Flight Survivors - Artimus Pyle & the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Artimus Pyle played drums in Lynyrd Skynyrd with original frontman (and band founder) Ronnie Van Zant, and Artimus survived the tragic plane crash that took Ronnie’s life at the height of Skynyrd’s popularity almost 42-years ago to the day. Artimus relives that fateful October day in 1977, and details both the circumstances leading up to it, and the events that immediately followed. He remembers the bandmates and friends lost, and explains why no one should have survived that crash. He also recalls his first introduction to Ronnie, his own audition, and his first live gig with the Skynyrd. Artimus is talking songwriting, performing, the big Skynyrd reunion, the reasons he quick the reunion line-up of Skynyrd, and the importance of honoring Ronnie’s legacy and music.

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0:00.0	I
0:13.2	Alright welcome to talk his Jericho's the pot of thunder and rock and roll and drum roll please
0:20.0	It's the duff McGagan joke of the week
0:22.8	Chris
0:24.8	I
0:27.5	Lost 20% of my couch
0:29.9	That's your day out
0:32.7	Thank you very much
0:36.7	Duffy Duffy Duffy how can you not laugh at that so ridiculously stupid you have to laugh five letters in the word couch
0:44.0	Ouch come on man lose 20% of letters of the word at least without get it lost 20% of my couch
0:49.4	Yeah, you get it rock and roll hola famer
0:52.0	Duffy Kagan delivering the goods every single Friday he and Guns and roses are delivering the goods tonight Friday October 18th in Guadalajara
0:58.9	Mexico the Guns and roses tours doing two dates south of the border become before they come back to the states for a show in Oklahoma City on Wednesday
1:06.8	Still rocking and doing the not in this lifetime tour. You got to see it playing lots of great stuff
1:11.9	Get your tickets and guns and roses calm and another rock and roll hola famer also out playing shows live
1:18.4	It's the Artemis pile live and loud band. They're honoring the music of Ronnie van Zanz
1:22.9	Leonard Skinner tonight in St Charles, Illinois
1:26.0	They're gonna be on the rock legends crews eight in February as well get your tickets at Artemis pile calm
1:31.6	That's a RT I am us PYLE band calm and for those of you who don't know Artemis was in letter skinner with Ronnie van Zanz
1:40.0	He replaced the original drummer Bob Burns back in 1974 after Bob left the band to health problems
1:46.3	And Artemis is sharing that story with us right here in talk is Jericho
1:50.0	The first time he met Ronnie van Zanz. What is audition to join the band was like
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