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Gary Rossington gets his wings onstage at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, New York, in 2013.

Photo by Frank White

The guitaristā€™s brawny Les Paul tones helped create the Lynyrd Skynyrd legacy on hits like ā€œFree Birdā€ and ā€œThat Smell,ā€ and made him a 6-string hero in his own right.

Gary Rossingtonā€”the guitarist who inspired Lynyrd Skynyrdā€™s song ā€œThat Smellā€ and then played the hell out of it, with sailing, melodramatic feedback and a corpulent, grizzly-bear tone decorated by squealing pinch harmonicsā€”died on Sunday, March 5, after at least a decade of coronary issues, including bypass surgeries and a reported heart attack in 2015. Rossington, who held the reins of Skynyrd ā€™til the end, was the bandā€™s last surviving original member.

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The Southern rock guitar army of cofounder Gary Rossington and longtimers Rickey Medlocke and Mark Matejka tells the stories behind their vintage guitars, high-powered amps, and classic approach to tone.

Skynyrdā€™s three-guitar army of original member Gary Rossington, Rickey Medlocke and Mark Matejka takes PGā€™s John Bohlinger through their cadre of vintage guitars, high-powered amps, subtle effects, and the stories behind their legendary run.

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