Steven Earl Gaines

1949 - 1977  (28 years)

• Name	Steven Earl Gaines
  Nickname	Steve
  Birth	14 Sep 1949	Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Steve was a guitarist and backing vocalist, He joined the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1976. He died in the October 1977 airplane crash that claimed other band members. His older sister Cassie Gaines, a backup vocalist with the band, also died in the crash. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006.
  		Steve Gains Steve Gains
  		Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1976.
  		Street Survivors. Street Survivors is the fifth studio album by the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, It was released on October 17, 1977. Three days later the band's chartered airplane was on its way to a concert when it ran out of fuel and crashed. Gains was one three band members killed. Their assistant manager and the pilots also died. Within 10 days the album went gold and eventually platinum, Steve played guitar, sang backing vocals, and lead vocals on "Ain't No Good Life", and co-lead vocals on "You Got That Right".
  Death	20 Oct 1977	Gillsburg, Amite, Mississippi
  Burial		Van Zant - Gaines Headstones. Lynyrd Skynyrd band members Ronnie Van Zant, and Steve Gaines were buried next to each other (Van Zant left) in Riverside Memorial Park cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida. In the year 2000 the graves were vandalized. The monuments remain, but Gaines' family chose to move his ashes to a private location,
  		Gaines Head Stone. Gaines Head Stone.
  Siblings	1. Cassie LaRue Gaines,   b. (January 9, 1948, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma d. 20 Oct 1977, Gillsburg, Amite, Mississippi
  Person ID	I67421	Nagel
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Earl Eli Gaines
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Cassie LaRue Hatfield
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F21302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Steve Gaines. Steve Gaines.
  		Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd - Southern rock band formed in 1964. On October 20, 1977 the band was in a plane crash that killed 2 members of the band and a backup singer.