Artimus Pyle

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Artimus Pyle (2009)

Thomas Delmer "Artimus" Pyle (born July 15, 1948 in Louisville , Kentucky ) is a former American drummer , who gained fame primarily with the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd .

Life

After high school, Pyle joined the Marine Corps for a few years in the late 1960s . He then attended the Tennessee Technical College . In the early 1970s he managed to get some gigs with the Charlie Daniels Band and the Marshall Tucker Band , so that he soon became known as a session musician. Both groups had toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd and in October 1974 the band played their first live with Pyle, after a song with Saturday Night Special had already been recorded in the studio. When Bob Burns left Lynyrd Skynyrd after the European tour in December 1974, Pyle joined her as the new drummer. He stayed with the group until their plane crash in October 1977 that broke his sternum. When the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrds continued as the Rossington-Collins Band, Pyle was originally supposed to be part of the group, but was unable to attend due to a motorcycle accident. He founded the Artimus Pyle Band in the early 80s, with which it came to various publications. In 1987 he took part in the Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour and was also represented in the group's 1991 Reformation with a subsequent studio album. However, Pyle left Lynyrd Skynyrd again because there would have been too much drug and alcohol use within the band. He then continued to be active in various formations. In 2007 a studio album Artimus Venomus was released under his own name.

Discography

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Artimus Pyle Band

  • APB, 1982
  • Nightcaller, 1983
  • Live From Planet Earth, 2000

Artimus Pyle

  • Artimus Venomus, 2007

The Charlie Daniels Band

  • Fire on the Mountain, 1974, bonus EP only

Atlanta Rhythm Section

  • Champagne Jam, 1978

Alias

  • Contraband, 1979

The Fenwicks

  • Member Of No Tribe, 1994

Big Jim & The Twins

  • Yeah ... We Smoke, 1998

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at discogs.com
  2. ↑ Pyle at allmusic.com
  3. ↑ The Artimus Pyle Band at rocklegendscruise.com ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / rocklegendscruise.com
  4. ↑ Biography at lynyrdskynyrdhistory.com
  5. ↑ Interview at classicrock.about.com

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personal data
SURNAME Pyle, Artimus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pyle, Thomas Delmer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American drummer
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Louisville (Kentucky) , Kentucky , United States