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Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle recounts tragic plane crash in new movie
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 Crash.”
“I just thought it was time for the Skynyrd fans to know what happened to us on that fateful day,” Pyle told WTOP.
“It was time to tell that story. … I think about this every single day. It’s not something that I can put out of my mind.
Lynyrd skynyrd plane crash survivor shotIt’s always there. … For many years I was sad, but I just decided that after 40 years … I’m going to be happy about the music.”
The tragedy unfolded after the band had just performed in Greenville, South Carolina.
“The last time [frontman] Ronnie Van Zant ever played ‘Free Bird’ was in Greenville,” Pyle said.
“Then we were heading to Baton Rouge, Louisiana on a 95-city world tour. We were going to do