I am saddened to learn of the death of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington. The guitar riff in Freebird is probably one of the most famous guitar solos in the history of rock music. He was the last surviving member of the original band.

I had the pleasure of seeing them once in the mid-90s (obviously not the full original band). They reached the encore and I was thinking "I feel like there is one song I haven't heard." Curtain opens and I hear the opening guitar solo of Freebird, the crowd goes nuts and I very quickly remembered.

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