I couldn't have put it any better. Every Oct. 20th, I'll say a prayer, put in some Skynyrd, do a shot of Bourbon, and have a smoke in rememberance for all of the band. the ones gone, and the ones like Gary and little Brother Johnny, keeping Ronnie's dream alive.

He plays so precise too.

Buddy,you hit the nail on the head. We grew up in a way that many Skynnyrd songs where about. It just so happened they where our favorite band. Ronnie's lyrics where from a wisdom way beyond his years. I don't compare which guitar player was the best, Gary just happened to be my favorite, but I loved all of them. I will say they had the best piano player at the time. It was a salt of the earth band playin' to salt of the earth ppl.

Not "Is"...."Was"

Hello and hell yeah!

Having a GREAT JAM , FUN AND LOVE!!!!

Never thought about it but you’re right they are never included in the best or most important guitarists on any list and you could make a really good argument for any of Skynyrds members to make a greatest of all time list. Ronnie was an incredible lyricist and an amazing frontman he might not have been the most technically proficient singer but his voice is iconic. Allen Collins, Rossington and Gains should be on some guitar greats lists. I wonder if it’s a southern thing them being overlooked or something. Billy Gibbons is on the lists, although he’s not from the Deep South or Old South but Texas is no doubt southern.

R.I.P. Gary ..and yes, we WILL remember you 💔

Iconic Rock & Roll Band of all time!

R I p

The band it's gone people

Amen Amen Amen

...and never will.

I was already on my way to school when I heard the news. Still in trouble for sneaking off & going to the concert without permission & on a school night then sneaking in very late. But that day I cried all day at school then when I got home, my mom knew how devastated I was & she talked my dad into lifting my punishment of not being able to go out for the weekends ahead. But I didn't want to go out, just stay home with my Skynyrd albums & stay in my room. My friends came over & we all mourned . Even my mom did caz she loved them too.

I was sitting on the messdeck of a US destroyer getting ready (that day) to go on a Med cruise. In a rarity they had AFRTS radio piped through the ship. Then the news came on....

Yeah, '77 was a big bummer for me and music in general. The LS crash, losing Ronnie, Steve and Cassie, Elvis, and Bing Crosby died thatb year too. Also my older brother Pete, who was everything to me. We loved LS and I still do!

I was 18 yrs old and sitting in front of the tv eating a tv dinner watching the evening local news when Tom Wills announced the shocking news. I couldn't believe it. Not long after I bought the one of the first copies of the Street Survivors album. It was the one with the whole front cover in flames.

I was at school, when I heard the news. I left and just drove all day listening to Skynyrd. I still take 20 Oct off, every year.

Gary was my inspiration to play guitar as well. Nothing like the tone he got out of his guitar. My guitar hero

His phrasing has a lot of feel. He isn't fast, Collins was, but very soulful. I hear Duane in his style and tone.

I agree with that. He look's like he's just pretending to move his hand!

I like Allen Collins Myself, but with out both? We Would NOT have LS

Amen Brother

I'm from BR too and had my ticket to the show back then; but I don't have it now. Memory fails, but I must have cashed it in for the refund, never knowing they'd reach such a high level of recognition so many years later. I do, however, have my ticket stub to the Assembly Center when they "resumed" the tour in 1992. I was a grad student at the Manship School. Also saw them at the downtown Civic Center a few years ago and at Sturgis last summer. Visited the memorial near Gillsburg two years ago as well. Very nice.

They honored those ticket at 87 reunion concert. But in MHO you would have to be a damn fool to use it. Gotta be worth something but I would never sell it if I had one and I certainly wouldn't use it for a concert when I could buy a ticket

Yall remember Jerry Casity?...he was around there then supposedly.....he graduated in 77 I think

My dad had tickets too.

The Street Survivors album had been out two days when the crash happened. They pulled to change the cover. My bff had the original.

Even though i am a Bass player, i bought my first Les Paul because of Gary, I used to listen to "One More from The Road' at night in my room with the lights turned off and the headphones on. Did this many times. But from "Nuthin Fancy" album "On the Hunt" was the first lead I learnd on my Les Paul. Later in life I was privaliged to meet Gary in Person in a hotel lobby when they were getting ready to get on the bus to go do a show. I told him about the Les Paul thing and he got a laugh out of it. Then I whipped out my copy of the "First and last " album and he signed it with penmanship just like he learned in school, you could read it good. Gary is a champion in the music industry, a down to earth Badass!

ALL SKYNYRD RIP GARY

On the hunt is one their best tunes. The breakdown in the middle is amazing.

@@fivestring65ify Huey Thomason once said he used to like to watch Gary when Ed was in the band. There was a chemistry there. I saw Gary be like that with Ed in 1991. That show smoked!! They were there to PLAY! When Steve came along that type of chemistry was there with Steve and Allen. I met Ed a long time ago. Nice man! As great a player as Huey was it was not the same. He had his style and it defined the Outlaws. Different mindset. I love what he did no issue. Gary took the Kossoff thing, slowed down the vibrato and was the rock of Skynyrd. May he rest in peace!

💯%Agree, getting chills thinking about it lol, I feel like I knew each and every one of them. 🎚️✌️🎶🎼

Much respect for you Mr. Loggins.

Gary Richrath is a good comparison tho he smiled a lot and expressed himself a lot more but man both of those guys awesome guitarist I would have liked REO a lot more had Kevin Cronin not been such a dick, you get what you play for right?

Very true gentleman, very true!

You know I think you're right and I can't fight this feeling

Most guitar players and drummers like lead singers have their own unique sound and style, that’s what made them famous.

Both players as well as great writers-

At least he gave us something to shoot for. It may be unattainable But lots of fun trying …

Louis, neighbors beat up on me via police & psych. social Verker as I would try and play chords on SG & Fender amp in garage in Euclid by the Lake, Ohio. Along with Duane, Gregg, & their band, these folks bring humanity, fairness, drugs-shunning, genius of Van Zant song, and happiness from Allen ( not sure if he spell Alan or Allen ) with Gary .

I remember that concert well. Was there myself. Place was electric.

any idea what took him from us?

Amen

I humbly disagree. Allman Brothers can not be left out of the conversation.

@@tedschmidt3288 I like the Allmans. They have a few decent songs. But Skynyrd has a lot of good songs. And better guitar playing to boot. No comparison other than both being considered southern rock genre. But Skynyrd is on a whole other level. It’s not even close. Skynyrd has dozens of good songs. Allmans have but a few. But you are entitled to your opinion....

@@larrymackerethjr.3812 To each his own. The Allman's live album, "at Fillmore East", in my opinion, when it comes to guitar work in blues/rock/jazz is at the the top..with whoever a distant second. Not discounting the rest of the band, but Duane and Dickey laid down some guitar work that no other band with 2+ guitarists have equaled. My opinion ... and probably a few others. I like Skynyrd a lot. I consider them more rock than blues. Another favorite is The Marshall Tucker Band.

Amen I 👍 agree!

Thanks Ferd...appreciate it!!

I heard it was fixed with three screws, and the Gibson guitar maker who did the 200(3?) Gary Rossington signature LesPaul alludes to those three screws as well. Not sure the glue claim is fully accurate. Suggest googling for more info.

I have heard that encore was an awesome thing to witness!! Thanks for sharing!

This is the 1st I've heard about Gary's Passing. Such a GREAT Talent and he will be missed. Its seems that a lot of Folks have "Forgotten" the Rossington-Collins Band but I'll never Forget them or Lynyrd Skynyrd. Rest in Peace, Gary!

I’ve got two years on you, but I couldn’t have said it better. There will never be bands like any of them again, and I’m so grateful that we got to experience their music in “real time”.

Don't forget The Outlaws, too. Greetings from Switzerland, Europe, the Old World. I' m a swiss citizen, born and raised ...

And don't forget, 38 Special