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Surgeon defends video of Allen Collins playing guitar in hospital shortly after Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash

The footage shows Allen Collins wearing hospital pyjamas, neck brace and orthopaedic fixator

Louder

“He used seashells as a pick, that's where he gets all that squank from”: Brilliant players of all persuasions have earned their stripes in Lynyrd Skynyrd's three-guitar army. Rickey Medlocke takes us through all of them, and what made them each special

Having served in Skynyrd as a pre-fame member and later as a crucial part of their reunion, Medlocke has more insight into the idiosyncrasies and genius of each of the band's six-string aces than just about anyone

Guitar World

“We said, ‘We’re calling the band Leonard Skinner!’ And everybody laughed and clapped and thought it was cool. So we kept it”: The early days of Lynyrd Skynyrd recalled by legendary guitarist Gary Rossington

Plus: the British band that inspired the young Skynyrd to work harder

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“When we went to record it, the record company said, ‘Man, they won’t play that, it’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How the young Lynyrd Skynyrd turned a simple love song into a southern rock epic

"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

MusicRadar

"We hit the trees at what seemed like 100 miles an hour": The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the plane that fell from the sky

Fist fights, premonitions and a flight into hell: This is the tale of Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd

Louder

“I could see and hear my brothers dying. It was the worst thing that could ever happen to anyone”: The horror of a rock band’s plane crash - by the guitarist who survived it

Six people died, including the band's singer

MusicRadar

“When I came back into Lynyrd Skynyrd, I knew that Free Bird was going to be my lead. I was the drummer in Muscle Shoals when we cut the original. I watched Allen. I knew the licks”: Rickey Medlocke unpacks his history with Skynyrd – and that guitar solo

Veteran guitarist (and former drummer) reveals how essential Damon Johnson has become, the secret to sounding like the late original guitarists, and the unfinished songs co-written with Gary Rossington

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“Gary walked in and goes, ‘Alright, today’s the day.’ At the end, he came over, shook my hand, and goes, ‘Unbelievable job. I couldn’t ask for any better’”: Rickey Medlocke on the first time he played Lynyrd Skynyrd’s iconic Free Bird guitar solo

Medlocke rejoined Lynyrd Skynyrd as their new guitar player in the early 1990s, and one of his main responsibilities ever since has been to tackle Allen Collins’ legendary lead effort

Guitar World

“People go, ‘How can you write another Free Bird?’ And I go, ‘You can’t.’ Nobody could ever fill Ronnie’s shoes”: The unlikely second coming of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited a decade after the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant to launch their second act

Louder

“I don’t get into many fights now cos you get hit on the throat and you miss a gig”: The explosive rise of Lynyrd Skynyrd, America’s greatest southern rock band

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic debut album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) was released on August 13, 1973, setting them on the path to stardom

Louder

Otherworldly video captures rare jellyfish with a hitchhiker in its bell

Amazing new footage shows a rare Deepstaria jellyfish with a resident isopod in its bell off the coast of Chile.

LiveScience

"We'd started playing small dance halls for a few hundred people, now suddenly we were opening for the Stones and The Who": A celebration of the life and music of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington

Gary Rossington was the last surviving member of Lynyrd Skynyrd's founding lineup: He died a year ago

Louder

“To survive in this game, we had to get away from the 10-minute guitar solos”: the story of .38 Special, Blackfoot and the Southern Rock/AOR crossover

In the late 70s and early 80s, many of Southern Rock’s finest swapped twanging guitars for melodic rock magnificence

Louder

How Gary Rossington played through the pain to define the quintessential Southern rock sound with Lynyrd Skynyrd

We pay tribute to the ultimate survivor, who broke every bone in his body and still kept the music going with a style that inspired generations of players

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Louder

Lynyrd Skynyrd are to continue touring without any original members, following the death of guitarist Gary Rossington

Southern Rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd are to carry on in the wake of the March 5 death of their final original member, Gary Rossington

The Independent UK

Gary Rossington: Last original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd

As well as his skills as a songwriter, Rossington’s talent for guitar ensured he was a pivotal part of the band’s success

The Guardian - UK

Gary Rossington obituary

Songwriter, guitarist and founding member of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for its single Sweet Home Alabama

Tribune News Service

Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and last original member, dies at 71

Gary Rossington, the longtime Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist who played critical roles on the timeless Southern rock anthems “Free Bird” and “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died, the band announced. He was 71.

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Evening Standard

Who was Gary Rossington? Legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist dies at 71

The band’s longest-lived founding member, who survived a serious car crash in 1976 and a 1977 plane crash, has died aged 71

Chicago Sun-Times

Gary Rossington, founding member and guitarist with Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies at 71

Gary Rossington was the last living original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. He survived a 1977 plane crash that killed 3 members of the band and played slide on ‘Freebird.’

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