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Friday, September 10, 2021

Florida store that inspired Lynyrd Skynyrd song demolished

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Florida store that inspired the famous Lynyrd Skynyrd lyrics “The Ballad of Curtis Loew” was demolished. 

Jacksonville's Woodcrest Grocery Building where Ronnie Van Zant allegedly met “the finest picker to ever play the blues,” was torn down last week. The abandoned store was a hangout for generations of kids.