Allen Collins

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Celebrated rock guitarist Allen Larkin Collins was born in Jacksonville, FL, on July 19, (b. 1952). The fame he has reached came from his explosive skill with the guitar and from his founding membership in a band known as Lynyrd Skynyrd. When Collins was 11 years old, he picked up his first guitar, one that belonged to a friend. Collins' mother was a single mom, holding down two jobs, struggling ...more