An interview with Gary Rossington

[@katrinamurphy1073]

Great interview. Gave me chills when he said he could feel his friends that went over the rainbow giving them help.

[@JenniferMonroe-go7hp]

❤ YOU 4EVER,GARRY!!!

[@priblackcherry]

thanks for posting, I hadn't heard Gary's voice at that time...

[@LittleBear88111]

God bless these gents and the honkettes ,God love them

[@jaywyche416]

Gary was on fire back then. Thay were in the top. Freebird

[@sfslickdawg]

You can hear the pain in Gary's voice talking about the Skynyrd days.

[@NJDEVILz86]

Think he liked me cuz I never mentioned thar day

[@TonyBeazley]

Rossington Collins Band...."Getaway" truly one kick ass song....

[@JenniferMonroe-go7hp]

I've listened to Skynard as long as I can remember."Down South Jukin"is one of my favorites "Call Me The Breeze" -they made it their own.💕Rossington Collins too.

[@mbsnyderc]

A lot of you people aren't really listening he was never a great speaker ,but listen to what he actually said it's not the ramblings of a drugged out dude he put his life into his music,and had a part in writing the music to all those songs him and Ronnie started the band before anybody else came into it,and he is the last man standing, he must have done something right.

[@allguitar3349]

Right on ...Gary will forever be revered in my Camp. . He is the picture of a solid rock guitarist ..Gary is still the man

[@Rich-kp1eu]

He does sound impaired, but how could he not be? He lost his friends in a terrible accident, and almost lost his own life. This is an interview of a person who just recently lost his entire world from a plane crash. He survived and he is struggling with that.

[@larryn2682]

@@Rich-kp1eu he could lay off the alcohol and drugs.

[@billyhaynes480]

Yessir me too!! And AMEN ❤️❤️‍🔥💯

[@billyhaynes480]

@@larryn2682 don't judge, least you will be Sir!!! ❤️‍🔥🫵💯💯💯.. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 I don't think you understand. But God bless you!!! 🙏🏼🫵🫶❤️‍🔥👀..

[@southernman517]

that was really cool to hear that thanks a lot for posting it.

[@TonyBeazley]

Rossington Collins Band...."Getaway" truly one kick ass song.....those mfrs kicked ass........

[@jacobabrownful]

My favorite as well. Misunderstand me is good and prime time where i think billy powell has a piano solo

[@ericcross7863]

Barry lee Harwood!

[@billyhaynes480]

😀 They did Make it!!!🎶 💯 ALL the way to the Top 🔝🎩❤️‍🔥..

[@tericm]

Thank you Tony...You've been busy!!!

[@SteveGaines]

I remember hearing this on Rock 103 in Memphis in 1980...."RED BEARD" did the interview..

[@enforcer4444]

good job keep em coming

[@SteveGaines]

I remember this interview...It was done by RED BEARD..."We don't know how do to anything else but pick strawberries"...LOL I won't ever forget that line.

[@2000tc88]

Good one Tony,I love Ronnie`s t-shirt at 2.17.As Artimus said they BLEW them off the stage at Knebworth.

[@allguitar3349]

Darn right they did. I hear you..cool ass shirt..rock on man. Long live Skynyrd

[@jcm78]

Quaaludes folks. Apparently Gary loved them.

[@allguitar3349]

Can't speak a word when your full of ludes. .. great song.Skynyrd wrote from truth and heart .Garys the man..

[@TonyBeazley]

You're welcome Randy...no problem. Thanks!!!

[@bilho2499]

All I Know Youall DONT KNOW GaryR. You CANT GUESS WHAT IT IS FOR the BROTHER GARY R TRULY IS !!! SKYNYRD WAS. = WAS HIS LIFE ! HIS FAMILY !!! HIS WAY !!! HIM & ALLEN ROCKIN ON YAAAAAAA !+! PICTURE OF EXCRUCIATION = GARY BEING IN THAT JET IN THE CRASH - SEEIN HIS FAMILY DIE IN FRONT OF HIM WHILE HE WAS BROKIN UP TOO !!! HAY ALL U BAD MOUTHERS GET OFF THE ROAD !!! GARYR STILL ROCKS ON. SOLID !+! NORSMAN BILL.

[@bettyandrews9571]

Amen! Right on! Best guitarist 🎸

[@jackson5781]

@TonyBeazley Tony all this stuff yu have what will you end up doing with it sir cause mn i love this band and for a guy tht ws born in 81, never having got to meet my favorite singer i just love to hear his music

[@TonyBeazley]

You will hear bout it!!!

[@bluestreetcar]

Thanks for posting this, let me know when the CD comes out please, thank you.

[@7blueblood]

if gary dies... skynyrd wont be skynyrd hes the only thing keeping it togather,

[@rickypierce8577]

There is no skynyrd without Ronnie Steve Cassie Billy. And Leon

[@rickypierce8577]

Oh and Allen

[@onetrickpony5884]

7blueblood Lynyrd skynyrd died the day the plane crashed.

[@Anabelleandthedesertscrubs]

The ONLY thing

[@2pac_739]

What about artimus he has been donating a shit ton of money to charity

[@jackson5781]

@TonyBeazley in 2003 gary had 3 minor strokes 2 of which happened onstage and he had to have open heart surgery.

[@TonyBeazley]

some people say yes and some say that is how he sounds when he talks....

[@TonyBeazley]

@jackson5781 wow.. never even heard about the strokes...damn!!! I did know about the heart surgery..

[@jackson5781]

Tony Beazley I studied more on Skynyrd then as time went on I studdied Johnny Van Zant and his crew as well then the Rossington Collins band. As well alot of bands they traveled with . You'll find alot of very interesting info.

[@bigroy38]

Good ol'Red Beard!!

[@NathanSmith-xf7rk]

Listened to a lot of his interviews on rock and roll

[@irritatedmushroom2]

Ronnie's T-shirt in the last pic, "Who the fuck are the rolling stones?" Gotta love that!

[@jerricampbell1632]

Nathan Bellows Leon wilkeson

[@TonyBeazley]

Rossington Collins Band's...."Getaway" ....you have to get it.....it is so cool.......

[@ericcross7863]

Tony Beazley still have my vinyl, got to go backstage and meet them.

[@mrsgstd]

This interview was from 1980. Did he have a stroke way back then?

[@ZazzOffGuitars]

Traveling Man

[@Adeline9418]

And where was Allen when this interview was done? I know he disliked them.

[@glennkrzeminski7539]

I heard this interview when it was originally aired (in NY, probably WPLJ or WXPK), at least I think it was this one (Someone wrote that it was from 1980). Waited all week for it. It was the first time I realized my hero was fallible. Living in NY at the time, (Skynyrd was HUGE in NY btw) we never really got to know the band outside of the songs - never even heard the band members' voices. I waited for a glimpse of who the band really was. Cutting my grandmothers hedge with shears I listened on my transistor radio (yup, 1980 seems correct). When he sounded wasted I was so disappointed. "Didn't he realize kids like me were hanging on his every word," I lamented. If he were recovering from a stroke I imagine they would have prefaced the interview with that information or Gary would have excused himself for the slurring. Anyway, the interview smacked into reality one lost 17 year old kid with idol worship.

[@mikemurphy7787]

He might have just been on pain killers that would've only been 3yrs after the crash and Gary had the worst injuries and had to stay in the hospital a few months. He said in one interview that he broke almost all the bones in his body and a punctured some internal stuff

[@tball3071]

@@mikemurphy7787 yes he broke almost every bone in his body and in one interview he said he died and they brought him back quickly and he spoke about that. I'm sure he was in so much pain and their hearts we're broken

[@flargmuffin92]

God he sounds plastered, sad really, he's always been a guitar idol of mine :PP thanks for uploading.

[@TonyBeazley]

what year did that happen? damn

[@TonyBeazley]

yes what is so strange is we called him and he was actually working on this audio interview ...he freaked, we freaked....its karma....there are so many documented events like this while filming this documentary its almost too scary .....I mean things only spirits could do....like maybe RVZ.....he's been around while we were doing this...absolutely bizarre happenings.....thats the other story behind this documentary....

[@mjmack7353]

Tony Beazley huh?

[@ToTheMaxGaming1]

Where is this interview from!

[@TonyBeazley]

I have no idea....anybody else know?

[@ssgn6]

I seen them in sand berdo cal 1980

[@lebtu]

He doesn't sound that way in other interviews. Do a search for this one tm8fXS7sJXc. Its got the story behind I Ain't The One and Gimmie Three Steps. It hilarious!

[@kwb200]

What's the song at the end

[@TonyBeazley]

Thats cool..thanks for the story........man to have a RCB jacket......not that's the shit !!!!!!!!

[@CornStoveIowa]

watch AMANDA OVERMYER, American Idol Finalist, do a great job singing this same song DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME at all her concerts while on tour promoting her new Album SOLIDIFY (itunes). She sounds just like DALE KRANTZ ...! no kidding ... Checkout Overmyer's version also posted over the KZbin ...

[@JuiceyLoosey]

no.....he IS stoned...he went through a big drug kick after the crash......i would too if i went through something like that

[@TonyBeazley]

maybe between 80-83

[@TonyBeazley]

@jackson5781 trying to compile a big documentary bout Skynyrd...

[@jackson5781]

Tony Beazley that's awesome

[@TonyBeazley]

@2000tc88 lol it's classic aint it!!!

[@TonyBeazley]

YES!!!! lol

[@glockmodel22]

I bet he could spell "hardly" though

[@richardjohnson1186]

They were broke that's the real reason..

[@BloatedSensations]

...and it always sounds as though he has just finished sniffing a bag full of glue.

[@davidvanzant2019]

Without the Lynyrd Skynyrd name they couldn’t make it made it

[@JuiceyLoosey]

He IS stoned.....holy shit!!!!!! lol

[@lukedesselle4589]

Gary's been wasted for the last 50 years lol

[@mbsnyderc]

He's still alive the rest ain't.

[@2pac_739]

U have more Shame you May the Lord forgive youre shamefull words

[@zoramirez-jv9hj]

Seen him in 2019 live while he was high he had smoked w snoop dog before the gig, 1st of the last 5 of his performances, put respect on the man's name he outlived all of them

[@lebtu]

Was he wasted or what??

[@gewdferyew4844]

Pretty much that, and a combination of sadness and a southern accent.

[@davidvanzant2019]

Without the name of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Ronnie vanzant they were done

[@toothmaker22000]

damn........sob cant hardley talk....damn