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Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Gary Rossington dead at 71
AP ^ | March 6, 2023 | AP

Posted on 03/05/2023 10:13:10 PM PST by DoodleBob

Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given.

“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 band wrote on Facebook. “Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does. Please keep Dale, Mary, Annie and the entire Rossington family in your prayers and respect the family’s privacy at this difficult time.”

Rossington cheated death more than once, Rolling Stone reported. He survived a car accident in 1976 in which he drove his Ford Torino into a tree, inspiring the band’s cautionary song “That Smell.” A year later, he emerged from the 1977 plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backing vocalist Cassie Gaines, with two broken arms, a broken leg, and a punctured stomach and liver.

“It was a devastating thing,” he told Rolling Stone in 2006. “You can’t just talk about it real casual and not have feelings about it.”

In later years, Rossington underwent quintuple bypass surgery in 2003, suffered a heart attack in 2015, and had numerous subsequent heart surgeries, most recently leaving Lynyrd Skynyrd in July 2021 to recover from another procedure. At recent shows, Rossington would perform portions of the concert and sometimes sat out full gigs.

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1 posted on 03/05/2023 10:13:10 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

Blame the vax in 3..2…1..


2 posted on 03/05/2023 10:18:52 PM PST by libh8er
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To: DoodleBob

Rode hard and put up wet.


3 posted on 03/05/2023 10:22:49 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

That was a hard 71.


4 posted on 03/05/2023 10:23:14 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DoodleBob

Wow, we’re the same age. But I ain’t done yet and his music will live on.


5 posted on 03/05/2023 10:31:25 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: DoodleBob

Lynyrd Skynyrd Song list

Ain’t No Good Life (1977)
All I Can Do Is Write About It (1976)
Am I Losin’ (1975)
Call Me The Breeze (1974)
Cry For The Bad Man (1976)
Don’t Ask Me No Questions (1974)
Four Walls Of Raiford (1987)
Free Bird (1973)
Gifted Hands (2009)
Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)
Gimme Three Steps (1973)
God & Guns (2009)
Homegrown (2012)
I Know A Little (1977)
I Never Dreamed (1977)
Last Of A Dyin’ Breed (2012)
Last Of The Street Survivors (2020)
Mississippi Blood (2012)
Mr. Banker (1987)
One Day at a Time (2012)
Poison Whiskey (1973)
Red White and Blue (Love it or Leave) (2003)
Saturday Night Special (1975)
Simple Man (1973)
Skynyrd Nation (2009)
Still Unbroken (2009)
Storm (2009)
Sweet Home Alabama (1974)
That Smell (1977)
The Ballad Of Curtis Loew (1974)
The Needle And The Spoon (1974)
Things Goin’ On (1973)
Tomorrow’s Goodbye (1999)
Travelin’ Man (1997)
Tuesday’s Gone (1973)
Was I Right Or Wrong (1978)
What’s Your Name (1977)
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller (1975)
Workin’ (1999)
Workin’ For MCA (1974)
You Got That Right (1977)


6 posted on 03/05/2023 10:41:22 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

I said “Excuse me”


7 posted on 03/05/2023 10:43:45 PM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: DoodleBob

RIP buddy.


8 posted on 03/05/2023 11:05:56 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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I saw them in Milwaukee in 1975, and my ears are still ringing!


9 posted on 03/05/2023 11:23:24 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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11 posted on 03/05/2023 11:29:17 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: DannyTN

A wonderful list. Thank you.


12 posted on 03/05/2023 11:44:21 PM PST by mairdie (Grandfather Jack Bell - miner, reporter, lawman, naturalist - https://youtu.be/Dnnb63UEk9c)
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To: DoodleBob

In the 90’s I was at a Neil Young show in Atlanta when the inevitable for the era cry for “FREEBIRD!” came from someone in the crowd between songs. Loudly enough and often enough that Neil finally addressed it by giving the guy some poo, in which he said “Those guys are dead!”

A shout came from down front “No I’m not!”

Rossington was in the audience! He and Neil (from the stage) chatted briefly, then the show resumed. But it was a really funny moment.


13 posted on 03/05/2023 11:54:59 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Repeal The 17th

They’ll probably make some contrived story of how a bunch of session players have a connection with the original band, and the little brother will have them on tour again next summer.


14 posted on 03/05/2023 11:56:45 PM PST by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: DoodleBob

Great band. Loved them, Outlaws and Atlanta Rhythm Section back in the day.


15 posted on 03/06/2023 12:07:16 AM PST by j.frank.dobie
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To: V_TWIN

Skynyrd ping.


16 posted on 03/06/2023 12:14:16 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: FreedomPoster

I used to shout “Freebird!” at metal and punk concerts to have a little fun. I’ll have to resurrect that again at upcoming gigs if the timing and mood are right for it.


17 posted on 03/06/2023 12:39:03 AM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: DoodleBob

Well dang.


18 posted on 03/06/2023 1:05:12 AM PST by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)
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To: DoodleBob

Saw them in concert when they opened for The Who in Largo MD. the Cap Center.


19 posted on 03/06/2023 1:25:27 AM PST by stockpirate (Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins...Repression Breeds Violence)
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To: DannyTN

Angels from heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


20 posted on 03/06/2023 1:42:20 AM PST by FreeperCell
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