Hi and welcome to my site and my new guestbook! I'd love to hear from you! Feel free to read the comments posted here and add your own. You can find some more comments from friends on the gallery page. Thanks!
Tammy Michelle
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Tammy,
Aunt Jane is here with us this weekend. We took her to an Indiana Prison yesterday (Saturday) to watch the "Freebird's Last Flight" presentation. Jane got up and spoke to the men --THEY LOVED IT! We had over 125. NOTE: Jane just came down to the kitchen to eat --Aunt Jane says, "Hi, and I love you". Ok back to the prison visit... Jane had so many men coming to her for her to sign a picture we handed out of Skynyrd from August 1977. It was a very special time.
Keep up all the good work and we'll talk to you soon!
God Bless,
Barry & Joanne McGarrh (and Aunt Jane)
you rock .hang in there .
Hi Tammy!Just stoppin by to say hi!Love the phoyos of your family,I hope all is well wyth you.Lots of love, Steve
hey tammy, it's been awhile. i'm happy to see you doing so well. just wanted to say thank you for the friendship we shared and all that you did for me. i'm living in ga. now with my sister. i'd love to hear from you!!! God bless
hey Tammy I'm up from Pompano right now sure miss seeing ya and Summer ! I hope this next album does well and keeps inspiring you to do another !!! see ya soon and tell Summer we need to get some corn on the cob lol !
love Debbie
hey Tammy wanted to tell ya that I posted your websites on my facebook to get it out there for you :)
Debbie
I've been a Skynyrd fan my entire life, literally. This is powerful stuff. WOW! You definitely have your father's talent for writing and singing. Thank you for this.
Hey Tammy ,
just stopping by to say hello :)
stop by my facebook and check out my new grandbaby . Debbie
Tammy you look and sound great! Amazing! I remember hearing you sing to the radio and saying, "you have a good voice". Hang in there!
Hi Tammy,
I just dropped by to wish you a Happy Birthday. May our Heavenly Father send you many blessings on your special day.
Your site ROCKS!
I remain, Respectfully Yours.
Tammy,
All I can say about Freebird Child is, WOW! It's been many many years scene any singer has given me the chills when they sang. I just played the samples you have posted and Dixie Rose did the same thing. God it seems good to hear a singer that can move you. I wish you the best of luck .
Bill
Hey Tammy it was great meeting you Saturday at Sophisticated Lady Boutique in Murphy. My husband freaked out when i told him i had met you. Pls email me when u come back to Murphy I would love to introduce you to him and have a beer with you.
Tammy you have the most beautiful voice...and I'm so glad you decided to share it with all of us. You look good and happy!!! Just wanted to say Vegas says you ROCK...keep the faith...we all love you lots.....
Tammy,
Dad would have been so proud.
The Dream is still ALIVE.
God Bless.
Hey Tammy,
I heard about your site and had to check it out. It's great! And you look great, too. I really hope that you are well.
Take care girl,
Kayla
Hi Miss Tammy,
I have enjoyed your song very much.I sure hope this is the beginning for you.
You have a great amount of talent as shown in your songs and I hope you continue to write and record.Hey you got two great one's in your corner girl, God and Ronnie with them on your team you cant lose!
Look forward to hearing more from you.
Great job and thank you,
Randy Wallace
Hi Tammy,
I just ran across your video Freebird Child over at youtube. What a powerful and a emotionally charged song. I was fortunate to see Skynyrd in 77 at Angel's Stadium in Anaheim, Ca. Couldn't of been a month or so when the plane accident happened. When I first heard about it my heart sank. Other then the story of the accident their was no news on any survivors. I stayed awake all night waiting for any updated news on CNN. Then my heart sank even lower when I found out who had survived and who was lost. At that point of time I never thought Lynryd Skynyrd would ever be again. I am sorry for your loss of your father Ronnie as you lost him to early in life. For me to think back at that time still brings tears to my eyes. I want to wish you well in your music career and know that your father Ronnie is looking down from heaven smiling and being very proud of you!
I as some others here have just ran across your video"FREEBIRD CHILD".My God it is powerful!You have a magnificant voice and I hope to hear a lot more from you in the future.I will be sure to buy your CD.You can bet I will be playing it just as often as I still play your Dads music.
Hello Tammy....what a beautiful person you are in ever way....You have your Daddy's heart, smile and Eyes...What a wonderful song and a loving tribute to your Father...and the dream does continue....Thanks for being Ronnie's daughter he did Well..
Hi Tammy.. U are a tribute to ur dad and he lives on in u... You are his freebird child and have given us a new meaning to Freebird and what it really means in life for that I thank u...ur in my heart as he is.
Tammy...I'm so please to have heard ur song..ur are a tribute to ur Dad...U really are his Freebird Child and I felt ur dad all through the song.. u have given me a new meaning to Freebird and for that I thank U...Wishing u good fortune in the future
Your voice is beautiful - just like your dad's. I love the song FreeBird Child and am looking forward to your book. I have often wondered where you were and how you were doing - so glad to finally get to find this site and hear your music. Remember, Tammy, your daddy is watching you from heaven with a smile on his face.
Hi Tammy! I am Carmen's daughter. I was raised listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd. My mom has been to the crash site several times to take flowers. I love Freebird Child and hopefully my mom will buy the cd soon. She always told me Ronnie had a daugher before Melody, but we never could find out how you were doing. That's why I am so glad we found this site. It is so sad what happened to your dad. I am so sorry. Please know that he is watching you from the heavens and one day you will get to see him again. Take care and God Bless.
Dear Tammy,
I am Carmen's other daughter and I am eleven years old. I know every single Lynyrd Skynyrd song because that is just about all my mom listens to lol. She plays this game with us and when a song comes on, she says is that Ronnie or Johnny singing. I usually guess right. I love your song. You and your voice is so pretty. My mom always says when someone close to us dies, that we will see them in heaven so I know you will see your daddy one day. I have never been to the crash site with my mom, but she went a couple of weeks ago and took some pictures. One day, I want to go with her, but I was in school last time she went. We have Freebird the movie and watch it all the time. I mostly listen to new music, but I do listen to Lynyrd Skynyrd because I have been listening to it my whole life. Ok, talk to you later. I might try to get on your my space when our computer quits being so slow. Bye bye. Jessi
Love your music,your dad is proud of you and he should be...gonna buy your CD and will enjoy it over and over again,Thank you
Tammy,
Just incredibly beautiful and you have made it into an iconic, melancholy, soul-touching song. When I listen to it the loss of my Mom, or my Brother, or Jakson comes flooding back. Your CD is one that will always be special to me.
In forwarding your song to friends, they are shocked about no air play.
Joseph
P.S. Jak always said Payola still exists but that it can be beat!
Hello Tammy!!
To discover your talent for writing and
singing, is such a tremendous and joyful
surprise! You surely have your Dad's talents for writing and singing. My son and I are starting a Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Band soon. It is such an inspiration to see you embark on a project that is motivated by the passion of music, and the love of family, past and present. You do your Dad proud!
just been listening to your song... found by accident on utube. thank you, feeling really crap at the moment but good to know there is a God out there still
bless you and yours....
Thank you for recently adding me to your friends list it is truly an honor. Lacy was in the works to make another one of his books that was to include me my mom and Lacy I wish that could have happened. God took him by his side as I am sure he did with Ronnie. He was a great man to get to know and I cherish my times with him he in his own right was someone I looked up to and he inspired me to become closer to the man upstairs. I got to meet with Marlene and Marion also they are great down to earth people. So thank you again for adding me!!
Hi Tammy,
I am Skynyrd Fan from the day I was born.
Live in Germany and there will be a Skynyrd show soon. it would be nice to see you there to open the show.
Never have known that good misic you do before. Hope to hear more soon.
All the best from me and God Bless
Really loved your song it brought tears to my eyes i lost my mother when i was three and i know what you have been through i did have the pleasure to see your father and his band he was great and you are too i feel in my heart he is so proud of you i am a father of a sweet little girl that i havent seen in two years and i know the love a father has for his little girl and there is no love greater you keep up the good work it touched my heart God Bless
i am going to give this link to my daughter, who suffers anorexia, with the hope that it might inspire her.
Tammy
I live in Fernandina.Your dads uncle EC
VanZant was my teacher in high school
1973-1976.EC introduced us to Skynyrd
with there first album.Miss Kid seemed to be his song of choice.We used this record for our test in the class room of TV and radio repair.He always told us stories of Ronnie and the band along with Donnie Johnnie & Jimmie his son. Love your stuff and let us hear more.Your dad was the greatest singer&song writer to every walk the earth.I have never heard a VanZant tune that I did not like. I still see talk to Janie and Jimmie from time to time.God bless you & your family.
Rodney
In all honesty I really like the song
~ *Dixie Rose * ~it sounds like it was more ready to record and be played like on the radio something ya would hear on radio very nice song and nice tribute to youre grandma.
Freebird child is wow a very emotional tribute from you to youre dad very nice very touching very special song wow if my daughter sang that to me id need boxes upon boxes of tissue
but please i mean this in a positive good way take no offense to me for what im going to say but i think that the song freebird child it could have had a little more recording practice changes and added guitar and mixing and lyryc kind of change up tweeks for a BIGGER PUNCH that it actually has.
It has huge roots or foundation of being EVEN BETTER than it allready is in my opinion but in any case keep making music aint it fun !! 10-4 over outs ..
Love the Freebird child song. Be nice to see you tour sometime.Keep up the good work.
Tammy,
I found your beautiful song on youtube and came here immediately to order your cd! Hope your mention of a book comes to fruition soon, I'd love to read it before that last trip down a Country road... (very ill & stubborn)
Bless you and your family, and may you all find peace and happiness together in the years to come.
Tammy,
Great to see this site! Not sure if you remember me, but I was your Uncle Johnny's roadmanager before the Tribute Tour - I lived with Lacy & Sister, and have fond memories of hanging out together on the old porch (before the addition was added-LOL!) God Bless you Tam - keep it going and email me sometime - I'm still here in FLA
Freebird Child...wow! Fantastic!!!!
Tammy, frist off your song "freebird child" is a very beautiful and touching , it made my eye's fill with tear's as does many of ur dad's song's. I grew up listening to ur dad and the boy's from jacksonville,,, and as the year's have pasted i have turned my kid's on to your dad's music,,, just recently my son and I attended a lynyrd skynyrd concert,, and when we left he look in my eye's and said,, now i understand why ur so moved by there song's. please keep the flame alive for the next generation so that they may know the man ur farther was!!!
Your raw talent will take you far. Keep working and become the icon your Dad is!
Tammy, it's an honor and a privilege to have made your acquaintance up here in the "digital village". Thank you so much for sharing your stories and photos with the rest of the world. Your dad is a true American icon on par with Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, et al. You've got quite a voice yourself and I hope you continue with it. Furthermore, I hope to record together some time. That would be very cool! All the best to you and yours, always.
Hi Tammy, need your booking agent info. Want you to come to Council Grove, Kansas October 2, 2011 and will do whatever it takes to get you there. Please contact me at 785-561-0787 or 620-767-6862 with booking info so we can send more info about our event. THANKS! Karen Brooks
p.s. love your songs
tammy ya have a awsome voice and yes the dream is still alive and will be as long as the freebird nation can live and younger generations love your dads music every day he will always fly proud to us all
freebird
Tammy,
You don't know me but my mother knew your father (Ronnie) very well. Her name was Alma Jean Stewart. She passed in the summer of 89' from Cancer. She's told me stories of your dad and the time she spent with him (guess you could say she was some sort of groupie back in the day). Anyway, I haven't heard your freebird child song yet but, I look forward to listening to it as soon as I post this. I'd love to talk sometime and share some of the stories my mother told me. You can find me on Facebook or E~mail me at tabithahankins@rocketmail.com. We have a mutual friend already...Jeremy Vinzant. Look me up, would love to chat.
Sincerely,
Tabitha Jean Marschke Hankins
hi tammy, i just listened to your song freebird child. your daddy would be so proud. i know he's smiling as he is watching you. may God continue to bless your life. God loves you just like your daady does.
Hi Tammy, It is so good to finaly find you again i lost touch with you when i had the beauty shop in high springs. You have always inspired me, Congrats! on your song it is beautiful. I hope to here from you its been a long hard road for me since the closing of my shop. I wish you the very best.
A big hello Tammy from London !! So glad to have you as a Facebook friend. Listened to your songs & enjoyed them. It must have been difficult for you losing your Dad but what you're doing now is so positive & music brings happiness. As far as I'm concerned all of Skynyrd are "rock royalty" along with Lennon & McCartney & Jagger & Richards etc. Just keep doing what you're doing & remember your Dad is still loved by people all over the world..good luck & God bless, Shaun Lynch.
Tammy
Very touched to hear your song.
I feel I have so much in common, being I am in someway such a FREEBIRD CHILD myself....that we have the same musical roots and I think if take a listen to my songs and mainly one called Rebel Pride u will see are same enthuisiasm in 2 different songs that I feel totally compliment each other ....plzz take a listen at facebook site Rebel Pride/Dynamic Hat Trick....u won't be dissapointed I promise...your DAD is the greatest guide to me and still guides me spiritually believe it or not, in some ways he still lives within my music and I know he watches over me because he has for many years....He is my guardian angel and trust me....when He said He's Alive ummm he has proved it to me...and I am eternally grateful for him. I hope u will be my friend and thnx for the song...I loved it !!!!!
My wife and I like your Freebird Child cd and we like Lynrd Skynyrd.
Love it!!
My buddy and I listened to FREEBIRD CHILD at work and fell in love with it. We ordered your CD the same day.. We love SKYNYRD. Ronnie, Allen, Gary, Leon, Billy, Steve, and Ed King and Artimis will always be our favorite. Keep up the good work Tammy, we love ya
I will live and die a skynyrd family fan.
u don't know what ure dad meant to my life!He was my inpiration to what I do today!Thanks for sharing!
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
love the songs keep rockin
met wolfie in st. augustine this past feb., she gave me your website and talked of your album. best to you, wishing success and peace.
I saw your dad play knebworth with the rolling stones in 1976 i was a 15 year old lad and your dads performance that day blew me away...i will be 50 on may 3rd 2011 and that is one of my lifes great memories ,,,god bless you
Hi Tammy,
I just wanted to say that your song FREEBIRD CHILD is so beautiful and your voice is so beautiful and I hope you are continuing to do more projects in the future. Its a real honor to be able to write to a beautiful free-spirited girl. I am such a free spirit myself and I think you and I would be such good friends if we ever were to meet. You are real, keep it that way!
~Ginger
Hi Tammy, I came across your site one time on You tube. I was looking up interviews about your father. I keep coming back now and then. You are truly Talented! You can sing girl! Why are we not seeing and hearing you all over the place? You seem like a beautiful person that has a lot to offer the world. God Bless you!
Deb
Hi Tammy, I came across your site one time on You tube. I was looking up interviews about your father. I keep coming back now and then. You are truly Talented! You can sing girl! Why are we not seeing and hearing you all over the place? You seem like a beautiful person that has a lot to offer the world. God Bless you!
Deb
Hi Tammy,
this comes from Munich, Germany. Many thousdand miles from where you lived as a kid i was 18 in 1977. Your father's music and - as strange as it may sound from a stranger - his hones personality expressed in his lyrics made a big difference for me when i was 18 to 30 years old ... For many years i knew the lyrics of EVERY LS song, "Alabama" made me start playing guitar (After 30 years I can play the opening riff ok, but not the solo ;-)). Songs like Simple Man helped me through many dark moments... and I am sure that music and especially the feeling of those lyrics meant a lot to many people around the globe of my aga. Today I am 51 and I play "Alabama" to my 8 year old son, and - a little - it feels as if i am introducing my kids to some old "relatives" ... That music is an inseparable part of my life, and every person who knows me as the guy who had "all Skynyrd records". I still have them all in the basement. Later i bought - all - the CDs, today I listen to those same old records on my iPod.
Your dad will never die, he's just not here at the moment. But then... he is!
All the best. Alexis
Hi Tammy, Saw you on youtube you sound great! I did'nt know your dad but from 1979 to 1982 I was stationed at Cecil Field NAS in Jacksonville. Went to Lynerd Skynerds West side bar alot and partied there. Saw Rossington Collins at the Colusium. Your dad changed music forever in history. I wish you the best in your music career. Take care, Robert
Ms. Tammy, I love Freebird Child! I can't imagine the strength it took for you to do this. I know I always cry when I hear Freebird. May God bless protect and comfort you and your girl!
Hey Tammy, where'd you go? I went to your house and you were gone. I hope your OK and the leave was a planned one. Please drop me a line to let me know if your OK and where you went(not for business, just as a friend). We contacted your trust management company, but I didn't feel right asking them about you and if you were doing OK. So dear, I would love to hear back from you.. Marty (Nathan too)
Too many time after kids have undergone such a tragic event, they slip into the dark night. Fans such as myself reflect on the family and wonder what happened to them. I am so glad that you took the step to sing. I loved the song freebird child. I tell my band members daily that the heart and soul of southern rock beats within them and I use your dad as a teaching tool when we write. I hope you continue to strive in your musical intrest.
I have so much I want to say, mostly thank you & God bless you Tammy! I met most of the band members a time or two & have a copy of Gene's book, "I'll never forget you".. Sending peace, love & gratitude:o)
WOW! Nice song and done very well. I just became a fan.
Your Daddy would be so proud of you! You and I met years ago at a gig in Santa Ana, Ca that you did with Jimmie. I have a whole role of photos from that show that I'd love to get to you. I emailed some to your Aunt Jane a while back, but I don't know if you ever got them.
Words wouldn't do justice to what your family means to me. Lacy invited me into his home before he passed and treated me like kin. Jane has been a wonderful friend for years. The spirit of all of the music runs deep in my heart and yours is heartfelt, just like Ronnie's was.
God Bless you!
Bill Carney
California
I feel like you and Melody are little sisters to me, and I hope that doesn't sound weird. Your music is great. Please come to the Northern Virginia/ DC area and do a show. Thanks.
Thank You
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