Today, Gary Robert Rossington, the American musician, best known as the guitarist and co-founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd would have turned 72. Sadly, we lost Gary in March 2023 but his music lives on. Rossington was the last original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was one of six band members who survived the plane crash on October 20, 1977, that took the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and three others. Despite breaking both arms, legs, wrists, and ankles, as well as his pelvis, Rossington would eventually recover from his injuries and play on stage again (albeit with steel rods in his right arm and one of his legs).
In Gary's memory, check out a 2017 interview with Gary (above) and watch him share his best tour memories, below.