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Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes to perform in all-star tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington at the CMT Awards
By Matt Parker published
The Southern rock legend’s memorial show at the 2023 CMT Awards will feature some huge guitar talent among a band of big-name rock and country stars
Watch Lynyrd Skynyrd pay tribute to Gary Rossington at their first show since the founding guitarist passed away
By Matt Parker published
The band paid their respects onstage in Florida, while performing Tuesday’s Gone
The 25 greatest Lynyrd Skynyrd songs of all time
By Guitar World Staff published
Ranking the extraordinary catalog of the Southern rock legends and their trademark triple-guitar attack
Gary Rossington 1951-2023: the guitar world pays tribute
By Matt Owen published
Joe Bonamassa, James Hetfield, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and more have paid tribute to the influential Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, who has died aged 71
Gary Rossington recalls the making of 10 landmark Lynyrd Skynyrd tracks: “The more wild experiences you have the better songs you can write”
By Alan Paul published
In this classic interview, the late Southern rock icon discusses Ronnie Van Zant's habit of writing lyrics in the shower, how Sweet Home Alabama started as a joke and why the band's record label begged them not to include Free Bird on their debut album
Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, dies at 71
By Jackson Maxwell published
Rossington had been the Southern rock institution's last surviving original member
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Gary Rossington expected to make a full recovery after “emergency heart surgery”
By Matt Owen published
Damon Johnson will fill in for Rossington on the band's upcoming tour dates
Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington shares the story behind Free Bird
By Guitar World Staff published
Learn how the most requested song in live music was created
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