In addition to '' Skynyrd 's First And ... Last , '' Burns also played on the band 's first two official albums : '' ( Pronounced ' Lĕh - ' nérd ' Skin - ' nérd ) '' and '' Second Helping '' . Burns suffered a mental breakdown while on a particularly difficult tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd and left the band in 1974 , and was thus not involved in the infamous plane crash that killed three band members in 1977 . In 1996 , he participated in a performance to promote '' Freebird : The Movie '' . On March 13 , 2006 , he rejoined Lynyrd Skynyrd for one performance as he played alongside Gary Rossington , Billy Powell , Ed King , Artimus Pyle and the Honkettes at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
plane crash
1977 Mississippi CV-240 crash
Bob Burns (drummer)