I do. Rickey is a nice fit as is Johnny, but am I the only one who sometimes feels like dedicating LS 1991 and depicting his image onstage with our other fallen heros somehow diminishes his importance to the music? Could there have ever been a Skynyrd w/o Allen? In my opinion 1/3 of all tour profits should go to foundations for post-traumatic stress, in Allen's name. Fly on beautiful soul. The pain is over. Can't believe it's been over 20 years.

I'm sure his family is being taken care of.

His name appears on many, many songs so the royalties alone are still coming in.

He was a committed rocker and was with them from the beginning he went through it all, he was there with the Rossington Collins Band, and was the "last man standing" with The Allen Collins Band. If he had not suffered that car accident in the mid 80s which put him in the wheel chair, and eventually lead to his death, he would be there rocking with the boys.

I loved Allen too my brother, or sister, we All do. The band remembering him and giving him props is fine with me, and doing it in any way they choose. They knew him best and know what he would like.

Uhhhh, cant even believe you asked that question, How can anyone forget Allen Collins??

=EasyNote said:They knew him best and know what he would like.

Allen Collins joined LYNYRD SKYNYRD on stage and from his wheel chair gave support all night back in 1987.

he would have been with them if able.

@EasyNote: I think you are right. We are fans and it was much deeper for them so we should look beyond the law suits and bickering that are now over a quarter of a century old and give Gary and the current members the benefit of the doubt that they acknowledge his contribution as he would have wanted. Perhaps it's as simple as the Firebird Rickey plays. It's just that they wrote a song about Leon and another about Billy and as great as Ed and Steve were/are, the band was Ronnie, Allen, Gary...at its core. Ronnie would have been a great song writer if he was born 20 years earlier. It was Allen, with Gary, that put the rock in southern rock (no offense ABB, but even Gregg and Dickey have called ABB either a jam or blues band). Even with Ed and Steve, the band was primarily a partnership of those three, creatively. It seems a shame to me that Allen seems to be remembered as one of the band members that have passed and not acknowledged as 1/3 of the creative genius that fused rock and country as it never had been and probably never will be. Maybe now that any RCB related bitterness is a distant memory they can, not just through royalties that are a legal obligation, recognize the unique contribution that was Allen, as a player, writer, and performer. I can't think of a better way than reaching out to people who have experienced tragedy to the degree he had. I like the idea of a foundation. But I am "justafan". You are right, it's their life.

@Mylvyn Skyrydyr: Where are you getting this historic info.? I don't disagree with you at all.Duffy

@justafan233: Your right about Ronnie Gary and Allen being the core of the best band ever.I got to see them play alot in the 70s and the energy Allen had on stage was amazing.Ronnie was an awesome frontman.The whole band was amazing.They were all in their 20s and seemed fearless.I have got to see them a lot since 87 and I think their great but the 70s were amazing.God Bless the whole band from the past to the new.Duffy

=duffy c. wishbone said:@Mylvyn Skyrydyr: Where are you getting this historic info.? I don't disagree with you at all.Duffy

@ArtimusFan: Right On....Thanks for the info.Arti is cool.Duffy

@duffy c. wishbone: I wish I had been able to catch the original band, just missed em. I was in my early teens in 77 and didn't really hit the concert seen until I was in my late teens, right after ACB ended. But thanks to YouTube I have a better appreciation for "the man at center stage" as Charlie Daniels described him, and Allen as a picker and performer. Fearless seems to be the perfect description. Yep, God Bless em all, past and present.