Anthems: Honoring The Music Of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Artimus Pyle Band

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Cat No: BFD617LP

Release Date: 02 February 2024

Label: Bfd / BFD

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 819376061726

Genres: Rock Southern Rock

Release Date: 02 February 2024

Label: Bfd / BFD

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 819376061719

Genres: Rock Southern Rock

Description
The band's drummer is pairing with stars including Dolly Parton, Billy Ray Cyrus and more for new project - a track from the album will be digitally released Oct. 20, 2023

Drummer Artimus Pyle - currently the oldest remaining member of the Lynyrd Skynyrd legacy - is releasing "Anthems: Honoring The Music of Lynyrd Skynyrd," a 13-track album, on Feb. 2, 2024. It intends to celebrate the memory of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band that, with Gary Rossington's passing in March 2023, lost all of its original members.

The Get Joe Records studio album will be released and distributed by BFD/Orchard and entirely comprised of duets between the Artimus Pyle Band and acts including Billy Ray Cyrus, Ronnie Dunn, Sammy Hagar and Dolly Parton.

A track from the album will be released digitally on Oct. 20, 2023, to coincide with the 46th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that killed six people, including band members Steve and Cassie Gaines, plus the band's original frontman, Ronnie Van Zant.

"This project has been a year in the making, but when the fans hear it they will understand why it took so long," says Len Snow, Get Joe Records president. "Artimus is legendary within the Southern Rock space. The music that Lynyrd Skynyrd made will always live as a part of rock history. This album honors that music and give Artimus a way to honor his former bandmates."

Description
Long considered the "wild man" of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Artimus Pyle's powerful and distinctive double bass
drumming helped define the legendary Skynyrd sound.Artimus got his first real break at the Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam. His first recording l ists - Artimus Pyle, percussion. Then with other work for the Marshall Tucker Band, Artimus became known as a powerful session
drummer.
Using his connections with Charlie Daniels and Marshall Tucker, both acts that often toured with Skynyrd, Artimus
met with Ronnie Van Zant and Ed King at Studio One in Doraville, Georgia. The results of that meeting -
Saturday Night Special - greatly impressed Ronnie. Artimus' live debut with the band took place in Jacksonville's
Sgt Pepper's Club in October 1974. He would replace their original drummer (Bob Burns) following the release of
the group's second album, Second Helping, and performed with the band and on Skynyrd's following four albums,
Nuthin' Fancy, Gimme Back My Bullets, Street Survivors, and their live album, One More for the Road. Pyle was
injured but survived the band's 1977 horrific plane crash that abruptly ended the lives of six people, including
band members Steve and Cassie Gaines, and most notably, frontman and musical visionary Ronnie Van Zant.

Now 45 years later, Artimus Pyle prepares for the release of his forthcoming Get Joe Records studio album
honoring the music that propelled him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The album boasts 13 tracks and will
be released and distributed by BFD/Orchard on February 2, 2024.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting