Lynyrd Skynyrd Drummer Artimus Pyle- Honouring The Legacy, 45 Xyoo Tom Qab Lub Dav Hlau Crash

Ntau tshaj li plaub xyoo caum tom qab nws dim txoj kev sib tsoo uas coj peb lub neej ntawm peb tus phooj ywg Lynyrd Skynyrd bandmates, suav nrog tus thawj coj hu nkauj, Ronnie Van Zant, Artimus Pyle tseem xav tias poob.

Nws hais tias, "Nws tau 45 xyoo txij li lub dav hlau poob," tab sis zoo li nag hmo. Thiab kuv xav txog nws txhua hnub. "

Nws qhov kev nco dhau los ua qhov pom tseeb me ntsis, qhov mob me ntsis ntxiv txhua lub Kaum Hli, raws li hnub tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib tsoo.

Thaum Lub Kaum Hli 20, 1977, cov tswv cuab ntawm Lynyrd Skynyrd tau nce lawv lub dav hlau ntiag tug hauv Greenville, Sab Qab Teb (tom qab ua yeeb yam ntawm Greenville Memorial Auditorium) thiab mus rau Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Lawv cov yeeb yam tom ntej tau teem rau Louisiana State University. Lawv yeej yuav tsis ua.

Raws li lawv nyob ze rau qhov kawg ntawm lub davhlau, Convair CV-240 tau khiav tawm ntawm roj. Thaum tus kws tsav dav hlau thiab tus kws tsav dav hlau paub tias lawv tsis tuaj yeem ua rau lub tshav dav hlau nyob ze rau refuel, lawv pib saib cov kev xaiv rau kev tsaws thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev. Raws li cov neeg nyob hauv lub nkoj tau pib npaj rau qhov uas yuav txhais tau li cas, Pyle, uas tau ua haujlwm hauv Marines ua tus kws tshaj lij Aviation Electronics Technician thiab muaj qee yam kev tsav dav hlau, tau tsiv mus ua haujlwm.

"Kuv tau mus rau hauv txoj kev ciaj sia," nws hais. "Kuv tab tom rov qab los ntawm lub cockpit mus rau lub cabin, tham nrog cov kws tsav dav hlau, qhia txhua tus kom tso lawv cov luam yeeb, tua lub teeb, thiab txuag txhua lub zog uas peb muaj. Kuv tsis muaj sijhawm los xav, Au kuv tus Vajtswv, peb tab tom muaj lub dav hlau sib tsoo, tab sis kuv paub tias nws hnyav heev. "

Pyle zaj dab neeg ntawm qhov tshwm sim ua ntej, lub sijhawm, thiab tom qab kev sib tsoo tau piav qhia hauv zaj yeeb yaj kiab hu ua "Street Survivors: Zaj Dab Neeg Tseeb ntawm Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash." Tshaj tawm xyoo 2020 thaum muaj kev sib kis thoob ntiaj teb, cov yeeb yaj kiab, tam sim no muaj nyob rau ntawm Amazon Prime Video, qhia nws tus lej ntawm ib feeb ntawm feeb ntawm kev sib tsoo thiab cov kev cuam tshuam ntawm cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig nws.

"Nyob rau hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab, nws qhia tau hais tias qee qhov ntawm pab pawg tau tawm tsam vim tias ob peb tus txiv neej tau npau taws heev rau peb tus kws tsav dav hlau thiab tus kws tsav dav hlau ua qhov yuam kev txaus ntshai uas tau coj peb mus rau txoj haujlwm no. Yog li, muaj qee qhov npau taws, tab sis rau feem ntau txhua tus neeg nyob twj ywm, txias, thiab sau. Txawm li cas los xij, peb tau ntxhov siab. Kuv txhais tau tias txhua tus tab tom mus, 'Au shit, peb tab tom nqis mus."

Pyle nco txog txhua yam, suav nrog nws qhov kev sib tham zaum kawg nrog Van Zant.

“Ronnie mus rau tom qab ntawm lub dav hlau, thiab kuv nco qab xav rau kuv tus kheej, yog ib lub tswv yim zoo. Koj mus rau tom qab ntawm lub dav hlau uas tej zaum yuav muaj kev nyab xeeb me ntsis. Tab sis tom qab ntawd, nws rov qab los rau pem hauv ntej. Nws nres ntawm kuv lub rooj zaum, ua tus qub hippie tuav tes, ces muab lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi zoo nkauj rau kuv. Ronnie tau luag nyav zoo heev. "

Pyle chokes thiab nres, tom qab ntawd los ntawm kua muag, txuas ntxiv mus. “Thiab nws mus tom ntej. Nws muaj ib lub hauv ncoo hauv nws txhais tes. Thiab qhov ntawd yog zaum kawg kuv pom Ronnie. "

Lub dav hlau yeej tsis ua rau lub tshav pob lossis txoj kev loj, raws li cov kws tsav dav hlau tau cia siab. Pyle piav qhia lub dav hlau sai sai los ntawm huab cua, dheev ib puas taw ntawm tsob ntoo, hauv hav dej, hav zoov hnyav ntawm Mississippi.

“Peb tsaws hauv Mississippi ntoo thuv, peb taw tuab. Nws rhuav lub dav hlau sib nrug ntawm 10 mus rau 12 vib nas this nws tau siv los ntawm 200 mais mus rau qhov chaw tuag. "

Ntau tom qab, tom qab thaum kawg Pyle raug thauj mus rau tsev kho mob, Pyle yuav pom Van Zant tsis ua nws. Tus kws kho mob hais rau nws Van Zant lub cev tsis zoo, tab sis nws tau tuag los ntawm ib lub tshuab rau lub taub hau. Pyle ntseeg tias nws tau raug ntaus los ntawm hnyav Sony Trinitron lossis beta tshuab uas lawv muaj nyob rau hauv lub nkoj uas tau xoob thiab ya los ntawm lub dav hlau nrog rau txhua yam - thaum muaj kev cuam tshuam.

Guitarist Steve Gaines, thiab Gaines viv ncaus thiab tus hu nkauj rov qab, Cassie Gaines kuj raug tua, nrog rau tus pab saib xyuas txoj kev, Dean Kilpatrick. Tus kws tsav dav hlau Walter McCreary thiab tus kws tsav dav hlau William Grey tau nthuav tawm rau 26 tus neeg tuag. Ntawm 20 tus neeg nyob hauv nkoj, ua txuj ci tseem ceeb, XNUMX tau dim, txawm tias ntau tus raug mob hnyav.

Txoj cai tom qab kev sib tsoo, Pyle, uas nws raug mob nrog rau cov tav tav, pab rub ib tus neeg raug tsim txom tawm ntawm lub pob tawg, ces mus rau kev pab. Nws mus rau ib lub tsev ua liaj ua teb uas nws pom nyob deb.

Nws yuav xaus mus tua ntawm txoj kev.

"Kuv paub tias tus neeg ua teb tsuas yog tiv thaiv nws tsev neeg," Pyle hais. “Nws tawm hauv tsev, thiab kuv zoo li Charles Manson tag nrho cov ntshav, nrog kuv cov plaub hau ntev thiab hwj txwv. Yog li, thaum nws tua kuv ”…

Tus neeg ua teb tom qab yuav tsis kam tua Pyle. Muaj qee qhov kev sib tham txog seb nws puas yuav tau txhaj tshuaj ricochet.

Pyle hais tias "Kuv tsis quav ntsej nws yog dab tsi." “Nws qw nres, kuv pom rab phom. Kuv dawm taw vim kuv raug mob thiab xav tias kuv yuav tuag. Tom qab ntawd, ib yam dab tsi rub kuv txhais caj npab, thiab kuv qw, 'Plane Crash!' nrog rau qhov kuv xav tias yog kuv ua tsis taus pa kawg. "

Tus neeg ua teb mam li maj nrawm los pab Pyle thiab tau txais kev pab rov qab mus rau qhov chaw sib tsoo.

Pyle hais tias zaj yeeb yaj kiab "Street Survivors" qhia meej txog cov xwm txheej ntawm Lub Kaum Hli 20th, txawm hais tias vim muaj kev txwv nyiaj txiag cov neeg tsim khoom tsis muaj peev xwm ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb rau hom dav hlau uas poob. Pyle, nrog rau nws cov tub, thiab nws Artimus Pyle Band (tsim nyob rau hauv 2010 kom hwm Lynyrd Skynyrd), tau sau cov suab paj nruag rau suab paj nruag.

Nws hais tias tom qab tag nrho cov xyoo no, nws xav tias nws yog lub sijhawm los qhia zaj dab neeg.

"Kuv xav kom Lynyrd Skynyrd cov kiv cua paub txog qhov peb tau dhau los ntawm txoj hmoo hnub thiab hmo ntuj. Thiab tias kuv cov phooj ywg, Ronnie thiab lwm tus, tau ntsib lawv txoj kev tuag ua siab loj. "

Xyoo 1977 sib tsoo tau hloov pauv keeb kwm ntawm pob zeb & yob. Ronnie Van Zant, uas tau sau cov nkauj nrov tshaj plaws - yuav tsis sau ntxiv. Cov pab pawg nws tus kheej, nrog peb ntawm nws cov tswv cuab ploj mus, yuav tsis ua rau 10 xyoo tom ntej, txog thaum Ronnie tus tij laug, Johnny, tau los ua tus thawj coj hu nkauj.

Thiab tseem, tag nrho cov nkauj qub Skynyrd tsuas yog nyiam hnub no, zoo li lawv tau tag nrho cov xyoo dhau los.

"Nws yog lub zog ntawm Ronnie txoj kev sau ntawv zoo," Pyle sau tseg. "Tib neeg yeej paub nrog "Tus Txiv Neej Yooj Yim," "Freebird," "Sweet Home Alabama," "Tuesday's Gone," "Gimme Three Steps." Nws yog qhov tshwm sim rau cov nkauj no los ua qhov muaj zog 45 xyoo tom qab lub dav hlau sib tsoo. "

Niaj hnub no, cov phab ntsa dub granite cim qhov chaw uas lub dav hlau mus. Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument tau dhau los ua ib qhov chaw mus xyuas ntau tshaj plaws hauv Southwestern, Mississippi.

Nws tau dhau los ua qhov chaw rau cov kiv cua ntawm pab pawg, cov kiv cua ntawm Southern Rock, thiab cov neeg hu nkauj, sau nkauj, thiab cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag uas xav kom hwm cov keeb kwm ntawm Ronnie Van Zant thiab cov pab pawg uas nws tsim, sib sau ua ke thiab them tribute.

"Lawv yog cov pioneer ntawm hom ntawv thiab ua ntau yam tsis yog ntau pawg ua ntej lawv tau ua," hais tias nyiam tus neeg hu nkauj hauv Nashville-based Kayleigh Matthews uas tau mus xyuas lub cim nco txog thaum lub Cuaj Hli. "Kuv loj hlob tuaj, txhua yam kuv paub txog Southern Rock yog Lynyrd Skynyrd, thiab kuv xav tias zoo li mus xyuas lub vev xaib yog hom kev ua yeeb yam."

Muaj ib yam dab tsi tshwj xeeb, ib yam nkaus, nws hais tias, txog kev pom suab paj nruag hla ntau tiam neeg.

“Qhov ntawd yog ib yam uas kuv xav txog ua tus sau nkauj. Koj, raws li ib tug neeg yuav tsis nyob mus ib txhis, tab sis koj suab paj nruag thiab koj txoj hauj lwm yuav. Kuv xav tias qhov ntawd yog pov thawj ntawm cov suab paj nruag zoo, thaum nws dhau lub tiam koj tau sau nws rau, thiab nyob dhau nws. "

Pyle, uas nyob rau hauv 74 tseem yog drumming hais tias tsis muaj dab tsi zoo dua li ua si Lynyrd Skynyrd suab paj nruag thiab tam sim no ua hauj lwm rau ib tug tribute album. Nws thiab tus ntaus suab paj nruag, Gary Rossington, ob qho tib si muaj txoj sia nyob, thiab Rock & Roll Hall of Fame cov tswv cuab ntawm Lynyrd Skynyrd (cov pab pawg tau raug coj mus rau xyoo 2006), yuav ua si hauv cov ntaub ntawv.

Nws yuav muaj qee lub npe loj ntxiv lawv lub suab, thiab tus kheej kov, rau qee cov nkauj zoo tshaj plaws.

"Dolly Parton yuav hu nkauj "Freebird," Pyle hais nrog kev zoo siab, "thiab Sammy Hagar yuav ua "Tus Txiv Neej Yooj Yim."

Lwm cov kws ua yeeb yam tseem ceeb kuj tseem yuav koom nrog, tab sis cov npe tseem tsis tau tso tawm txij li cov ntaub ntawv tseem tab tom tsim. Lub tribute album yuav tsum muaj qee lub sijhawm thaum ntxov xyoo tom ntej.

Pyle hais tias nws yuav siv sijhawm so ntawm nws lub neej kom hwm cov keeb kwm ntawm Lynyrd Skynyrd. Nws hais tias nws yog qhov nthuav kom nco ntsoov tias Ronnie Van Zant paub tias nws tsuas muaj sijhawm luv luv hauv ntiaj teb no, tab sis tau txiav txim siab ua kom suav.

"Ronnie tau hais rau kuv ntau xyoo dhau los hauv Tokyo, Nyiv, nws yuav tsis nyob kom pom 30, tab sis nws yuav tawm mus nrog nws khau looj plab hlaub. Thiab rau ib tug tshuab raj, uas txhais tau hais tias nyob rau hauv txoj kev. Nws yog hais txog ob leeg. Nws tau tawm mus nrog nws cov khau looj plab hlaub, nrog kev zoo nkauj thiab kev ntxim nyiam, thiab kev hwm, thiab nws tsuas yog 29 xyoo xwb^{xyoo laus.}

Thiab nws tau tso ib lub suab paj nruag zoo kawg nkaus kom nco ntsoov tias nws nyob ntawm no.

Pyle yuav xav txog hnub tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib tsoo thiab tham ntxiv txog cov khoom plig album ntawm Fox & Friends, Wednesday, Kaum Hli 19^th, thaum 8 teev sawv ntxov EST thiab 8:30 EST.