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Wikipedia is your source?DerekJohnson said:
Confirmed by WikipediaYellowSnow said:
Artimus Pyle is still alive I believe.RaceBannon said:Headed to that big oak tree in the sky
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Was Artimus an original member though?YellowSnow said:
Artimus Pyle is still alive I believe.RaceBannon said:Headed to that big oak tree in the sky
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No. He joined in like 74. But he was on the Street Survivors LP and on the plane. Pretty OG IMO.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
Was Artimus an original member though?YellowSnow said:
Artimus Pyle is still alive I believe.RaceBannon said:Headed to that big oak tree in the sky
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Yep Rossington was the last original member not the last survivor
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Franco is notYellowSnow said:
Artimus Pyle is still alive I believe.RaceBannon said:Headed to that big oak tree in the sky
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Who’s Franco ? I thought Bob Burns was the drummer on the 1st and 2nd LPs?RaceBannon said:
Franco is notYellowSnow said:
Artimus Pyle is still alive I believe.RaceBannon said:Headed to that big oak tree in the sky
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In case your serious, ClarkYellowSnow said:
Who’s Franco ? I thought Bob Burns was the drummer on the 1st and 2nd LPs?RaceBannon said:
Franco is notYellowSnow said:
Artimus Pyle is still alive I believe.RaceBannon said:Headed to that big oak tree in the sky
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My Boomer cultural reference knowledge is exceptional for a Gen X'er. But it's not perfect @RaceBannon .RaceBannon said:
In case your serious, ClarkYellowSnow said:
Who’s Franco ? I thought Bob Burns was the drummer on the 1st and 2nd LPs?RaceBannon said:
Franco is notYellowSnow said:
Artimus Pyle is still alive I believe.RaceBannon said:Headed to that big oak tree in the sky
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Not original, but I think he's the only living one now who was actually a real member on an album. My friend has a great story of a local fire department calling him about tickets to a fundraiser headlined by Artimus Pyle. He was a big Skynyrd fan and was stoked, but asked the guy what Artemis was playing. Guy's answer "all the hits." Friend explained Artemis was a drummer - is he drumming the hits or singing them? Guy ran out of answers.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
Was Artimus an original member though?YellowSnow said:
Artimus Pyle is still alive I believe.RaceBannon said:Headed to that big oak tree in the sky
Don't know why I like this story so much. -
In 1987, Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited for a full-scale tour with five major members of the pre-crash band: crash survivors Gary Rossington, Billy Powell, Leon Wilkeson and Artimus Pyle, along with guitarist Ed King, who had left the band two years before the crash. Ronnie Van Zant's younger brother, Johnny, took over as the new lead singer and primary songwriter. Due to founding member Allen Collins' paralysis from his 1986 car accident, he was only able to participate as the musical director, choosing Randall Hall, his former bandmate in the Allen Collins Band, as his stand-in. In return for avoiding prison following his guilty plea to DUI manslaughter Collins would be wheeled out onstage each night to explain to the audience why he could no longer perform (usually before the performance of "That Smell", the lyrics of which had been partially directed at him).[citation needed] Collins was stricken with pneumonia in 1989 and died on January 23, 1990, at age 37.[38]
The reunited band was intended to be a one-time tribute to the original lineup, captured on the double-live album Southern by the Grace of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour 1987. That the band chose to continue after the 1987 tribute tour caused legal problems for the survivors, as Judy Van Zant Jenness and Teresa Gaines Rapp (widows of Ronnie and Steve, respectively) sued the others for violating an agreement made shortly after the plane crash, stating that they would not "exploit" the Skynyrd name for profit. As part of the settlement, Jenness and Rapp collect nearly 30% of the band's touring revenues (representing the shares their husbands would have earned had they lived), and hold a proviso requiring any band touring as Lynyrd Skynyrd to include Rossington and at least two of the other four surviving members from the pre-crash era, namely Wilkeson, Powell, King and Pyle.[39] Following this rule, the band would have been forced to retire in 2001, but they have still continued to tour for another two decades.[citation needed]
Someone get @MelloDawg his citations please
