I am just a big fan from the Miami, OK area who wanted to get some Crawdad music up on myspace and share it with everyone, and to help keep Steve and Cassie's legacy/music alive. I also want the other guys in the group to get the respect they deserve as musicians, they were amazing! For those that may not know, Crawdads was the band Steve was in directly prior to his joining Skynyrd. Many people don't realize that Steve Gaines wasn't just "the guitarist from Skynyrd"...he was an incredibly gifted songwriter as well, and had one HELL of a singing voice. For instance, take the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "I Know A Little". Steve wrote that-I have the original crawdads version on this page. I'm lucky enough to know Ronnie Brooks, Crawdad's drummer. Through hangin out with him, I was introduced to their music; and telling me some awesome stories/memories of his I got hooked. Ronnie's son Bobby is one of my best friends and he is actually the drummer in the same band my boyfriend is guitarist for. I just want to keep this AWESOME music alive along with the memories of Steve and Cassie Gaines, who are from Miami, aka Mudville. More people should know who this band was, so here you go! These guys still are very influential on a lot of musicians today, the talent is undeniable- they kicked some okie ass! :)
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A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO TONY BEAZLEY FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THIS VIDEO WITH YOU ALL. THIS IS AN INTERVIEW WITH ANOTHER GREAT MUSICIAN FROM MIAMI, ACE MORELAND. UNFORTUNATELY, ACE IS NO LONGER WITH US EITHER. GOD BLESS YOU ACE.