Most Controversial Conversation with the Legend, the ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd Artimus Pyle 

Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd Artimus Pyle? Once a Skynyrd always a Skynard. This dude is humble and he was there in the day!

I smoked a joint with Ronnie Van Zant in 1973 at the school I was going to. They came there to do a concert. What a band!

Artimus , was ,is and will always rock !! he sticks to his guns and speaks truth !!

What a great person,down to earth, humble, a man of peace! God Bless Mr. Pyle

I actually got meet him after the plane crash. He moved to Franklin, TN. My band was asked to play for a keg party in Franklin. OK, no pay, just for fun. Keg party, bonfire. We had fun. This guy came up to me and asked if he could go home and bring his drums to jam with us. I said sure. While he was gone, somebody asked me if I knew who that was? I did not know. It was Artimus! I wasn't intimidated, I looked forward to playing! We played a lot of southern rock songs, when we got to Freebird, I was in hog heaven! 2 drummers, Freebird, I nailed it! Happiest night of my life! Free Bird! He actually shook my hand,and said great job. I'd played FreeBird so many times honored to be in his presence. I had a great time that night.

Artimus and Leon were always my favorite members of the band. The man speaks his truth, and it's still just a damn shame that the world didn't get to hear more from the original band. Imagine what they would've put out in the late-'70s and early-'80s alone ...

Pyle was so right about the Van Zant/Gaines team up. Ronnie loved Steve ! I admire Artumus' humbleness, he's never changed.

Humble guy! Need more talent that is humble as him.

He spells out what I have always said. I was lucky enough to be old enough to have seen the original lineup 4 times before the crash as they were good to us up in the panhandle of Florida. The best I ever saw them was in May of 77 with Steve in the band. That's what makes me the saddest is the combo of Steve with Ronnie the sky for the future was the limit as Steve was so talented as he wrote "You've Got that Right" and "I Know a Little". I always think of what would have happened if not for the crash. :(

Artimus is a Real Straight Forward -Nothing Fake DuDE Man =Keepa Rockin Artimus Brother of Country Rock & Roll :)

Played a gig before him in Atlanta. He asked us for an encore. Meant a lot to me. Class guy.

My cover band played 'Free Bird' this past Friday night at a 'drive-in' style performance because of COVID. This was our last song of the night. The crowd LOVED it! VIEW FROM THE STAGE: During the slower open of the song ... most fans in the crowd slowly rocked their 'lighted' cell phones to the beat of the music. This was a first for me. It took my breath away it was such a cool visual. Several hundred attendees on a perfect autumn evening-- 70 degrees. No humidity. All the stars were aligned. Priceless.

Artimus seems very different from what I had imagined him to be for most of my life. I have admired this man for years because of the music, but after this interview I'll have to say, I admire him much more. He is so much deeper and interesting than I ever imagined. God bless and keep him!

Love Steve, love Allen and Gary - all amazing guitar players BUT Ed King never gets the love he deserves. The man wrote Incense and Peppermints with Strawnerry Alarm Clock and then went on to write Sweet Home Alabama. He is Skynyrd's forgotten guitarist.

One of the greatest power drummers ever..............I'm so happy to have grown up in the 60's and 70's and enjoyed the swell of Southern rock. It spawned so many great groups................there is only one Lynyrd Skynyrd band........and it ended tragically in 1977.

What a great guy! Humble, down to earth and just has such a self awareness.

Good interview. You let him talk without interrupting him. Some band members may be gone from this Earth, but the music never died and still grows bigger everyday.

What a first class gentleman!! He was an immense talent on drums !

Artimus has a great tribute band. Saw them at Strokers Dallas in April 2014 and they rocked the Skynyrd sound.

I totally agree when he says without Ronnie there's no band.

For him to say he is not a legend at the beginning is insanity. He is humble, but he is also a phenomenal drummer from history. I love that he has a down to earth attitude. He could still smoke most drummers!! That's because he is a natural musician, not a learned musician. He has a natural sense of music. Great guy!

I'm now 51so I was too young to see Lynyrd Skynyrd live but I'll never forget seeing the Artimus Pyle Band opening for Charlie Daniels Band at Carowimds Palladium back in 85. I'd give 10 years of my life to experience a 3 month summer at the age of 17 with no regrets! God himself knows those were the best days of my life....

Seems a nice guy god bless him.

Oh man Artimus Pyle is such a human being I just love the guy thank you Artemis for being true to yourself and being such a nice guy and yes we have to look after our souls and I appreciate everything you said about the Jews in Jerusalem and all that God bless you Artemis!

RIP Ronnie Steve and Cassie Gaines

Once again, he is on top of his game despite the misfortunate crash and can see what is going on around him. We can say that this man is definitely awake.

Artimus Pyle forever!!! Great interview!

He is so awesome so funny cool and the greatest honest person god I wish every one in the hole world would be listening to lynyrd Skynyrd at one time

Thank you Artimus for taking the time to chat with me and sign my cast the night you played Barley's Taproom Knoxville, Tn. I treasure that cast and will forever be grateful to you! Much Love!

great guy great drummer he should be in skynyrd but for whatever reason he's not that's sad.But I can tell he would be a real nice guy to hang out with and talk to about the band.arti rocks!

My dad met him and he tributed a song to him for his B-Day. Ive have a pic of me on his trumbset and my sister got a picture with him with is cowboy hat on. Such great memories

Artie was and is a great drummer ..the best . Im glad he mentioned Steve and Cassie who were from my home town. Artie is right Skynard died when Ronnie died . The "new skynard" is a second rate band ..never came close to the original . Atrie is the man .

I love to hear Artimus speak...I love his voice. Such a good guy at heart.

this guy is awesome ! ARTIMUS I hope you live a long time, your a good positive spirit my brotha!

Artimus is a wonderful, eloquent and genuine human being. I had the great fortune to meet him around this time, 2013. We played a gig here in New Jersey where he came up and played drums - he played MY set! - he’s one of my biggest drumming and ‘how to be a better human’ influences. I play in bands that do a lot of LS music; he heard us playing it and said, “ You guys do honor to The Music.” He also told me that it was the first time he ever heard “Gimme 3 Steps” played the right way. Because I play every LS song the way he played them. I’ll never forget that. Thank you, Artimus and God Bless. 🙂

His band is awesome! I watched them in a one stop light town in Floyd Virginia at a pizza shop. free admission. got me two sets of autographed drum stick. And he can still play the shit out of the drums.

went camping recently and made a nice camp fire at night and brought out the cards to play a few rounds and I put some skynyrd on and the whiskey came out and it was the perfect music for that party!!

Every interview ive seen with Artimus the interviewer just lets him talk and do his thing I love it thats how it should be

Artimus, to me, is the *REAL DEAL*. He is soft spoken, very articulate, very intelligent & a Marine to boot! Seems to be a very honest & honorable man.

i met artimus 3 weeks ago today one most nicest people sighned few things not just his siguture but real nice one with a freebird happy face talked to him least 15 minutes when i left he gave me big hug told me thank you even had his own sharpie ! thats class showing he cares about the fans

I met Artimus on a side stage at a weekend music festival in Gainesville Florida circa 1990's or early 2000's. There were probably less that 30 people watching him, but he played his heart out. After he was done playing he jumped off the stage and told me about the new "Freebird" movie. He was just as upbeat as he was in this interview. I am honored to have met him. He seems like a classy, humble guy. I would suppose he is a Christian or at least spiritual--judging from the above interview. I would love to jam with him in Heaven someday. Lynyrd Skynyd music is so tight, just like Metallica---it has to come from playing live constantly. God bless you Atimus. His anger is understandable, but he doesn't let that get him down---he presses on.

IMO as much as I thank Mr. Pyle for those kind words, & speaking for just myself. it wasn't me who got Skynyrd into the Hall Of Fame, it was without a doubt the greatest pickers & the greatest singer & the greatest drummer & the greatest keyboardist & the greatest back up singers that got ya there. It wasn't me, but I thank ya none the less. All I did, was have a great ear to the best music from the best band there ever was, Lynyrd Skynyrd. You guys N gals busted your ass to get there. And you gave me (cos I speak only for myself) the greatest gifts of all, the music, & the love I have for the entire band. But rest assured, IMO It was Lynyrd Skynyrd who put Lynyrd Skynyrd into the Hall Of Fame. All I did was go to the shows, buy the music & call up the stations to here it all. You busted your ass for this honor (Hall Of Fame) and it paid off. And for that, the music & the love I have you all, I will forever be grateful to ya, cos though its been said so many times, it just happens to be true LYNYRD SKYNYRD IS THE BEST!!!! And I thank ya for that gift.

Artimus is a great dude. I had the honor to meet him at an open mic night in Jacksonville one night. He's one of the people that I'd absolutely love to meet again and actually have a few minutes with him because I didn't get the chance to tell him the last time just how much I respect him.

I just can't imagine going through that plane crash knowing the person in front of you was killed just feet away from death himself...crazy shit.

He's telling the gods honest truth. God bless you Artimus you rock.

Mr. Saturday Night Special was one of the songs in the original The Longest Yard movie.

...once went to see APB in Atlanta at a nightclub in '83..got there early...saw the band arrive..they did their own gear..including Artimus..met him..he was as gracious as he is here..as they're bringing in equip...I notice he still had some white LS Peavey amplifiers..that just blew my mind...

If only we all worked on our character, what a great sentence.

I love you Artimus! Platonic, that is! You will always be part of Lynrd Sknyrd! U R REAL!

Artimus and Ed King have always been humble & real! The rest are engulfed with greed! Meet him (and Ed King) and then meet them (meaning the others)...and it's oh...so...obvious!!! God's "rewarding of crowns" is everything!!! (Matthew 7:21-23) "He that doeth the will of my father" is the main part...etc...etc...

Good video!! Artie is a good person and always has been.

Pyle's a great guy and was the only member of Skynyrd besides Medlocke who attended Leon Wilkeson's public service in Aug. '01.

In my opinion he we always be known as the drummer for Skynyrd forever… Sucks things end up in court & an uproar over a bunch of $ & BS… Love & respect for the original Lynyrd Skynyrd lineup forever!!!

There is NO LS without Ronnie Van Zant...

Rock on Artimus love you're licks bro.big big fan Skynard is awesome

Power to the music Artimus Pyle Peace Love. ✌❤🇨🇦👍

he should be playing the drums back in Lynyrd Skynyrd

You have my ultimate respect. I know this video is old but I can't tell you how much I respect you

If we grew up with you, Artimus.......when albums/album covers were what we had....We all knew you! I went straight to personal to see who the drummer was!

i love watching those live videos of Skynyrd in the 70's...Artimus just killed them drum heads!

"They should've retired his jersey" - Absolutely !

I LOVE THIS GUY

💞 Thank you !!!

I played with him once in Floyd va., seems lots of comments here have met or played with him. Very cool

GREAT INTERVIEW!

I think Artimus should rename his band from the "Artimus Pyle Band" to "The Survivors". Not only because he is a survivor of the horrible crash, but his band are all survivous of real Rock~N~Roll and they are keeping it going. Real Rock~N~Roll surviving all the late 90s and 2000s crap we hear today. Keep on Keepin' on Artimus!!!🤩🥰

Artimus is a classy, empathetic, and genuine good man. He still carries such sadness for each of those lost, he still is suffering not being able to save them. He must realize - what he did do, did help, and did save - and he must understand the mind-egos of those whom have yet to develop a mature-mind wisdom. Ronnie' s wife is trying to re-live the notoriety and income- "ego" - you just really have to let those folks go about their own life journey and evolve at their pace. Artimus is a seriously evolved person - he is goodness, an Empath, he feels at a higher level, he hurts at a higher level, he is an Indigo, the superfical, selfish, arrogance of those whom he felt a family relationship with - hurt him. Artimus - You are a real Star - as a person - always a Star as a drummer - and "Artimus, You Get It"! Peace be with you ☮⚛♱🎶❤

Artimus is a spirit being...he has a real connection with the earth and humanity...everything he said in this interview is truth...I'm 64 and I really need to lay off the salt.

And funnily enough, here we are in 2023 and the money machine named Lynyrd Skynyrd (instead of LS tribute band) is still working - even without Gary. Don‘t get me wrong: I like most of their post-1987 albums, but to me it was really the Gary Rossington Band. And yes, I know Rickey, who is great, had been in the band for a short time in the beginning, but still… Now they should really add „tribute“ to the name IMHO. Same for Blackfoot, which now entirely consists of new band members, with Rickey directing them and occasionally playing with them in concert. Strange times.

Art rocks ... such a warm drumming

Definitely one of my favorite drummers. Truly an inspiration. Right up there, with the likes,of John Bonham. God Bless Ya Artie.

Skynyrd has always been the premiere Florida band And America’s great because of true Americans like them!! Rock the heavens and treat my momma to a special song or two! I’ll see Ronnie and Allen one day and fly the Heavens in style!

I am here to. Tell you Artimus playin’ double kicks got that train movin’ every night. I was lucky enough to be on Stage with Skynyrd on 2 shows and the stage felt like it did jump 6 feet off the ground. I love the AllBros. and I love Marshall Tucker but Ronnie and the Boys were from a different planet… had they not lost the airplane they were destined for things we had not yet seen…damn were they ever good!!! Long Live Lynyrd Skynyrd!

Right on ! Spoken like an old timer. No more war it’s a racket that makes billions for a select few

Artimus left out the fact that technically Rickey Medlocke was an original member and so was Greg T Walker

The only Lynyrd Skynyrd music played in my home was played by Ronnie Steve Allen Leon Billy Gary an Artimus the best

Good on you Artimus! Don't let the bastards grind you down!

I was raised Methodist also. You are the best drummer I ever did hear....

I just came here to see Lynyrd Skynyrd spelled incorrectly; it took about 15 seconds.

Love this guy

He will always be a lynyrd skynyrd member in my heart the original band members

Excellent interview.

I hate to remind Artimus ...but Bob Burns was there at the Rock N Roll HOF induction .....I just watched the video on you tube !!!

It grows every year... its bigger now then it ever was.. and its been huge for decades.... Thanks Artimus... and Lucas well done July 17th 2023 BTW Im 66 years old so Yeah I get it..I was there then and I'm here now...

Excellent

seen their last concert in south Carolina. artimus and Ohio player's was at our graduation party in my home town in whitmire south Carolina

Great humble man.

Yeah man rock lives!!!

I NEED to meet this man

Yeah Lynyrd Skynyrd the best band ever was thank you arnabis for being such a awesome person praise God that he's with you all the time must have been awesome being in Jerusalem

Artimus is awesome, and a real band mate!

Now there are only three original members left Gary, Artimus, Rickey

i like artimus. he enjoys trying to recall the movies ls i in. "that burt reynolds movie" when he referenced saturday night special" in longest yard

I saw the tribute band in '87 at local bar. Dancing on the tables and drinking from pitchers will never be the same.

Thank you Mr. Pyle.

What a beautiful soul.

Always have been always will be a big fan ,

65 years old when this was taped. Wow. Arti looks like he is about 48 or 52 at the most. Whoa, Ed King had a heart transplant?? OMG. I did NOT know.

Elvis Presley lol could never compare to Ronnie. Miss all you guys, no she had no business of sueing, Ronnie belongs to the universe.The eyes spoke to me also an so did I with Ronnie, only 2 people could do that, if there were more that could communicate that way, Ronnie an I would of known. You guys are with him, until eternity.Miss all of you.

Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls