The band's drummer is pairing with stars including Dolly Parton, Billy Ray Cyrus and more for new project -- a track from the album will be digitally released Oct. 20, 2023 Drummer Artimus Pyle -- currently the oldest remaining member of the Lynyrd Skynyrd legacy --...

Artimus Pyle Continues Touring 45 Years After Surviving Horrific Plane Crash LOS ANGELES – STREET SURVIVORS: THE TRUE STORY OF THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD PLANE CRASH, recreates the story of the ill-fated flight through the eyes of former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer and Rock and...

An All-Star Cast Of Rock, Blues & Country Greats Pay Tribute To The Versatile & Influential Icon ERIC CLAPTON! Includes performances by Artimus Pyle, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Sammy Kershaw, Molly Hatchet, Kirk Fletcher, The Stooges' James Williamson, Eric...

After a bitter legal battle, drummer Artimus Pyle was finally able to tell his version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's tragic plane crash in the recent movie Street Survivors. In a new interview, Pyle reveals that the 1977 incident that killed...

It is difficult to name a band that has persevered through more tragedy than Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd. Formed in Jacksonville, Florida, the band rehearsed and honed their craft in the sweltering swampland they called home, eventually venturing to...

Just the look in the pilot’s eyes was enough to tell Artimus Pyle that the plane carrying him and the rest of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd was going down. Pyle had been going back and forth between the cabin and cockpit, sitting in the navigator jump seat. “You better go...

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (indicted on March 13, 2006), Thomas Delmer "Artimus" Pyle is an American musician who replaced Bob Burns, LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s original drummer due to his recurring battle with mental illness. Artimus played drums...

Find the entire Off The Road series at hawaiipublicradio.org/offtheroad. Today, HPR All Things Considered Host Dave Lawrence welcomes one of only two band survivors still alive from the historic 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash: Rock and Roll Hall...

In Episode #473 of the Iron City Rocks Podcast, the crew are joined by Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee and former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer, Artimus Pyle. "Artimus Pyle shared his store of the tragic 1977 plane crash that killed six passengers including Skynyrd’s...

In 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd was on top of the world. The band just released their fifth record, Street Survivors, when the unthinkable happened. The plane crashed killed six and injured 20. Of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band members that were on that flight, only 2 are still...

Exactly 44 years ago on Oct. 20, 1977, a plane crash killed members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Now, one of the band’s Hall of Fame drummers, Artimus Pyle, describes surviving that crash in the film “Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane...

For Artimus Pyle, former drummer for the legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, music has no age limit.  “I’m 72 and playing drums like I’m 30 and loving it more than I ever have. We’re playing great songs that everyone loves so much,” Pyle said during a...

Sometimes, the sound of impending doom is quiet. And sometimes it is loud. Less often, it is both. That’s how Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle recalls what he and 25 other band members, crew, associates, and pilots heard inside of their Convair CV-240 plane over...

Adam and Artimus Pyle chat one-on-one in the second half of today’s podcast. Adam begins by congratulating Artimus on his film, ‘Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash.’ The guys talk about the difficulty of getting a movie made, some of...

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...

On Oct. 20, 1977, three days after releasing their album Street Survivors, Lynyrd Skynyrd performed at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina, and boarded a Convair CV-240 airplane to take them to Baton Rouge, where they were to perform at...

his week, the film Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, was released digitally, and on DVD and Bluray. The film has a stormy legal history, but director and writer Jared Cohn was at the center of defending the film's...

It may be a blessing of sorts for anyone interested in checking out “Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash” that its VOD release is coming in the middle of a pandemic, when not very many people are rushing to get back on planes...

The tragic story of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has been told many times in news reports, feature articles, books and documentaries, including the 2018 documentary film “Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow.” Most of these versions of the band’s story respectfully...

Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, the new biopic about the tragic 1977 accident that killed Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant and several other people, gets released today as a DVD/Blu-ray/CD set,...

Imagine you’re watching one guy give a testimony about how he survived a plane crash, one that happened to be one of the biggest tragedies in rock ’n’ roll history. The details are incredible: they were the one who talked sense to the bumbling pilots; they held the...

One of the greatest tragedies to ever hit the US music scene was when the plane carrying one of the biggest rock acts ever – Lynyrd Skynyrd – crashed outside of Gillsburg, Mississippi claiming the lives of six members of the entourage including band...

Date: 30 Jun 2020Author: WorldFilmGeek1 Comment The story of the ill-fated 1977 plane crash that rocked the world of music forever is depicted through the eyes of one of its survivors…and to think, we almost never got to see this very film. In 1974,...

Sometimes, the sound of impending doom is quiet. And sometimes it is loud. Less often, it is both. That’s how Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle recalls what he and 25 other band members, crew, associates, and pilots heard inside their Convair CV-240 plane over the...