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Interviewing The Legends, August 25, 2020

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Artimus Pyle Lynyrd Skynyrd legendary drummer chats about the new movie Street Survivors and the confederate flag issue

Long considered the "wild man" of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Artimus Pyle's powerful and distinctive double bass drumming helped define the legendary Skynyrd sound.

ORDER

Street Survivors:

The True Story Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash

Format: DVD -Available at amazon.com

In 1977, a plane carrying Southern rock legends LYNYRD SKYNYRD mysteriously runs out of gas mid-air en route to a concert, crashing into a dangerous Mississippi swamp while killing several of the band members, crew and both pilots. STREET SURVIVORS: The True Story of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash tells the story thru one of the survivors, drummer Artimus Pyle, who not only survived the fatal crash (that claimed the life of the band's founder and front man Ronnie Van Zant amongst others), but who also bravely pulled the remaining survivors out of the plane wreckage before staggering towards the nearest farmhouse in rural Mississippi to seek help.

 

Street Survivor: Keeping the Beat

 in Lynyrd Skynyrd 

Hardcover – October 15, 2019

The book:

 by Artimus Pyle (Author)

And Dean Goodman  (Author)

Also available at amazon.com

ARTIMUS PYLE was born in Kentucky and raised in Tennessee and Ohio. He joined the US Marines in 1968 and Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1974. He played drums on four albums, including Street Survivors, released three days before the plane crash that killed his friends Ronnie Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines, and Dean Kilpatrick. He has five children, and lives in Black Mountain, North Carolina. DEAN GOODMAN (Los Angeles) is a veteran journalist, lives in Los Angeles. He is the author of Strange Days: The Adventures of a Grumpy Rock n Roll Journalist in Los Angeles.

 

For more information about

Artimus Pyle

                                          and                                              

The Artimus Pyle Band

visit

https://artimuspyleband.com/

Official Website

https://www.facebook.com/ArtimusPyleBand

Facebook

http://www.lynyrdskynyrdhistory.com/

Lynyrd Skynyrd History Website

Guest, Artimus Pyle

Guest Name
Artimus Pyle
Guest Occupation
Legendary drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd
Guest Biography

A R T I M U S

P Y L E

LEGENDARY LYNYRD SKYNYRD DRUMMER

CHATS ABOUT SURVIVING  THE AIRPLANE CRASH 

THAT KILLED HIS BANDMATES

AND RESCUING  SURVIVORS

NEW MOVIE  

Street Survivors:

 The True Story Of  The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash

Based on his eyewitness and chain of events

 

 

Long considered the "wild man" of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Artimus Pyle's powerful and distinctive double bass drumming helped define the legendary Skynyrd sound.

Artimus got his first real break at the Charlie Daniels band's Volunteer Jam. His first recording lists -- Artimus Pyle, percussion. Then with other work for the Marshall Tucker Band, Artimus became known as a powerful session drummer.

Using his connections with Charlie Daniels and Marshall Tucker, both acts that toured often with Skynyrd, Artimus met with Ronnie VanZant and Ed King at Studio One in Doraville, Georgia. The results of that meeting -- Saturday Night Special -- greatly impressed Ronnie. Artimus' live debut with the band took place in Jacksonville's Sgt Pepper's Club in October 1974. The gig, a show to raise money and awareness for Jacksonville's food bank, was hot Everyone remembers the band walking through the front door and into a crush of people that doubled the legal occupancy of the club. Playing under the hot lights in an over-packed club with an underpowered air conditioner made for a memorable night When Bob Burns left the band permanently following Skynyrd's first European tour in December 1974, Artimus quickly got the nod as Skynyrd's new drummer.

The years Artimus played with Skynyrd were the years that solidified the legend behind the band. Quickly developing into one of the nation's top touring draws with a grueling schedule of 300 shows a year, the constant work and touring paid off. By October 20, 1977, Skynyrds songs had become radio staples.

More than just a "tribute" to Lynyrd Skynyrd a tribute to the man that defined it. Artimus Pyle has said " If it wasn't for Ronnie, no one would know my name." Since his departure from Skynyrd in 1991 , Artimus Pyle's career has led him down an amazing path of solo records and projects culminating into one the finest tributes to southern rock royalty. The Artimus Pyle Band is a high energy, true to the music, and true to the era rock group. One of the few that is on the road today. Artimus Pyle, Brad Durden, Jerry Lyda, Dave Fowler, and Scott Raines are not only a group of friends and contemporaries but a group with some of the most seasoned musician in the southeast.

APB delivers hit after hit after hit, night after night after night. From Freebird to Sweet Home Alabama, APB gives fans the best of Skynyrd with one of men who made it!

 

ORDER NOW!

Street Survivors:

The True Story

Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash

Format: DVD -Available at amazon.com

In 1977, a plane carrying Southern rock legends LYNYRD SKYNYRD mysteriously runs out of gas mid-air en route to a concert, crashing into a dangerous Mississippi swamp while killing several of the band members, crew and both pilots. STREET SURVIVORS: The True Story of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash tells the story thru one of the survivors, drummer Artimus Pyle, who not only survived the fatal crash (that claimed the life of the band's founder and front man Ronnie Van Zant amongst others), but who also bravely pulled the remaining survivors out of the plane wreckage before staggering towards the nearest farmhouse in rural Mississippi to seek help.

 

For more information about

ARTIMUS PYLE

                                                            ​and                                                                

The Artimus Pyle Band

visit

Official Website

https://www.facebook.com/ArtimusPyleBand

Facebook

http://www.lynyrdskynyrd.com

Lynyrd Skynyrd History Website

The Artimus Pyle band

will be performing on

Friday, September 11th at 8pm

 at Central Park Performing Arts Center in Largo, Florida

Visit https://www.largoarts.com/ for tickets

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