Posted on 02/29/2024 6:21:29 AM PST by V_TWIN
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jug Saloon is still standing today after a man doused it in gasoline, Wednesday afternoon. And it’s all because a good Samaritan tackled the suspect before he could light the fire.
But even after this close call, the iconic Lynyrd Skynyrd dive bar reopened soon after the incident.
The Jug Saloon owner, Kenneth Gray, said he knows the man who tried to burn the place down.
“He’s a regular,” Gray said. “And, he said ‘I’m going to burn the place down,’ and then he attempted to burn the place down.”
A normal day at the Jug Saloon quickly turned into a very scary one. Gray said the suspect goes to the bar almost every day, but today, he brought problems – the size of two large jugs of gasoline.
Around 4 p.m., surveillance video shows him arguing with someone in the back of the business, and then you see him walk inside. That’s when Gray said the man was ready to start a fire.
Soon after, Gray said one of his employees called the police.
Gray says the suspect’s behavior came out of nowhere.
“I would have never thought in a million years that he would do something like this,” Gray said.
Gray said the suspect then ran into the woods, and police looked for him with a chopper and a K-9 unit.
Gray says a lot of people like coming to this place and taking pictures. The bar was named after Lynyrd Skynyrd’s song “Gimme Three Steps.”
Gray says after hours of searching, the suspect has been arrested.
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PING!
I’m sure alcohol played absolutely no part. 😏
He’s in a heap o’ trouble now.
We used to dance to Lynyrd Skynyrd. ;)
Milton? Did they put salt on his margarita?
“I was cuttin’ the rug
Down at place called The Jug
With a girl named Linda Lou....”
I wouldn’t give him three steps...................😉
A man of his word. Respect.
I read that the name Lynrd Sknrd was a spoof of a HS teach named Leonard Skinner who told the boys in the band they would amount to nothing.
Homey joint.
The dude shows up at noon and by 4:00PM he's tuned up enough to try and burn the joint to the ground...but the case of beer and a handful of shooters had nothing to do with it:(
Who cares about this few cement blocks and a coupla of pool tables that probably has an outhouse?
Luckily for them, Ed King showed up.
The guy who did it was named Milton and they stole his stapler.
I was cutting the rug down at a place called The Jug
With a girl named Linda Lou
When in walked a man with a gun in his hand
And he was looking for you-know-who...
Headline needed a period after the word “gasoline”.
That’s part of it. Skinner would harass them about having long hair etc.
A little trivia, before they called themselves Lynyrd Skynyrd, they were called “The One Percent” circa ‘69 or ‘70.
That was when my wife’s father and his partner recorded them in their local studio.....the 1st recording of Freebird was done at that time....before MCA discovered them.
A feel good story about a Good Samaritan saving his bar!
Well, he’s got his priorities straight! ;-)
This happened in *checks notes* Florida
Mr. Skinner was a crew-cut military veteran who tangled with these long-hairs in the mid-60s. Later on, they became good friends and it broke Mr. Skinner’s heart when they had that plane crash.
Ha!
Ed King left us in 2018 my friend......a very underrated and under appreciated member of the original group IMO.
He told stories of Ronnie being a mean drunk, verbally abused and physically acosted him regularly when under the influence.
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