question: Lynyrd Skynyrd lost three members in a crash of a plane that was chartered from which company?
answer: L&J Company
context: Title: Rickey Medlocke
  Passage: Rickey Medlocke (born February 17, 1950) is an American musician best known as the frontman/guitarist for the southern rock band Blackfoot and a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.  During his first stint with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1971-1972 he played drums and sang lead on a few songs that would initially be released on 1978's "First and Last".  Medlocke would rejoin Blackfoot in 1972 and later returned to Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1996 as a guitarist with whom he continues to tour and record today.
  Title: Rossington Collins Band
  Passage: The Rossington Collins Band was a southern rock band founded in 1979 by guitarists Allen Collins and Gary Rossington following the 1977 plane crash which killed three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, of which both had been members.  The band included two other surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Powell and Leon Wilkeson.  The band wished to develop their own sound rather than being regarded as a reformed Lynyrd Skynyrd, and toward that objective they hired a female lead vocalist, Dale Krantz, who later married Rossington.  The Jacksonville-based band released two albums before disbanding in 1982.  Their biggest hit, "Don't Misunderstand Me," charted in late 1980.
  Title: 1977 Convair CV-240 crash
  Passage: On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from L&J Company of Addison, Texas, ran out of fuel and crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi, near the end of its flight from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  Title: Nuthin' Fancy
  Passage: Nuthin' Fancy is a 1975 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, their third studio album, and their first to reach the Top 10, peaking at #9 on the US albums chart.  It was certified Gold on 6/27/1975 and Platinum on 7/21/1987 by the RIAA.  This is the first record with new drummer Artimus Pyle and the last with guitarist Ed King until the reformation of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the release of "Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991".
  Title: Southern by the Grace of God
  Passage: Southern by the Grace of God is a live album by southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, this live concert was a tribute by Lynyrd Skynyrd to the members of the band who had died in the 1977 plane crash.  The plane crash killed frontman Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines and road manager Dean Kilpatrick.  This is the first album produced by the band after the '77 plane crash.  The band's lineup was re-worked into a second-generation Skynyrd.  The changes include: Johnny Van Zant, younger brother of Ronnie Van Zant, taking over on vocals, Ed King, who departed the band during a 1975 tour and Randall Hall, who replaced the paralyzed Allen Collins.  The three (King, Hall along with founding member Gary Rossington) re-form the famous triple-lead guitar attack of the original band.  New background vocalists Carol Bristow and Dale Krantz-Rossington were added to take the place of the original Honkettes.
  Title: Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991
  Passage: Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 is the sixth studio album by American Southern rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and is the first album with the new members of the band - Johnny Van Zant and Randall Hall - and the first to feature Ed King since "Nuthin' Fancy", who replaced the three who had died since the band's last release - Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines in the 1977 plane crash; Allen Collins in 1990 from chronic pneumonia.  This was the last album to feature drummer Artimus Pyle.
  Title: Lynyrd Skynyrd: I'll Never Forget You
  Passage: Lynyrd Skynyrd: I'll Never Forget You is a book written by former Lynyrd Skynyrd bodyguard Gene Odom.  It details the childhood memories Gene shared with Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist Ronnie Van Zant.  It was followed by another book co-written with Frank Dorman, entitled ""Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock"".
  Title: The Ballad of Curtis Loew
  Passage: "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" is a song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant and recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd.  The song was first released on the band's 1974 album, "Second Helping" and again on their compilation, "The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd" and later on "All Time Greatest Hits".  It is on many of their compilation albums and before the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash, was performed once live on stage.  Ed King says, "The original version of the band only played 'Curtis Loew' one time on stage.  We were playing in a basement in some hotel and thought we'd try it.  We never played it again until the Tribute Tour with Johnny Van Zant."
  Title: Lynyrd Skynyrd
  Passage: Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced ) is an American rock band best known for popularizing the Southern rock genre during the 1970s.  Originally formed in 1964 as "My Backyard" in Jacksonville, Florida, the band was also known by names such as "The Noble Five" and "One Percent", before finally deciding on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" in 1969.  The band gained worldwide recognition for its live performances and signature songs "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird".  At the peak of their success, two band members and a backup singer died in an airplane crash in 1977, putting an abrupt end to the band's most popular incarnation.  The band has sold 28 million records in the United States.
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