'Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does,' the band said in a Facebook post.
Rossington, a stoic figure, wasn’t a showboat on stage but his skillful and slippery slide playing on hits such as “Free Bird” helped to fuel the band’s legend and make that song a rock classic.
“We picked up the torch and are carrying it, just like the Olympics,” Rossington said in a 1999 interview with The Birmingham News. “We’re carrying on with the band and the words and the music and the wisdom.” “We go out each summer and play so people can clap and sing and cry and whatever they do,” Rossington said. “The band loves to play the old standard songs because people love to hear ‘em.”
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