Glad to see you are doing well... I worked with you in Palatka as a first year Ironworker apprentice... I remember working with your father at Seminole. I also remember you showing me pictures of you in the hospital after the crash... Glad I found your youtube channel...
@robertwelch43956 күн бұрын
I've listened to gene Odom for years. He tells the truth . It's amazing he survived the plane crash. He puts the blame squarely on the pilots . If they would have survived gene would have killed them. Gene struck me as a real thumper. You didn't mess with Gene.
@user-xf8gg7nb8m14 күн бұрын
Definitely a one of a kind band….never heard another band that sounded even close
@angelfeliciano113015 күн бұрын
Excellent 💯
@KentuckyColonel16 күн бұрын
He won't put up dope and booze, not for one second...nope.... no... the HA's wasn't the life for you Gene.
@Hawgfrog17 күн бұрын
You seem like such a straight-up guy, Gene. I'd love to sit down with you and chat. I'd probably never leave. I'd be so entertained.
@KentuckyColonel22 күн бұрын
I don't give a dang about that hillbilly Gene (Just kidding old man) ...., I want to know who dat dang woman is! I like Ukrainian accents.. No disrespect of course..
@JFP903624 күн бұрын
Hey does someone want to let us know how Gene is? Is he ok? Haven’t heard from him in a couple months now.
@KentuckyColonel28 күн бұрын
That Bird at 6:20 might have been Ronnie telling to Gene to shut up about the Hells Angels! lolol..
@KentuckyColonel28 күн бұрын
*DISCLAIMER: Everything I wrote here is ON THE RECORD and can be found via multiple sources* _Artimus Pyle is a Registered Sex Offender out of North Carolina, a sex crime on two little girls 4 and 8_ I believe their ages were. He could have gotten LIFE in prison for these charges but copped a plea with prosecutors. I will be believing ole Gene thank you very much, I'm from Harlan County, KY, I respect men like Gene (I'm one of them..). Can't blame a man for trying to make a dollar.
God I AM SO SICK OF HEARING HER SAY “so in the movie” after Gene repeatedly tells her NOTHING IN THE MOVIE IS HOW IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!🙄🙄 WHO IS THIS GIRL ANYWAY? She’s a terrible interviewer and obviously knows nothing about the band.
@LittlebigbotАй бұрын
Forty seven years and the flies are still buzzin.
@jamesmantalas6107Ай бұрын
Skynyard was no more for me after 1978 second helping.....
@OldassBoomerАй бұрын
Never forget this man is an Ironworker. If you know, you know.
@billyshane3804Ай бұрын
Gene Odom is a good sport. Respect.
@billyshane3804Ай бұрын
Gene Hobart is the MAN
@SniperLogic2 ай бұрын
Owning & operating a pharmacy ~100 miles north of JAX for the last 25 years (and still going), drumming for a local band in my youth, being a big fan of LS since the 70s, and seeing them at Hanner Field House with LeBlanc & Carr in Statesboro 1 week before the tragedy, this video felt *very* relevant. I could listen to Gene’s stories for days. I was 17yrs old and the news of the tragedy bothered me for a long time. R.I.P. Ronnie, Steve, Cassie, Dean and the others who lost their lives that day. Lynyrd Skynyrd had ‘top shelf’ talent. 👍
@edwardtasi29052 ай бұрын
I love Gene but he's making money off the band.Right?lol.
@maxpuppy962 ай бұрын
Gene's America's Redneck.🤣
@billyshane38042 ай бұрын
Gene Rodman saved the Lenard Skinner from the drugs and booze.
@2460joel2 ай бұрын
They dont make'em like Gene anymore. He took all those hits and kept on ticking. That's what a Man does!
@billyshane38042 ай бұрын
Gene Owen is the MAN
@billyshane38043 ай бұрын
Gene Okerlund is the MAN
@billyshane38043 ай бұрын
Gene Hokum is the MAN
@jameslyons16613 ай бұрын
💚
@michaelfuller23783 ай бұрын
Great stories!
@michaelfuller23783 ай бұрын
Thanks Gene!
@jaygreen13133 ай бұрын
Gene pushed Carlos Santana down some stairs?? Santana had a security team. They would have beat the shit out of him. Another tall tale from Gene Odom.
@TeutonicTruth6 күн бұрын
The fans in North Carolina would have sided with Gene and The Lynyrd Skynyrd Band.
@ronnie51293 ай бұрын
Gene, You are the Mean Machine Man, I met you in 1998 I think it was that year, I walked into the Entrance to the Arena and saw you, I saw some books , so i came over to your Table, You told me who you are and told me Stories for 30 Minutes, Plane Crash Survivor, Well not knowing who you were, I had No idea that Ronnie and You grew up together, and hired you as A Bodyguard, I had to buy your Book then, and you signed it, thank you Sir , it was A Honor, A Privilege And A Pleasure For the I spent with you, Then, I had to think about what you just told me, and go out and Hear the Tribute Tour Band, I still think about that Day My Friend, Cousin Figel
@rmgibsontx3 ай бұрын
Gene - how big do the gar get in that bayou?
@JuliaWotipka3 ай бұрын
But the Trump hat😱
@charlestaylor36743 ай бұрын
I know it was an Awesome Experience being with the band in their prime. Just alone, growing up with Ronnie & being best friends. The fishing trips they took. I could only imagine all the stories Gene could tell. I would like to hear some of the things he keeps inside that only he knows about. I know for sure he had his hands full with that group of guys. Trying to keep them sober.... lol . Just imagine hiding their booze. I bet they gave him hell over that stuff. Gene seems like a down to earth, stand up guy. I can see why RVZ wanted him with him.
@lauraprater96103 ай бұрын
I hear at least 3 of their songs every day on 92.3 classic rock out of Jackson TN.
@lyndajolacava48913 ай бұрын
I agree with Gene about Ronnie and his music being kept alive with his brother
@larrytate56053 ай бұрын
even tho i fully support Johnny Van Zant and his work, saw them a few times.... Artimus Pyle stated,...Lynyrd Skynyrd begins and ends with Ronnie Van Zant
@larrytate56053 ай бұрын
i love to hear Gene Odom tell about anything ! dave in NC
@nimitz17393 ай бұрын
That’s the thing that Gene always says that Ronnie’s wife called a band meeting and said it’s all over. She was never in the band. I guarantee that was the first meeting she ever called because. Since when did bandmembers wives ever rule over what a rock band does?
@clintjohnson49473 ай бұрын
Been listening to L S seems I was 10 years old
@clintjohnson49473 ай бұрын
And loved my L S band the best of music history
@clintjohnson49473 ай бұрын
I’m from sweet home Alabama been here for 57 years born and raised here
@clintjohnson49473 ай бұрын
Gene thank for all the memories
@clintjohnson49473 ай бұрын
Gene you was the bad ass man back in the day I heard that you didn’t put up with nothing
@clintjohnson49473 ай бұрын
I heard you was a bad ass back in the day
@clintjohnson49473 ай бұрын
I heard Ronnie wouldn’t mess with you lol 😂
@clintjohnson49473 ай бұрын
I love your stories
@JohnAfferty3 ай бұрын
Gene ❤❤❤❤❤
@joejohnston20353 ай бұрын
Yup . Dec 3rd, 1976 Kiel Auditorium St Louis, Mo. sold out quickly