the band to use a photo of his Leonard Skinner Realty sign for the inside of their third album.
Simple little 3 stage cache here in the Williams Cemetery. Proceed to the posted coordinates, answer the question, move to the next stage, answer the question, move to the final, find the cache (or not), sign the dang log (no excuses), then write a nice online log. Special tip o' the hat to QW for the spot. ♬ “Gimme Back My Bullets” ♬
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| Stage I |
| What was Cody's favorite Skynyrd song? |
| Free Bird |
N33 10.201 |
W096 40.055 |
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| Simple Man |
N33 10.257 |
W096 40.058 |
| Gimme Three Steps |
N33 10.225 |
W096 40.076 |
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| Stage II |
| Was Thelma Wright or Wong? |
| Wright |
N33 10.208 |
W096 40.034 |
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| Wong |
N33 10.259 |
W096 40.033 |
| Wright Wong |
N33 10.194 |
W096 40.078 |
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| Final |
| What was your Skynyrd song today? |
| ♫ "You Got That Right" ♫ |
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| ♫ "That Smell" ♫ |
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FP cemetery caches are always placed with regards to the location, so please be mindful of your presence here, watch where you step and be respectful of the residents interred here. Please carefully re-hide the container better to maintain the integrity of the cache.
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GPSr Accuracy <8.0' @ all stages |
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Avoid the use of acronym only logs and cut 'n paste logs. You must sign the log to claim the find. No exceptions, no excuses. Blank logs may be deleted without notice.