The Artimus Pyle Band is hitting the road this month for a series of tour dates that will begin August 27 in Cleveland, Ohio. It’s a chance for fans to hear a bunch of legendary music played by someone who was there for a lot of the history.
The drummer is the last living member of Lynyrd Skynyrd who survived the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of three of his bandmates on October 20, 1977 in Gillsburg, Mississippi, including vocalist Ronnie Van Zant.
“Playing the music, I get emotional sometimes in the middle of a set doing a certain song. Tears will come to my eyes,” he tells UCR. “It quickly passes because I’m busy, you know, playing these songs.”…