Lynyrd Skynyrd

Gary Rossington, the last surviving original member and original guitarist for the rock band Lynard Skynard, passed away at the age of 71 yesterday.

RIP Gary Rossington, God Bless the Lynyrd Gary was not only a friend, but a collaborator that wrote songs with me and played guitar with me in studio recordings and onstage so many times. Photo via Lynard Skynard Official Facebook Page

The last surviving original member of the classic Southern rock group, he played the soaring slide guitar solo on “Free Bird” and co-wrote “Sweet Home ...

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Artimus Pyle, who drummed for Lynyrd Skynyrd for the bulk of the Seventies, pays tribute to Gary Rossington: 'Fly high, our free bird brother.'

We liked a lot of the same things — listening to Jeff Beck at his house on his gigantic stereo, out on the water in his boat, riding horses together.” “As it turns out, being the last living member of Lynyrd Skynyrd is not all it’s cracked up to be,” Pyle says. He’s also the last survivor of the band’s “Everyone will remember Gary as a road dog, trouper, songwriter, and one of the greatest guitar players that ever lived. Perhaps best known for his slide-guitar work on Skynyrd’s immortal “Free Bird,” Rossington was the last founding member of the Southern-rock titans. And I will cherish these texts for the rest of my life,” Pyle, who replaced original drummer Bob Burns in 1975, tells Rolling Stone over the phone from his home in rural North Carolina.

Peter Frampton, Paul Rodgers, The Allman Brothers Band and more also took to social media to pay tribute to the rockstar.

Please keep Dale, Mary and Annie and the entire Rossington family in your prayers and respect the family’s privacy at this time.” “It’s painful, and I’m trying to process it and deal with it.” [wrote that](https://www.facebook.com/LynyrdSkynyrd/posts/765593788258088), “It is without deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, [Gary Rossington](https://www.billboard.com/t/gary-rossington/) today. “As it turns out, being the last living member of “Everyone will remember Gary as a road dog, trouper, songwriter, and one of the greatest guitar players that ever lived. Following the news, Artimus Pyle, who drummed for the rock band during the 1970’s, paid tribute to his late bandmate.

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Gary Rossington, one of the founding members of iconic Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died at 71.

“Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does. At recent shows, Rossington would perform portions of the concert and sometimes sat out full gigs. “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,” the Facebook post reads.