{"id":28649,"date":"2024-02-02T12:03:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/artimus-pyle-celebrates-ronnie-van-zant-on-new-album-anthems-honoring-the-music-of-lynyrd-skynyrd\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:03:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:03:11","slug":"artimus-pyle-celebrates-ronnie-van-zant-on-new-album-anthems-honoring-the-music-of-lynyrd-skynyrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/artimus-pyle-celebrates-ronnie-van-zant-on-new-album-anthems-honoring-the-music-of-lynyrd-skynyrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Artimus Pyle celebrates Ronnie Van Zant on new album, ‘Anthems – Honoring the Music Of Lynyrd Skynyrd’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former\u00a0Lynyrd Skynyrd<\/strong>\u00a0drummer\u00a0Artimus Pyle<\/strong>\u00a0is out with a new album,\u00a0Anthems – Honoring The Music Of Lynyrd Skynyrd<\/em>, and he tells ABC Audio there was a clear reason why he wanted to make it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRonnie Van Zant<\/strong>\u00a0and his band deserve it,\u201d he says, referring to Skynyrd\u2019s former frontman, who died in the 1977 plane crash that also killed guitarist\u00a0Steve Gaines<\/strong>\u00a0and backup singer\u00a0Cassie Gaines<\/strong>, and injured\u00a0<\/strong>Pyle and the rest of the band.<\/p>\n

The album features guest stars including\u00a0Dolly Parton<\/strong>,\u00a0Sammy Hagar<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Gov\u2019t Mule<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Warren Haynes<\/strong>\u00a0putting their spin on Skynyrd classics, but Artimus notes they also wanted to pay tribute to Ronnie.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can hear it in their performances that they’re putting their hearts into these performances because they’re singing for Ronnie,” he says.<\/p>\n

Artimus says Dolly was the first to sign on for the album and that after hearing her take on the classic \u201cFreebird,\u201d he \u201ccried like a baby.” The song was also an emotional one for Artimus because he was able to get his Skynyrd bandmate\u00a0Gary Rossington<\/strong>\u00a0to play on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis album meant so much to me because it was a vehicle that brought Gary and I back together,\u201d he says of Rossington, who passed away in March, leaving Pyle as the final living member of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And while some people may think\u00a0he is trying to profit off the Skynyrd legacy,\u00a0Pyle insists that\u2019s not the case.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn’t do it to make a bunch of money,\u201d he says. \u201cThe people that will benefit from these songs are the children and grandchildren of my friends that are up in rock and roll heaven.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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