If walls could talk, the old Jacksonville Coliseum would be screaming. Back on May 8, 1965, the Rolling Stones rolled into town for their first American tour…
As fate would have it, 17-year-old Ronnie Van Zant was sitting in the crowd. Before that night, Ronnie was more interested in being an athlete than a rock star, but seeing Mick Jagger strut across that stage changed everything. He saw the energy, the girls screaming, and that “shuffle” in Mick’s step, and he knew right then he wasn’t going to spend his life in the Shannytown…