Artimus Pyle

Artimus Pyle

Birth : 1948-07-15,

History

Pyle was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1967-71 as a sergeant in aviation. He joined Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1974. He survived the 1977 plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie Gaines andSteve Gaines. Pyle suffered several broken ribs, but he and other survivors walked several hundred yards to a farmhouse to try to get help. The appearance of Pyle and his companions alarmed the residents of the farmhouse, who greeted them with guns and demanded they leave the premises. Eventually the Gillsburg Volunteer Fire Department arrived and assured the occupants that the men were survivors of a plane crash. The farmer's son actually shot Pyle in the shoulder with an air rifle. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Pyle currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina, playing solo and with various musicians, including previous members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute bands. He also plays with his own band, "The Artimus Pyle Band", which released "Artimus Venomous" in 2007 on Storm Dog Records Group/Cleopatra Records. He also appears with "The Floyd County Rangers."

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Artimus Pyle

Movies

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth '76
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth '76
Self
Featuring the legendary line-up, this set was part of a daylong festival which also boasted headliners The Rolling Stones. This footage, originally only available via the 1996 film Freebird: The Movie, was intercut with interviews and other performance footage. Now, Live At Knebworth '76 presents the pure concert experience in its entirety, delivering the show as it happened that day.
If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
Himself
The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd; The Greatest American Rock Band Ever. We fly beyond Free Bird to celebrate the life & times of leader Ronnie Van Zant, from boogie-woogie beginnings in Jacksonville’s Shantytown to a tragic end in a Mississippi swamp.
Beyond the Call to Duty
Beyond the Call to Duty
Mr. Hoover
Five Spec Ops, Alpha Squad, head a simple Recon Mission that turns into an all out war for survival against a wave of undead experiments. Alpha Squad must fight, not just for the sake of their own survival, but the fate of the world.
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Freebird... The Movie
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Freebird... The Movie
Himself
See classic live performances, interviews and vintage footage of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd band.
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Tribute Tour
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Tribute Tour
Drums
The Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour was a tour that was undertaken to pay tribute to the original band members who died in a plane crash in 1977. The tour began in the fall of 1987, in honor of the 10-year anniversary of the plane crash. A number of surviving members reunited for the tour. Original members Gary Rossington, Billy Powell and Leon Wilkeson were joined by Ed King (original member who had left the band in 1975), Artimus Pyle (drummer at the time of the plane crash), Randall Hall and Johnny Van Zant.
Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Old Grey Whistle Test
Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Old Grey Whistle Test
Himself
Bob Harris presents a 1975 concert by the Southern rockers, recorded in Shepherd's Bush, London. Songs featured include Sweet Home Alabama, Every Mother's Son, Double Trouble, I Ain't the One, Call Me the Breeze, Same Old Blues and Freebird.