Who is replacing Gary Rossington?

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and founding member Gary Rossington passes away at the age of 71.
Rossington survived the 1977 plane crash that killed several of his bandmates and was the only member of the US rock band to appear on all of its albums.

Who is replacing Gary Rossington?

Damon Johnson, a guitarist who had previously performed with Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, and his own band, the recently reactivated ’90s rockers Brother Cane, was hired to fill in for the remaining members.

Gary Rossington, the guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd and the band’s last remaining original member, has passed away at the age of 71.

Rossington passed away on Sunday, nearly four months before the band was to begin their next tour, but no cause of death was provided.

The guitarist had suffered from health issues for a number of decades, including a heart attack in 2015 and urgent heart surgery in 2021.

Rossington, who was born in 1951 in Jacksonville, Florida, has been in the band Me, You, and Him since 1964, when it was a trio with drummer Bob Burns and bassist Larry Junstrom. Rossington initially intended to play baseball, but after hearing the Rolling Stones, he switched his focus to music.

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