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Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist
and founding member, dies aged 71

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Posted By: Hazymac, 3/6/2023 9:01:35 AM

Gary Rossington, the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and the last surviving original member of the band, has died at the age of 71. No cause of death was given for Rossington, who died on Sunday, nearly four months before the band was set to embark on their next tour. The guitarist had been dealing with health issues for decades, including a heart attack in 2015 and emergency heart surgery in 2021. In an official statement, Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote: “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today.

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Gary played the slide guitar on Skynyrd's signature song, "Freebird." That group rocked. They were loaded with great guitarists, and played well. Rest in peace.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DE01A13 3/6/2023 9:21:54 AM (No. 1418456)
Fly on Freebird!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 3/6/2023 10:15:33 AM (No. 1418509)
He cheated death more than once. It finally caught up to him. So much more great music from the band than their signature song. Every album was killer.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Hazymac 3/6/2023 10:24:38 AM (No. 1418517)
#2's reply is au point. "Freebird" probably wasn't in my favorite twenty songs by Lynyrd Skynyd. I saw the band at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville in 1975--Blue Oyster Cult opened for them!--and what a concert it was. The crowd was pleased that evening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eXAcmG7VV4 ("The Needle and the Spoon" Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1973) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2HRrjpiM7Y ("I Know a Little" 1977)
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Reply 4 - Posted by: texaspast 3/6/2023 10:38:18 AM (No. 1418525)
Very, very sad. I didn't realize he was the last one. So many great songs. Yeah, everybody knows Free Bird, but I love Simple Man - and Gimme Three Steps, not to mention Sweet Home, Alabama - with the great slap at Neil Young, 'southern man don't need him around, anyhow!' Gonna get my 8-tracks out now and play a little Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: GreatGreyhounds 3/6/2023 10:49:39 AM (No. 1418536)
Hopefully they won't cancel their concert tour this year.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: RayLRiv 3/6/2023 11:18:30 AM (No. 1418560)
Needle And The Spoon is another great Skynyrd tune
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Reply 7 - Posted by: BigCreek 3/6/2023 11:32:40 AM (No. 1418579)
I was there #3 that night, it was truly a great evening! They are my favorite band of all time and always will be.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: kono 3/6/2023 1:24:37 PM (No. 1418662)
"Freebird" was pretty good; but "Sweet Home Alabama" was better. I liked Skynyrd, in general; but the degree to which locals around Norfolk worshiped them in the '70s and '80s was kind of off-putting. All that, notwithstanding, may God grant Gary eternal rest.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: simpleman 3/6/2023 1:26:37 PM (No. 1418666)
here's a link for all the real fans ..... https://youtu.be/RZsYKYUYZeE
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Reply 10 - Posted by: varkdriver 3/6/2023 3:49:57 PM (No. 1418774)
RIP, Gary. Loved all your work. Amazing that he survived a plane crash, essentially a deadstick landing in an airplane with no fuel, and then went on to play great guitar for nearly 50 years afterwards! The Good Lord apparently decided he needed another killer guitarist in that heavenly band.
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