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The band’s drummer is pairing with stars including Dolly Parton, Billy Ray Cyrus and more for new project — a track from the album will be digitally released Oct. 20, 2023
Drummer Artimus Pyle — currently the oldest remaining member of the Lynyrd Skynyrd legacy — is releasing “Anthems: Honoring The Music of Lynyrd Skynyrd,” a 13-track album, on Feb. 2, 2024. It intends to celebrate the memory of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band that, with Gary Rossington’s passing in March 2023, lost all of its original members.
Artimus Pyle Continues Touring 45 Years After Surviving Horrific Plane Crash
LOS ANGELES – STREET SURVIVORS: THE TRUE STORY OF THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD PLANE CRASH, recreates the story of the ill-fated flight through the eyes of former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Artimus Pyle (who narrates the film), who not only survived the plane crash that claimed the life of the band’s founder and frontman Ronnie Van Zant amongst others, but who also physically pulled the remaining survivors out of the plane wreckage before staggering towards the nearest farmhouse in rural Louisiana to seek help.
An All-Star Cast Of Rock, Blues & Country Greats Pay Tribute To The Versatile & Influential Icon ERIC CLAPTON!
Includes performances by Artimus Pyle, Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, Sammy Kershaw, Molly Hatchet, Kirk Fletcher, The Stooges’ James Williamson, Eric Gales, Rat Scabies, Pat Travers, Arthur Brown, David Sancious, and more!
After a bitter legal battle, drummer Artimus Pyle was finally able to tell his version of Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s tragic plane crash in the recent movie Street Survivors.
In a new interview, Pyle reveals that the 1977 incident that killed three of his bandmates was actually the third air crash he’s survived in his life, recounts the efforts he took to tell the story correctly on a tight budget while being hounded by “blood-sucking weasel attorneys” and explains why he refused an invitation to be a part of his former band’s current farewell tour.
It is difficult to name a band that has persevered through more tragedy than Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd. Formed in Jacksonville, Florida, the band rehearsed and honed their craft in the sweltering swampland they called home, eventually venturing to destinations outside the area and gaining a reputation for great shows and their twangy yet hard-rocking sound. After signing to MCA Records, they began making albums that stand even today as classics of the genre, with songs like “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Simple Man,” “Gimme Three Steps,” and “Free Bird,” songs that defined an era and gained millions of fans around the world.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (indicted on March 13, 2006), Thomas Delmer “Artimus” Pyle is an American musician who replaced Bob Burns, LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s original drummer due to his recurring battle with mental illness. Artimus played drums with LYNYRD SKYNYRD from 1974 to 1977 and then again from 1987 to 1991.