Have you lost your mind? Gary is the first one to admit Allen was the best guitar player in the band including the 2 pop arists they temporarily had by the name of Ed and Steve. Rickey Medlocke admits Allen was the best player with Skynyrd too. Also this video is poorly put together.

@@p.g.8138 As a guitarist, I am a total geek in this area. Their styles complimented each other - Allen was flashier, Gary was a more controlled style. Speed isn't the only thing that counts, and that's not taking anything away from Allen. And Steve Gaines was as good as either of them - we only have a little of his work to go by, but what there was was outstanding. It's interesting to watch him go note-for-note with Allen in ending of Freebird solo, and his work on I Know a Little, T for Texas, etc is awesome too. There's a reason why he pushed both Collins and Rossington to new heights, and why Ronnie said they'd all be in his shadow some day. And sorry brother, but to call Gaines a "pop artist" is absurd - he was completely grounded in blues and C&W guitar. Just listen to his finger-picking and slide work.

@@WhizzingFish12 Show me a video were Steve played the Freebird solo note to note with Allen? Who were you watching? Not Skynyrd. Maybe along with him on a very small part of the solo. I have an interview on you tube with Gary and Rickey and they said Allen was one of the greatest guitarists of all time and people don't give him credit for it, how can you dispute that. They were both friends of Allen's. They only mentioned Allen, not themselves or Steve. I also talked to a bandmates of Allen's on FB and he said he was one of the greatest guitar player's of all time. This guy played with Molley Hatchet and was forming a band with Allen after RCB and ACB disbanded.

@@p.g.8138 So much hostility here and I don't know why. Check out the live footage from both Oakland and Knebworth (and One More from the Road) and you will see what I mean. It''s primarily Allen's solo of course but at multiple key moments Gaines steps in and mirrors him note-for-note, including on some of the most technical moments. And my commentary initially wasn't even about Gaines, but about Rossington, whose style I like better and whose licks form the basis for so much of Skynyrd's sound. If you think his playing on Call Me the Breeze doesn't show his talent I don't know what to say (not to mention his very proficient slide work). To each their own though. BTW, great guitarists calling others better than them happens all the time. Clapton, Santana, Hendrix, SRV, Page, Beck, Allman, Bonamassa, etc all said others are better than them. It's professional courtesy, lol. No need to respond as I'm not arguing with you. I think Allen was absolutely fantastic in his own style - certainly Top 25 of all time in the rock genre. That's pretty damn good.

​@@p.g.8138ed and stv piggybacked Allen during some of fb.. Noone to this day can play the firebird or explorer like Larkin

You get The BEST 4 Sure

steve gaines also all 3 were great.

I think it's great when the singer genuinely likes what the other musicians are doing..

He was the Gen Lee of music

Winter landis colorized now

Gary loves Neil Young

That’s my favorite part lol